Dr. Mario Alberto Morales Domínguez holds a Ph.D. in Sciences and Arts for Design from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco, a Master’s degree in Creativity for Design from the Escuela de Diseño del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (EDINBA), and Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Psychology (UNAM), and Graphic Communication Design from UAM Unidad Azcapotzalco. He completed postdoctoral research stays at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas at UNAM and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France.

He serves as a Full-Time Tenured Faculty Researcher at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa, where he conducts academic work in design, philosophy, visual studies, and contemporary aesthetics. His work explores the relationships among image, political imagination, ontological design, contemporary art, and visual culture.

Outstanding publications: Author of the single-authored books Adiós al arte contemporáneo, ¡viva el arte anacrónico! Entre los tiempos de la creación y los tiempos de las imágenes (UAM, 2023) and La imagen-arte como asunción política de la humanidad (Post-Filia, 2020); as well as various articles and essays in academic and cultural journals in Mexico and abroad. He has delivered lectures and participated in national and international symposia.

He is a founding member and head of the Research Group Diseñologías: estudios emergentes a partir del diseño at UAM Unidad Cuajimalpa. He is also a member of the Grupo de investigación transversal sobre bio/necropoderes y otras violencias contemporáneas at the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM) and the Red Académica de Diseño y Emociones (RADE). Alongside his academic work, he maintains an active practice in independent publishing, sound experimentation, and the intersection of critical thought, artistic practices, and (counter)cultural management.