Professor Rubén Gutiérrez Garza is a visual artist, writer, and filmmaker. He studied for his Ph.D. in Arts and Design at the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Since 1993, his work and projects have been exhibited in Mexico and abroad. He has represented Mexico at the 47th Rotterdam Film Festival (Netherlands, 2018), at the International Art Biennial (Bolivia, 2016), Biennial of the Americas, (Denver, CO, USA, 2010), Prague Biennial 4, (Czech Republic, 2009), IX International Art Biennial of Cuenca, (Ecuador 2007) , First Biennial of Buenos Aires, (Argentina, 2001) and at the 7th Biennial of Havana, (Cuba 2001). In 2006, he received a scholarship for emerging artists from the CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Foundation, Miami, U.S.A. He was awarded a scholarship from the National System of Art Creators, CONACULTA, FONCA, Mexico.

His work is represented in important public and private collections. As a curator he has organized exhibitions and video art programs for: Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes, UNAM, (Mexico, DF) Centro de las Artes, (Monterrey, N.L.) Suite 106 Gallery, Bronx River Art Center, (New York, USA), Centre de Recherche sur la image et ses contextes (Switzerland), VAE10 Festival Internacional de Video /Arte/Electrónica, (Lima, Peru) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India).

He is the founder of ObjectNotFound.org, an independent organization whose mission is to promote knowledge of contemporary culture. His first film "Piérdete entre los muertos" had its world premiere at the 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2018), within the section "Bright Future" and its Mexican premiere at the International Film Festival of the UNAM, FICUNAM 8 (2018), within the section "Ahora México".