
Karima Muyaes was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1960. Her formal education began at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), continued at the School of Fine Art at the Universidad de la Americas in Mexico City, and concluded at the School of Art in Toronto, Canada, where she specialized in printmaking at the storied "Open Studio."
Since 1981 Muyaes has exhibited her work in more than 30 individual "one-woman" museum and gallery shows and more than 50 group shows in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic (forthcoming), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Exhibitions in Mexico City and Oaxaca include numerous prestigious galleries and museums.