An haifi Manuel Felguérez a gonar San Agustín del Vergel, a cikin Valparaíso, Zacatecas. A cikin 1928 akwai lokuta masu matukar damuwa, 'yan shekaru kaɗan kafin juyin juya halin mai karewa ya ƙare, amma ikon mallakar ƙasa bai kasance amintacce ba kuma da'awar aikin gona suna ta yaɗuwa ko'ina cikin ƙasar.
“Mahaifina ya umarci wasu sojoji da su kare hacienda, tun da manoman sun mallaki ƙasar ta hanyar tashin hankali. Ofaya daga cikin tunanina na farko shine wasu yaƙe-yaƙe tsakanin sojojin 'masu aminci' na hacienda da agraristas. "
Saboda dalilan tsaro, dangin sun yi kaura zuwa babban birni kuma mahaifinsa ya yi kokarin tattaunawa kan lamunin Bashi na Agrarian, amma shekara ta gaba ya mutu. “Ina da shekara bakwai, mahaifiyata ba ta son komawa sai ta bar gonar. Na sake komawa Valparaíso shekaru sittin daga baya saboda sun sanya ni ɗan son wurin kuma sun ba Gidan Al'adu suna na. Idan ban dawo ba a baya, saboda mahaifiyata koyaushe tana gaya mini: 'kada ku je Valparaíso saboda za su kashe ku.'
An gudanar da karatun firamare, na sakandare da na shiri tare da Marist Brothers. A cikin 1947 ya yi tafiya zuwa taron duniya na 'yan wasa a Faransa. "A lokacin taron mun ziyarci kasashe da dama kuma a karshen tafiyata na yanke shawarar sadaukar da kaina ga zane-zane a matsayin hanyar rayuwa."
Bayan ya dawo Mexico ya shiga Academia de San Carlos, amma bai ji daɗin hanyar koyarwa ba ya koma Paris don yin karatu a Grande Chaumiere, inda mai sassaka ƙirar Zadquine ya karɓe shi a matsayin ɗalibi. A can ne ya hadu da mai zanen Lilia Carrillo, wanda daga baya ya aura.
Mai ba da haraji, masanin ilimin ɗan adam ta hanyar larura, mai sana'ar hannu, matafiyi, mai bincike da malami, Felguérez shine farkon yaran da ke gano duniya yau da kullun kuma, mai ɗoki don jin daɗi, yana wasa da kwayar halitta, cirewa da sanyawa, makamai da kwance ɗamarar yaƙi, yana bincika hanjin sa don sirrin na kyawawan siffofin. Kasancewarsa Bature ya kai shi ga nisantar abubuwa sannan daga baya ya zama ilimin lissafi a cikin sifofinsa na asali: da'irar, alwatika, murabba'i mai murabba'i da murabba'i; Ta hanyar haɗa su, za ku ci gaba yarenku.
A cikin shekarun sittin, Felguérez yayi kusan bango talatin dangane da kayan tallafi da baƙin ƙarfe, duwatsu, yashi, da bawo. Daga cikin su shine sinima "Diana" da spa "Bahía". “Tsarin nawa ne na tallata kaina da kuma sanar da kaina. Na yi cajin mafi ƙarancin, abin da ya zama dole don rayuwa. A ƙarshe na rufe taron bita kuma na dawo zuwa hutu, amma an riga an san ni a ƙasa da duniya kuma komai ya bambanta. "
“Ban taba yin niyyar rayuwa ba daga zane-zane, na yi aikin koyarwa ne. Ni malami ne a Jami’ar kuma yanzu na yi ritaya. Ban taɓa son dogara da sayarwa ba. Sayar da aikin mutum abin damuwa ne sosai: Na zana kuma na zana kuma zane-zanen sun tattara. "
Wannan ya kai shi ga yin magana game da Gidan Tarihi na Abstract Art wanda ke ɗauke da sunansa wanda aka buɗe a 1998 a cikin garin Zacatecas: “A wancan lokacin, idan yana da wani abu, to aikin keɓewa ne, kuma a game da sassaka mutum-mutumin bashi da ajiye shi ”. A cikin 1997, Felguérez da matarsa Mercedes sun yanke shawarar ba da gudummawar wani muhimmin tarin ayyukansu don ƙirƙirar gidan kayan gargajiya. Tare da sa hannun gwamnatin jihar Zacatecas, wanda ya kaddara wani gini wanda asalinsa makarantar hauza ce sannan daga baya kuma bariki da gidan yari, aikin sake fasalin ya fara daidaita shi da sabbin ayyukanta a matsayin gidan kayan gargajiya.
Ungiyoyin sun haɗa da ayyuka 100 na mai zane, wanda ya shafi matakai daban-daban na tsawon aikinsa, da kuma ayyuka da fiye da masu zane-zanen sama da 110, na ƙasa da na waje. Wannan gidan kayan gargajiya babu irinsa a tsarin sa saboda batun sa da kuma tsananin zaɓi na ayyukan da ake nunawa.
Gwanin da ya sanya gidan kayan gargajiya shine dakin Osaka Mural. "Lokacin da muke yin aikin gyara, mun sami fili mai girman gaske, daki mai kimanin murabba'in mita 900, kuma a can ne ya kamata mu sanya manyan bango goma sha daya wadanda aka yi su bisa bukatar Fernando Gamboa na Mexico Pavilion a Osaka 70 World Exposition
Shekaru bayan an zana su, an haɗa waɗannan bango kuma an nuna su tare a karo na farko a Meziko a cikin wani ɗakin gidan kayan gargajiya wanda ya zama "Sistine Chapel of Mexico Abstract Art."
