Lebrija's work addresses power structures, figures of authority, and established hierarchies in Mexico that are relevant to societies elsewhere. Gonzalo Lebrija's most recent group shows include Eco, Mexico at the Centro Reina Sofia, Madrid; Business Class, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago; Spanish as a Global Language, the Cervantes Institute, New York; and Desolado, National Art Museum of China, Beijing. Lebrija was born in Mexico City in 1972, and received his BFA at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios
Superiores de Occidente ITESO, Guadalajara. He is co-founder and director of Oficina Para Proyectos de Arte (OPA), a non-profit exhibition space in Guadalajara.