Marisol is a textile designer born in Mexico City. In 2012 she founded Bi Yuu, a textile atelier focused on experimentation and social design. Her vision is to create a brand where work is conceived through collaborative processes, where it embraces the multiculturalism of Mexico, and questions the role of design in the culture of her country.
In 2016, Marisol founded Estudio Marisol Centeno, expanding her research and creativity by mergin artisanal and industrial processes. In 2017, she was awarded the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (National Fund for Culture and the Arts). Her international collaborations include many prominent companies such as Ikea, Cartier, Nike, and H&M. Additionally, she has collaborated with various architectural firms such as Legorreta + Legorreta, Tatiana Bilbao or Johnston Marklee.
Marisol’s work is part of the permanent collection of the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, MUAC, as well as the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. She has exhibited at the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Museo Franz Mayer, Museo Amparo Puebla, Centro Nacional de las Artes Mexico City, Centro de las Artes San Agustín, Oaxaca, Museo de las Américas, Denver USA, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. She has been part of round tables in museums such as LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
She recently presented her first solo exhibition, Hilando Rituales: 10 años de Bi Yuu at the Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico City.