José Sacal was born in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, in 1944.
Studies. 1965-69 Goes to the National Institute of Fine Arts in Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico. 1969-72 Attends the Institute of Arts "La Esmeralda" Distrito Federal, Mexico. 1979-82 Go to the Old Mill of Sto. Domingo (INBA) Federal District, Mexico. 1983-85 Goes to the Workshop of Enrique Altamirano, Federal District, Mexico.

Awards. Selection. Award, International Biennial of Florence, Italy in 1998; Honorable Mention, Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, California, United States, 2000; Honorable Mention at the International Biennial, Toyamura, Japan, 2002; Mexico-Israel Cultural Institute, Art, Science and Culture Award in Mexico, 2006.

Experience. As a jury in the First Contest for Children's Painting "Tu seguridad es la nuestra", Metro Collective Transportation System, Federal District, Mexico, Sixth and Tenth Edition, * National Interior Design Award, AMDI, Federal District, Mexico. Crystallize Contest by Industrias Peñoles, Distrito Federal, México. XXI Festival of Arts, Painting and Sculpture, Federal District, Mexico. He is currently a founding member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and Arts, Technology and Humanities, AC. Member of the Mexican Plastic Salon. Member of the Defender Society of the Artistic Treasure of Mexico, AC. Member of the Arts and Letters Society of Europe.


Collections. Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Iconographic Museum of Quijote, Guanajuato, Mexico. Sculptural museum of Shanghai, China. Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Anguiano Room, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Museum of History, Art & Culture, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador. José Luis Cuevas Museum, Federal District, Mexico. José Luis Cuevas Museum, Federal District, Mexico. Museum of Latin American Art, Korea. Raúl Anguiano Museum, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Italian Cultural Center, Federal District, Mexico. Museum of Watercolor, Federal District, Mexico. David Alfaro Siqueiros Museum, Morelos, Mexico. Cultural Institute Mexico - Israel, Mexico. Art Museum, D'Unet, France. Zichy Thizzen Museum, Spain.