Born in 1975 in Monclova, Mexico. Lives and works in Los Angeles

García Torres received an MA from the Universidad de Monterrey, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.

Some of his recent solo shows are, Je ne sais si c’en est la cause... / MATRIX 227 at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley); Il aurait bien pu le promettre aussi at Jeu de Paume (Paris); a self-titled show at White Cube (London); Early Color Video Tapes, Proyectos Monclova (Mexico City) and All That Color Is Making Me Blind at Jan Mot (Brussels).

García Torres has also exhibited in the 52nd Biennale di Venezia (Venice); the 8th Panama Biennial (Panama), the Yokohama Triennale (Yokohama) and institutions like the Kunsthalle Zurich (Zurich) the Barbican (London); the Museum of Modern Art Syros (Syros); Kadist Art Foundation (Paris); Tate Modern (London); Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna); the Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, (Dusseldorf); the Frankfut Kunstverei; and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Amsterdam). He recently organized The Title of This Show Is A Long List… at Jan Mot (Brussels).

García Torres was recipient of the Cartier Award in 2007.