José Muñoz Medina (1927 - unknown) began his artistic career after studying at La Esmeralda (National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking). In the late 1940s, he started participating in school-based collective exhibitions. In 1952, he joined the Frente Nacional de Artes Plásticas (National Front of Fine Arts), becoming part of a group of artists such as Arturo García Bustos, Guillermo Monroy, Arturo Estrada, Oscar Frías, among others. In August 1954, he participated in the collective exhibition  "50 Young Mexican Artists" at the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (Salon of Mexican Fine Art). From 1958, he began exhibiting in international shows, including the First Inter-American Biennial in that same year.