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Emotions
are best expressed by the direct contact of the human eye. The ability to
see was my primary ambition at the beginning of my artistic career. Another
very interesting form of expression to me was to try to metamorphosize the
mystical images of dreams into inspiration for my work.
In recent
years I have become intrigued by the mysteries of other people's lives. By
consequence, I have developed an interest in reading biographies that often
do not include photographs. By reading such books one has the opportunity
to imagine the visual history without someone else's interpretations. This
interest took shape in my last solo exhibit entitled "Mujeres de
Cuatro Siglos" ("Women of Four Centuries") and was my
artistic biography of women of the last four centuries.
I am a professional independent artist. I consider myself a graphic artist
whose art incorporates different techniques. Magic Realism
best describes what I wish to represent in my artwork. I have studied the
classical artists of the Renaissance and Surrealist movement,
and both have influenced y artistic development. 
My
university studies were conducted in Mexico and the Escuela de
Arte Plasticas of the Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico. I also had the
opportunity to travel in Europe and Asia and I studied in Paris for two years. These
travel experiences have had an influence in my artwork.
EDUCATION
B.F.A., School of Fine Arts, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
PUBLICATIONS
1997 Main program
cover, Chicago, for the Annual Conference of the National Council of La
Raza hosted in Chicago, IL
1996 Book Cover, Loverboys, Ana Castillo Short Stories Norton
Publishers, New York, NY
1987 Viva el Arte, Art Magazine Number One, March-April Number Two,
June-July
1986 Illustration, Tutuguri Magazine, Poetry Chap Book Illustration,
Cuaderno Breve Poetry Notebook, Guadalajara University Press
1985 Drawings, Francisco Pedroza Poetry, Cabanas Cultural Institute
1984 Drawings, Raul Banuelos Poetry Guadalajara University Press
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997 Annual Celebration Awards Artist Latino Institute, Chicago, IL
1997 Official Artist for the 1997 Annual Conference National Council of
La Raza, Washington, DC
1995 Chicago Artists International Program Residency Grant Bordes
Printmaking Workshop, Guadalajara, Mexico
1993 Traditional Chinese Painting, Gakukai Sumie Center Tokyo, Japan
1992 Traditional Chinese Painting, Yangshou, China Antique Batik
Processes, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
AWARDS
1996
Third Place Winner of the Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
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