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In order to visualise inner states of being, I make sculptures that enable the viewer to reflect and concentrate. My sculptures are plaster molds taken from my own body, which are later covered with a kind of skin made from cotton. The main idea behind my work is that this 'skin' serves as a container for emotions and as an emotional and phyiscal source of revival.
1965 Born in Mexico City 1986–88 Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas UNAM, Mexico City 1988–96 State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany | Prof. G. Spagnulo 1995–96 Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin | Prof. L. Baumgarten Scholarships and Prizes 2005 The Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada 2001 The Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada Omnilife-Prize for sculpture | Salon de Octubre, Guadalajara, Mexico 1998–99 Jovenes Creadores | Fondo Nacional, Mexico 1993–95 Scholarship for foreign students, Akademie Stuttgart Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico Exhibitions selected 2006 Xipe totec | Centro Cultural de España, Mexico 2005 Xipe totec | Former Monastery of Tepoztlan, Instituto Nacional de AntropologÃa e Historia, Mexico Mexican Report | The cultural Institute of Mexico, Washington D.C., USA 2004 Xipe totec | Ethnological Museum, Berlin |