SEMBLANCE
An innovative visual artist with over 40 years of experience in museography, curatorship and teaching. She has organized
exhibitions and carried out curatorial and museographic work in many galleries and museums in Mexico and abroad.
In her teaching practice, she has taught numerous courses in bookbinding and museographic practice.
CURRICULUM
2009-2019
Museographer and curator at CaSa Centro de Artes de San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca
1998-2022
Museographer and curator at Galería López Quiroga, Mexico City
1992-2010
Museographer and curator of the Oaxaca Museum of Contemporary Art
1992
Museological, curatorial and museographic research for the inauguration of the Oaxaca Museum of Contemporary Art
1990-1995
Collaboration with the editorial board of Alcaraván, quarterly bulletin of the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, José F. Gómez, A.C. and Ediciones Toledo
1988-1995
Museographer and curator for the inauguration of the Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca (IAGO)
1984-1988
Assistant Director of the Museo de Arte Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, Mexico Citybr
1982-1984
Head of the Itinerant Exhibitions Department of the Cultural Services Office of the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City: Coordinated the collection, selection and mounting of the Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial in the city of Oaxaca and the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City
1982-1983
Researcher at the Office of Visual Arts of the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City: Preliminary project for the creation of the National Museum of Art in Mexico City
1981-1982
Head of exhibitions for the central region of the Office of National Development of the National Institute of Fine Arts
Organization and execution of museographic installations for the opening of several cultural centers and museums in some states of the country:
Francisco Goitia Museum and Pedro Coronel Museum, Zacatecas
Joaquín Clausell Museum, Campeche
Museum of the City of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
José Guadalupe Posada Museum, Aguascalientes
Organization of the collection, selection and museographic installation of the National Youth Art Competitions at the Casa de la Cultura de Aguascalientes and at the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City
1979-1981
Guest museographer at the National School of Visual Arts in Lodz, Poland
1976-1978
Designer of the textile workshop Centro de Artes at the Casa de la Cultura de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Museographer of the Casa de la Cultura de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Solo exhibitions
2017
Territorio vivo [Living Territory], Ethra Gallery, Mexico City
2010
Horizontes plegables [Foldable Horizons], Tonalli Hall, Ollín Yolitzin, Mexico City
2007
Papel [Paper], Oaxaca Museum of Contemporary Art, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2006
Plano 4 F [4 F Plane], Mexican Art Gallery, Mexico City
2004
Obra reciente [Recent Work], Bodega Quetzalli, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2002
Alfabetos [Alphabets], Mexican Art Gallery, Mexico City
1980
Al término [Upon Completion], Gallery of the National School of Arts, Lodz, Poland
1979
Transparencia [Transparency], Gallery of the National School of Arts, Lodz, Poland
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2018
Tapiz contemporáneo [Contemporary Tapestry], Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City
Fieltros, el arte del tapiz contemporáneo [Felt, Contemporary Tapestry Art], Mexico Institute in Madrid, Spain, and Casa de México in Paris, France
Nueve pintoras y una fotógrafa [Nine Painters and One Photographer], López Quiroga Gallery, Mexico City
Klimt, la trama dorada [Klimt, the Golden Weave], Sebastian Foundation, Mexico City
2017
Series y conjuntos [Series and Sets], López Quiroga Gallery, Mexico
2016
Simulacro [Simulation], Ethra Gallery, Mexico City
Genius Loci, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
2015
Smart San Miguel, Casa Cohen, San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Pautas desiguales [Uneven Patterns], Ethra Gallery, Mexico City
Ciudades ausentes [Absent Cities], Ethra Gallery, Mexico City
Open House, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
2014
Cartografías de la memoria [Memory Mappings], Ethra Gallery, Mexico City
Afelparte, Bodega Quetzalli Gallery, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Tiro libre [Free Throw], La Gloria Café, Mexico City
2013
Mex.D.13, Posiciones de pintura y dibujo de ambos países [Mex.D.13, Painting and Drawing Positions from Both Countries], Alfred Botteger Gallery, Bonn, Germany
2012
Conjuntos [Sets], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City
El género y su expresión, De los lenguajes secretos [Gender and Its Expression, On Secret Languages], Hall of the Federal Electoral Court, Mexico City
2011
Ojo de papel [Paper Eye], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City
Ida y vuelta [Round Trip], Myl Contemporary Art Gallery, Mexico City
2010
Bajo presión [Under Pressure], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City; Casa de la Cultura in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
2009
Memoria de elefante [Elephant memory], Mexican Art Gallery, Mexico City
Punto de concentración [Concentration Point], Monograma Espacio, Mexico City
2008
Textil Arte [Textile Art], Centro de las Artes de San Agustín, Oaxaca, Mexico
Las cosas íntimas [Intimate Things], Museo Mural Diego Rivera, National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City
Mujeres sin cuenta [Women without an Account], Instituto Cultural de México, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Grabadores mexicanos [Mexican Engravers], Galería Gravura Brasileira, Sao Pablo, Brazil
Urdimbres [Warps], Casa Lamm Gallery, Mexico City
Tiempo aire [Air Time], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City
2007
Contraluz [Counter Light], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City
Prototipo [Prototype], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City
2006
Muestra de arte contemporáneo [Contemporary Art Show], Mexican Contemporary Art Fair, Mexico City
Impar-In situ [Uneven-In situ], Espacio Monograma, Mexico City
2005
Paisaje Landscape, Omar Alonso Gallery, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
El número 13: Magia y tabú [Number 13: Magic and Taboo], Centro Cultural Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
2004
Adquisiciones y donaciones 2000-2004 [Acquisitions and Donations], Oaxaca Museum of Contemporary Art, Oaxaca, México
El número 13: Magia y tabú [Number 13: Magic and Taboo], Nishisawa Museum Workshop, Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
2003
VI Bienal de Monterrey [Sixth Monterrey Biennial], Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
2001
Ojo [Eye], Escandón Workshop, Mexico City
2000
25 x 25, Mexican Art Gallery, Mexico City
Education
1979-1981
Grant for artistic residence in textile production at the National School of Visual Arts in Lódz, Poland, awarded by the Polish School of Visual Arts and the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico
Studies in philosophy and interior design in Mexico City
