Laura Elenes
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1933
Laura Elenes | |
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| Born | Laura Elenes Gaxiola 1933 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Died | 2005 (aged 71–72) |
| Website | www |
Laura Elenes (1933–2005) was a Mexican painter, sculptor and printmaker.[1] Her work was recognized with membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and several tributes in Mexico and other countries after her death.
Born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, Elenes trained in art and industrial design, and taught for 23 years at the Centro de Investigaciones de Diseño Industrial of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She was also a researcher of pre-Hispanic literature.[2]
Her art career spanned from 1970 to 2005,[3] which included collaboration with contemporaries such as Juan O’Gorman, Jorge González Camarena and Raúl Anguiano.[2] She had over fifty individual exhibitions and participated in over 100 collective shows both in Mexico and abroad.[2][3] In Mexico, important exhibitions include those at the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Academy of San Carlos, Galerías Aristos, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, the Contemporary Art Museum in Toluca, Los Pinos and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.[1] Her work also appeared in countries such as Japan, the United States, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy, Colombia and Costa Rica.[2][3]
Elenes’ work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museo de la Mujer in Mexico City, Fundación Cultural Banamex, the Domeq Foundation, UNAM, the Pinacotheca of the state of Nuevo León and the Humor Museum in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.[1][2]
During her career, she was active in artists’ associations such as the Sociedad Mexicana de Autores de Artes Plásticas (SOMAAP)[2][4] and was the director of the Global Culture Center Mexico for sixteen years.[2][5]