Curriculum Vitae

Contact data - Professional studies - Solo exhibitions - Collective exhibits - Collections

Contact data

Postal address	Lázaro Cárdenas 434 Cuernavaca, Morelos, 62170 México
Phone	(+52-777)317-6287
Email	ofeliai@gmail.com

Professional studies

• 1961-1965
  Painter at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas (ENAP) of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).
• 1969-1970
  Jerusalem, Israel, Faculty of Humanities. Studies on Art History and Medieval History
• 1970-1971
  Jerusalem, Israel - Bez'alel Art Academy. Engraving at Profesor Yehuda Bacon's atelier.
• 1972-1973
  Amsterdam, Holand. Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Grant assignation through contest by the Dutch Government, for graduate studies at the Graphic Arts Department of the above mentioned institution. Granted for six months and extended to a year.
• 1997-1998
  UNAM, ENAP. Academic Extention. Hand made paper, tridimentional modality.

Solo exhibitions

2000

• Earth Rituals, Hand Made Paper
  June 15
  Antigua Academia de San Carlos ENAP / UNAM
• Metamorphosis
  February
  Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City

1999

• Garded place
  September 8
  Colegio de Bachilleres del Sur
• Paintings and Papers
  May
  Galería Enanos de Tapanco, Mexico City

1996

• Open Dream
  Itinerant Exhibit sponsored by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.
  October 15 - November 15, Pachuca, Hidalgo
  August 15 - September 15, Morelia, Michoacan
  March 15 - April 15, Taxco, Guerrero

1995

• June the 14, Hidalgo Station
  Paintings and collages at the Metro
• Concrete Spaces, Abstract Painting
  January 20 - February 17
  Galleries 1 and 2 at the Academia de San Carlos. ENAP / UNAM

1994

• Beyond the Surface
  June 23 - July 17
  Galería del Bosque de la Casa del Lago en Chapultepec, UNAM
• Reencounters
  May 12 - 24
  Tlanepantla Municipal Palace, Estado de México
• Luminous Elegies
  April 8 - 24
  Casa de la Cultura Quinta Colorada, Chapultepec

1993

• Transformations
  December 2 - 13
  Casa de la Cultura Jesús Reyes Heroles
  Mexico City

Collective exhibits

2005

• Five artists exhibition
  May - June, Bacchus Gallery
  Borås, Sweden

2004

• Self portrait, collective exhibit
  May - September
  Regional Art Museum Borås, Sweden
• De tripas corazón
  Art-Object Book exhibition
  Casa de la Cultura Juan Rulfo
• Libro de Nopal, Libro de Plátano
  Art-Object Book exhibition
  Museo de Aguascalientes

2003

• Urban mosaic
  Large format in hand-made textile and paper
  Dyptichs, triptichs and poliptichs
  Museo de Arte de Querétaro
  First prize
  February - May
• Urban mosaic Lourdes Sosa Gallery

2002

• Tan cerca, tan lejos
  450th anniversary of the foundation of the University
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  Installation. Big Format Art - Object books
• Everyday Life and Urban Art
  City Museum
  Quito, Ecuador
• Temazcal, A Museographic Installation
  Metropolitan Cultural Center
  Quito, Ecuador
• Book Art Object. An interactive alternative
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  Central Library
  March to May

2000

• For tropical Vikings
  International Bienale Juguete Arte Objeto
  Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
  First Encounter of Paper Artists
  August.
  Exconvento de San Lorenzo, Mexico City
• Geographies
  September
  Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City
• At two thousand years of Paper invention, almost
  Book - Object international exhibit
  October
  Quito, Ecuador.
• Literary Party
  Book - Object exhibit
  November
  Zócalo (downtown plaza), Mexico City
• Deserts
  With a piece named Invocatory Fan
  January
  Centro Cultural San Angel, Mexico City

1999

• Miniature Textile Bienale
  Third place
  Itinerant Exhibit
  Querétaro

1998

• Like flowing water
  Honorary mention
  Second Painting Bienale at the Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
  November 23 - December 23
  Mexico City

1996

• Garded place
  Honorary mention
  First Painting Bienale at the Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
  October 7 - November 8
  Mexico City
• Concrete Space
  Fifth International Visual Poetry Bienale
  January 20
  Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City

1995

• Catdoghouse
  Honorary Mention
  First International Juguete Arte-objeto Bienale
  December 7 Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
• Drawing: Its Image in Mexico
  May 2
  Galería Siglo XXI del Seguro Social
  Mexico City

1993

• Juguete Arte-objeto
  Mayo
  Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
• Homage to the Century old model, Melchor Sortibrand
  Enero
  Antigua Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City

Collections

• Asa nisi masa
  Dyptic
  210 x 245 cm
  Mixed media on wood
  Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
• Night Veil
  145 x 145 cm
  Oil on Linen
  1994
  Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
• Homage to a V. I
  122 x 210 cm
  Mixed media on wood
  1993
  Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
• Shield against lovelessness
  120 x 90 cm
  Hand made paper on canvas
  1997
  Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes, UNAM
• Rock whisper II
  Dyptich
  81 x 122 cm
  Mixed media on wood
  1994
  Centro Internacional de Ciencia - UNAM.
  Cuernavaca, Morelos
• Antique Jewel
  95 x 145 cm
  Mixed technique
  1994
  Centro Internacional de Ciencia / UNAM.
  Cuernavaca, Morelos
• Bud
  140 x 180 cm
  Oil on canvas
  1994
  Centro Internacional de Ciencia / UNAM.
  Cuernavaca, Morelos
• In spite of the Debris
  140 x 180 cm
  Acrylic on canvas
  1994
  Centro Internacional de Ciencia / UNAM.
  Cuernavaca, Morelos
• Magenta Quarry
  140 x 120 cm
  Encaustics on canvas
  1996
  Colegio de Bachilleres
• Mourning for Gilda Canto
  Brief Treaty on Materials
  Readings and Variations
  Three book - objects
  Museo de la Ciudad. Quito, Ecuador