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Tropicos eternos Maria Luisa de Villa March 3 - 24, 2007. Opening Reception: March 3, 2007 2 - 5pm |
Maria Luisa de Villa, Verde Penumbra. |
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In Tropicos eternos, Maria Luisa de Villa presents a series of visual correspondences that explore the complex relationship existing between nature, culture and her own lived experiences, both in Mexico and Canada. The equation:land / flora / habitat / morada / migration is central to the artist's work. Through the genre of drawing and the use of handmade papers, the artist produces a series of visual analogies that examine notions of ritual migration and movements between the ancestral and the contemporary. De Villa's visual encounters of collective memory, cultural icons and sanctuaries of nature evoke layers of consciousness coalescing in the notion of place within a landscape of evolving relationships.
Maria Luisa de Villa Since 1974, de Villa has coordinated Mexico-Canada art forums and cultural exchanges. Acknowledged for her support and contribution in the arts, de Villa has received several awards and grants, she is a founding member of the CCIE Hispanic international multidisciplinary festival of the arts held annually in Toronto. She has also worked in programming and community involvement with public galleries and museums in terms of unfolding and working with the exhibition transforming the museum into a living space. From 2000 to 2004, she donated her personal specialized library of art and Mexican history to the Biblioteca del Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca founded by Mexican painter Francisco Toledo and to the Casa de la Ciudad / Biblioteca Andrés Henestrosa. Represented by: Galer’a Arte de Oaxaca and Galería La Mano Mágica in Mexico. Her work is represented in private art collections in Mexico, Canada and the U.S.A. Maria Luisa de Villa is currently living and working in Oaxaca, Mexico. Natalia Toledo Recipient of several distinctions from the Mexican National Council for the Arts, Natalia is the first woman to receive the Netzahualcoyotl National Prize in Indigenous Literature (2004). Natalia Toledo was born in Juchitan, Oaxaca in Southwestern México in 1967. Bilingual Spanish/Zapotec, her poetry has been published in several books such as: Para’so de Fisuras in Mexico, Femmes de Soleil, Femmes d'or, Ecrits des Forges, Quebec, Canada, Le Temps des Cerises, Pantin, France. Her work has also been included in various anthologies published in different countries. WARC Gallery thanks Native Women In The Arts and the Mexican Consul General for their generous support of this event. |