Carmen Parra (born 1944 in
Mexico City
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) is a Mexican painter. Her work is inspired in the New Spain iconography art: angels, archangel, eagles, butterflies and flowers.
Life
She was daughter of the architect Manuel Parra and María del Carmen Rodrìguez Peña.
She studied in National High School no. 5 of
UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
and then she continued her social anthropology studies in the
National School of Anthropology and History
National School of Anthropology and History (in Spanish: ''Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, ENAH'') is a Mexican Institution of higher education founded in 1938 and a prominent center for the study of Anthropology and History in the A ...
. She also studied graphic design for movies in
Royal College of Art
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of
London
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, painting in
Rome
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and music in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
When she returned to Mexico, she finished her arts studies, and was
Juan Soriano student.
Her work and paintings has been exposed in several countries.
[Isabel Leñero (08/09/2011). «Carmen Parra expone en Casa del Lago». PROCESO magazine. Reviewl 10/06/2016.]
Her techniques are oil, gouache, amate paper, serigraphy, among others.
Publications about her work
* 2015 ''Metamorfosis, travesía de Carmen Parra'', varios autores, Medicine Faculty, UNAM and The Aspen Institute Mexico, Mexico City.
* 2011 ''Carmen Parra: Peregrina del aire'', varios autores, Fondo editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, Mexico City.
* 2007 ''La grafostática u Oda a Eiffel'', textos de Salvador Elizondo, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio photographies, Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, Mexico City.
* 2005 ''Sin Cesar'', Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm, Mexico City.
* 1997 ''Der Himmel auf Erden, Eine zeitgenössische Vision'' des Barock in Mexiko, Erfurt und Moritzburg.
* 1980 ''Tiempo cautivo, la Catedral de México'', textos de Gonzalo Celorio, Galería Arvil, Mexico City.
* (No Date) ''La Cathédrale de Mexico : Temps captif'', Gonzalo Celorio, Secretaria de desarrollo urbano y ecología, México.
* (No Date) ''Carmen Parra, Angels and Archangels: A vision of the Baroque in Mexico'', El Aire Centro de Arte, Mexico City.
Expositions list
* 2015 Carmen Parra and José Antonio Farrera, ''La flor de loto y el cardo'', México City.
* 2015 Carmen Parra and Beppe Vesco, ''Un uomo in fuga, il Caravaggio'', Italy.
* 2015 Carmen Parra, ''Suave Patria'', El Aire, Centro de Arte, A. C., México D.F.
* 2011 Carmen Parra, ''República del Aire: el Águila contra la Patria en extinción'', Vicente Quirarte, Cultural Diffusion Coordination, UNAM, Mexico City.
* 2000 Carmen Parra, ''Mariposa Monarca, Polvo de estrellas'', Secretaria de Educación Púbica, el Aire Centro de Arte, México City.
* 1997 Carmen Parra, ''En alas de la palabra'', Ed. El aire Centro de Arte y Turner Libros, México City.
* 1993 Carmen Parra, ''Acercamiento al misterio: La Catedral de México'', Secretaria de Desarrollo Social, Ed. El Equilibrista – Turner Libros, Mexico City.
* 1993 ''La traducción del retorno'', Caja Madrid Fundación, Turner Libros, Madrid.
References
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1944 births
Living people
20th-century Mexican women artists
21st-century Mexican women artists
21st-century Mexican painters
Mexican women painters
Painters from Mexico City
Alumni of the Royal College of Art
Mexican artists
21st-century women painters