Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicará (born 1947) is an

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ist born in

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, Guatemala. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" in Guatemala, and continued his studies in Paris, France.retrieved 23 September 2009
/ref> He is known, principally in Latin America, for his ability to combine abstract art with

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art forms (sometimes referred to as

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) to represent elements of the natural Guatemalan landscape, including animals. While Ixquiac Xicara shares the tradition of neo-naïf, or folk imagery, art, he creates images through a modernist abstract lens. He works in oil on board and canvas, and also produces drawings and watercolors on paper. Ixquiac Xicará's art is held in the collection of the

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, and in the collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in

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. His paintings have been sold at auction by Bonhams in Los Angeles and Clars Auction Gallery in Oakland, California. He has been represented by Artique and the Galeria El Tunel, both in

. He has had solo exhibitions in diverse venues, including Casa de America Latina, Paris, France; Moscicki Center in Brussels, Belgium; and the French Cultural Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Museum and gallery curators have also included his art in group exhibits, among them the IV Biennial Americana de Grabado in Santiago, Chile; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama City, Panama; and a Contemporary Mayan Art exhibit in Norway.

Selected works

* Fiesta. Acrylic on canvas. Height 92 cm x width 118 cm. Collection of the Banco de Guatemala *Sin Título. Acrylic on canvas. Height 49 cm x width 49 cm. 1977. Collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama City, Panama.

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Profile of Ixquiac Xicara

Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ixquiac Xicara, Luis Rolando 1947 births Living people People from Quetzaltenango Guatemalan Maya people Guatemalan painters Latin American artists of indigenous descent 20th-century indigenous painters of the Americas Maya painters Guatemalan contemporary artists

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