3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue
3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue
3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue
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MAXIMO LAURA<br />
Peru / Peru<br />
Born 1959<br />
Urb. Brisas de Santa Rosa III Etapa MZI Lte 17<br />
Lima 31, Peru<br />
Education<br />
1987 Kela Cremaschi’s workshop,<br />
Argentina<br />
1985–1986 Seminaries “Andean <strong>Art</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Design”<br />
1980–1983 National University “Mayor<br />
de San Marcos”(UNMSM),<br />
Hispanic Literature<br />
1978–1979 National University “San<br />
Cristobal de Huamanga”<br />
(UNSCH)<br />
1974 Painting Workshop at the<br />
Escuela Nacional de Bellas<br />
<strong>Art</strong>es (ENBA) in Ayacucho<br />
1966–1974 Workshop of Miguel Laura<br />
(Ayacucho weaving)<br />
Selected exhibitions<br />
2006 Gallery Indigo “Ofrendas”,<br />
Lima, Peru<br />
2006 National Museum of<br />
American Indians,<br />
Washington DC, USA<br />
Gallery <strong>Fibre</strong> <strong>Art</strong> Center<br />
“Maximo Laura Tapestries”,<br />
Ammerhts, MSS, USA<br />
Gallery Centro Español<br />
“Tapiceria del Tiempo”,<br />
San José, Costa Rica<br />
Gallery Inti ”Maximo Laura<br />
Peintre-Tisser<strong>and</strong> Peruvien“,<br />
Paris, France<br />
Gallery <strong>and</strong> Studio Bleecker<br />
Street ”Eternal Sounds“,<br />
Carrboro, North Carolina,<br />
USA<br />
Gallery <strong>Art</strong>empresa<br />
“Tejiendo Tiempos”,<br />
Córdoba, Argentina<br />
Awards<br />
2005 Prize “Best In Show” Latin<br />
American <strong>Art</strong> VIII, Miami,<br />
USA<br />
2002 Tribute X Muestra Ibero-<br />
Americana de <strong>Art</strong>esanía,<br />
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela<br />
Medal ”Juan Pablo<br />
Viscardo <strong>and</strong> Guzmán“,<br />
awarded by the Peruvian<br />
Representative Congress<br />
“Master Craftsman<br />
Iberoamerican Award”,<br />
Venezuela<br />
2001 “Gr<strong>and</strong> Master Craftman<br />
Peruvian Award”, Lima,<br />
Peru<br />
1996 Best International <strong>Art</strong>ist<br />
Award, IV MAI, Venezuela<br />
1996, 1994, 1993 International Craft<br />
<strong>Art</strong>s <strong>Festival</strong> Award,<br />
Miami, USA<br />
1992 UNESCO Award “For Latin<br />
American And Caribbean”,<br />
Tenerife, Spain<br />
1991 “Golden H<strong>and</strong>s” National<br />
Award, Lima, Peru<br />
Works in collections<br />
Museum of <strong>Art</strong> Popular Riva Agüero, Lima, Peru<br />
National Museum of the Peruvian Culture, Lima, Peru<br />
Cultural Institute Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA), Lima,<br />
Peru<br />
World Bank, Washington DC, USA<br />
National Museum American Indian NMAI, Washington DC,<br />
USA<br />
Museum of America, Miami, USA<br />
Museum of Craft of Finl<strong>and</strong>, Jyvaskyla, Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
Ibero-American Museum of Craft, Orotova, Tenerife, Spain<br />
“THE DREAM OF A WARRIOR OF LIGHT<br />
AT DAWN”<br />
A poem to the rebirth<br />
Of the abundant origins.<br />
Eternal Chant,<br />
Unalterable <strong>and</strong> steadfast<br />
To the sacred fruit of the Mother Earth,<br />
Who gives life for harmony in peace<br />
And conscience between all beings in Light.<br />
Meeting with the presence<br />
Of the Spirit of the Jaguar,<br />
Great God,<br />
Comm<strong>and</strong>er in the Andean World.<br />
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