Short Biography of Artist,
English
My mother is the painter and writer Leonora
Carrington, and my father is the phototgrapher Chiqui Weisz. My
parents fled Europe during the Second World War and were received as
refugees in Mexico. I was born in Mexico City on November 14, 1947,
where I lived until I was 25. My parents surrounded themselves with a
group of other artists which were also refugees from the Second World
War. Amongst these artists were Andre Breton, Remedios Varo, Jose and
Katy Horna and Benjamin Peret. Many of these artists were also
natives of Mexico, such as Frieda Kahlo, Juan Soriano and Pedro
Friedeberg. Important writers, such as Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz and
Carlos Fuentes also frequented our home. In this ambiance I grew up
and became an artist.
My passion for drawing has accompanied me
ever since I can remember, and I have been surrounded by imagery
produced by the magical brushes of my mother, Leonora Carrington. I
gradually perfected my drawing in pen and ink and for several years I
dedicated myself exclusively to this medium. At age fourteen I had my
first exhibit of drawings in the gallery of Juan de Dios Moreno. In
1969, several drawings of mine were published in the literary
magazine El Rehilete, as well as in the cultural magazine of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico. When I was 24, I had a
major exhibit of drawings and watercolors in the Israeli-Mexican
Cultural Institute.
In 1971 I moved to NY City where I lived for
13 years. It is here that I got married to Wendy Weisz, my wife. Alex
my first son was born in NY in 1981. My second son David, was born in
Louisiana in 1985.
In 1972, I had my first exhibit of drawings
in the Latin American Theater Institute in New York, organized by Ms.
Joanne Potlitzer. In 1982, I exhibited 150 drawings in the Centennary
College Cultural Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, which was the
opening exhibit of this cultural center. In 1989, I showed 20
drawings in pen and ink in the Venzor Gallery in Chicago. In 1996, I
showed 170 drawings and watercolors at the Harlequin Gallery in
Mexico City. In May, 1996, I showed three paintings along with other
major Latin American Artists at the Brewster Arts Gallery in New
York. In June, 1996, I had my first solo exhibit in New York where I
showed about 50 paintings in acrilic at the Brewster Arts Gallery. In
June, 1997, I showed 70 acrilics and oil paintings, as well as tempra
paintings, at the Galleria de Arte Mexicano in Mexico City. In
September, 1997, I had a solo exhibit of 60 paintings at Brewster
Arts Gallery in New York. In November, 1997, I had a show of 50
acrilics, watercolors and drawings, as well as bronze and wood
sculptures at the Main Art Gallery in Richmond , Virginia. In
October, 1998, I presented 15 bronzes and 50 watercolors in the
Museum of the City of Aguascalientes. On October 8, 1998, I had a
solo exhibit of about 70 paintings and 15 bronze sculptures at the
Emma Molina Gallery in Monterrey, Mexico. I just had a solo exhibit
with about 50 paintings, several watercolours,drawings and 30
sculptures in bronze at the Isidro Favela Museum in Mexico City on
September 7, 1999. I will have a solo exhibit with several paintings
at the Brewster Arts Gallery in New York on September 30, 1999. I am
now completing the marionette "Stella" which will be donated to the
Mexican Children's Museum "Arte Objeto".
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