UTSA hosts visit of renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide
(Dec. 9, 2004)--UTSA welcomed renowned Mexican photographer and artist Graciela Iturbide to the 1604 Campus Dec. 7 to speak to students and to sign seven of her prints which were purchased for the UTSA art collection.
Iturbide's visit to UTSA was coordinated by Bill Fitzgibbons, executive director of Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, and Arturo Almeida, UTSA art specialist. The student lecture was arranged by Ellen Riojas Clark, UTSA associate professor of bicultural-bilingual studies.
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RSS FeedsIn the top photo, from left to right, are Fitzgibbons, UTSA President Ricardo Romo, Iturbide, Clark and Almeida. In the middle photo, Iturbide signs a print. The lower photo is Iturbide's, "Mujer Angel" (Angel Woman).
Born in Mexico City in 1942, Iturbide is considered one of the most gifted photographers ever to come out of Mexico. She has an international following and is represented in the United States by a number of prestigious commercial galleries.
Iturbide studied cinema at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and was an assistant to photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo. She has been exhibited in many single-artist and group shows; among her most significant works are "Graciela Iturbide: Images of the Spirit" (Retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997-98) and "Juchitán pueblo de nube / Juchitán, Cloud Village," which toured Argentina, England and Japan from 1987 to 1998.
Among her many honors are the Premio de Adquisición in the First Photography Biennial, Mexico City, 1980; W. Eugene Smith Award, 1987-88; Guggenheim Fellowship Award, 1988; the Gran Prix Mois, 1988; The Hugo Erfurth Award, 1989; the Hokkaido Prize, 1990; and the Prix Rencontres Photographiques, 1991.
Iturbide lives and works primarily in Mexico, but recently worked on photographic projects in the southern United States and India. Early in life, she acted in an independent film made by a friend and was nominated for the Mexican equivalent of an Oscar. She was married to well-known Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer.
For more information, contact Arturo Almeida at (210) 458-4101.