Verónica Ruiz de Velasco
Mexican artist (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Veronica Ruiz de Velasco (born 1968) is a Mexican neo-figurative painter living in the United States and one of the youngest female artist to exhibit solo at the Museo de Arte Moderno (National Museum of Modern Art) in Mexico.[1] Her talent attracted the attention of masters such as Teodulo Romulo, Rufino Tamayo, Jean Dubuffet, and Gilberto Aceves Navarro who all took Veronica under their wings as a student and protégé. She was commissioned to paint a mural at the ABC Hospital that was unveiled by the U.S. Ambassador in Mexico, Charles J. Pilliod Jr. and attended by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and later a mural for the Hamon Science Building at the Southwest Medical Center in Dallas for Nancy Hamon. In addition, Veronica has held several solo exhibitions including the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico, Mexico Loteria, the Mexico City International Airport,[2][3][4][5] Nordstrom in the Galleria of Dallas and the Irving Art Center. Over the last decade, Veronica Ruiz de Velasco has been recognized as one of the world's greatest abstract artist. Her works have been quoted as Jackson Pollock on steroids.
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Born | (1968-02-21) February 21, 1968 (age 56) Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Education | La Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes La Esmeralda, Antigua Academia de San Carlos, Rufino Tamayo, Jean Dubuffet, Gilberto Aceves Navarro |
Known for | Dancers, Boquets |
Notable work | Homage to Swan Lake (1989) Homage to Phantom of the Opera (1985) Homage to Edgar Degas (1987) |
Movement | Neo-figurative |
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Website | veronicaruizdevelasco |