21 Facts About Helen Escobedo

Helen "Elena" Escobedo was a Mexican sculptor and installation artist.

Helen Escobedo has had her work displayed all over the world from Mexico, Latin America, the United States, and Canada to the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel and New Zealand.

Helen Escobedo was educated in her home in a small neighborhood setting with her younger brother Miguel, taught by a French governess until the age of ten.

Helen Escobedo was taught violin by Sander Roth, who at the time was a member of the world-famous Lener Quartet.

Helen Escobedo offered her a one-year grant to study in London at his institution, where she attended eventually with a three-year scholarship.

Helen Escobedo studied under the guidance of Frank Dobson, Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein, Leon Underwood, and for a short time, Ossip Zadkine.

Helen Escobedo got her bachelor's degree in Humanities at Motolinia University in Mexico and her master's degree in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art in London, UK by 1954 at the age of 20.

Helen Escobedo accepted the position be the head and served as director of the Museo de Arte Moderno and the Department of Museums and Galleries at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in 1960, where she worked until 1978, organizing exhibitions.

Helen Escobedo would go on to serve as the Director of the Museum of Modern art between 1982 and 1984.

When Helen Escobedo mounted her Dynamic Walls exhibition, it traveled to different cities starting in Prague but eventually became lost on its journey to Rome.

Helen Escobedo created a paper mural at the Galeria Pecanins in Barcelona in 1973.

In 1978, Helen Escobedo created Coatl, at the University Cultural Center of UNAM in Mexico City, out of steel girders painted yellow to orange to red measuring to 15 meters.

Helen Escobedo competed in the UNAM sculpture competition and was awarded a prize in 1976.

Helen Escobedo was a writer whose works were published in public collections.

Helen Escobedo even conceived and coordinated a book in 1989 called Mexican Monuments: Strange Encounters that was printed in both Spanish and English that was met with equal success.

Helen Escobedo had two children with Fredrik Kirsebom, Andrea in 1962 and a son, Michael in 1964.

Helen Escobedo's mother died following the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

In 2003, Helen Escobedo had a hip-bone replacement due to a sudden fall.

Helen Escobedo's first granddaughter was born as she celebrated her seventieth birthday in 2004.

Helen Escobedo lived in Mexico City, Sweden, Germany, Hamburg, and Berlin.

On September 16,2010, Helen Escobedo died in her hometown of Mexico City at the age of 76.