20 Facts About Magali Lara

Magali Lara's works are presented in collections such as the Mexican Art Gallery, the Carrillo Gil Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Bank of Mexico, the University Museum of Contemporary Art and the UDLAP Art Collection.

Magali Lara is considered a leading figure in the feminist contribution of the Mexican contemporary art movement.

From 1976 to 1980, Magali Lara studied Visual Arts at the National School of Plastic Arts, San Carlos.

Magali Lara's first recognised exhibition was held in 1977 during her bachelor's studies, under the name "Scissors".

Magali Lara's works attributed to the growing movements of Feminism during the time.

Magali Lara says that she became a feminist thanks to her mother, and painted flowers because her mother and grandmother did that together; her desire in this show, she adds, is to tell stories not so much from the platform of the female body, but from the experience of a body that has seen and wants to materialise emotion.

Magali Lara has experimented the electronic media of Digital Art in Latin America, as well as painting, ceramics and animation projects.

Magali Lara has produced many pieces across varying mediums in her career.

Magali Lara worked in the Marco Group and collaborated with the Non-Group in the seventies.

Magali Lara has been a beneficiary of the National System of Creators of the National Council for Culture and the Arts since 1994, and she won the Artist's Book Award with the book Que horte en ti lo que se pertene, in the framework of the International Fair of Artist's book, LIA.

Magali Lara's work is housed in various museums and galleries, such as the Carrillo Gil Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Bank of Mexico, the University Museum of Contemporary Art and the Mexican Art Gallery.

Magali Lara is currently collaborating on editorial projects with Ediciones Acapulco and is a counsellor for Casa del Lago, which belongs to the UNAM.

Magali Lara organised several artist book shows for the United States and Brazil.

Magali Lara began to explore painting and engraving, moving away from the groups to start a more personal investigation.

Magali Lara is interested in the different ways in which contemporary graphic thinking can appear in different supports using different materials.

Magali Lara is one of the most significant Mexican conceptual artists since the 70s.

In terms of artistic influence, Magali Lara has cited the experimental animator Norman McLaren.

Magali Lara's work has been influenced by her personal experiences as a woman in the 1970s feminist movements in Mexico and wider Latin American region.

Magali Lara has written that animation as a medium allows her the opportunity to represent the experiences of the feminine body.

Magali Lara's work is an exercise of the deep understanding of and participation in nature, rather than an attempt to represent them.