1. Teresa Margolles finds particularly remarkable how the activity inside the morgues reflects the truth from the outside.
11 Facts About Teresa Margolles
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Teresa Margolles grew up in Sinaloa, where she was exposed to violence and death at a young age.
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Teresa Margolles then became interested in forensic science after beginning to hang out with trainee doctors studying at the medical school next door.
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Teresa Margolles was originally trained as a forensic pathologist, and holds academic degrees in science communication and forensic medicine from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.
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Teresa Margolles conducted art studies at the Direccion de Fomento a la Cultura Regional del Estado de Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico.
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In 1990, Teresa Margolles founded an artists' collective titled SEMEFO, which is an anagram for the Mexican coroner's office.
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Teresa Margolles uses materials retrieved from the morgue where she has her studio, such as the water used to wash corpses, which she uses as the foundation for her work;.
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Teresa Margolles creates these as a type of portrait, making a physical memento of these lives that were lost.
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Teresa Margolles's work is included in the main curated exhibition of the 2019 Venice Biennale "May You Live in Interesting Times".
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Teresa Margolles has been presenting in venues all over the world.
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The work of Teresa Margolles is featured in international collections around the world.