LUISA RESTREPO
LUISA RESTREPO
ABOUT
Luisa Restrepo, is a glass artist and designer born in Colombia and now working in México. After concluding her studies in Medellin and later in Wolverhampton, England, she founded her studio, “El taller” in México City in 2005. Her work examines rhythm, pattern, proportion and excess. She moves from objects, to installations and performance and strives to use different mediums and means in the understanding of the material and how we transform it and relate to it. Supported by scholarships she has attended various workshops, taught at Pilchuck, Xaquixe amongst other places and has been part of the Northland’s and Wheaton’s residency programs. She has also won the first Colombian Glass Biennale and has shown both nationally and internationally.
MIRROR MIRROR COLLECTION
PROPORTION OF EXCESS III, wall mirror
MIRROR MIRROR JEWELLERY, 2018
Materials: brushed brass, gold plated brass, silver-plated torch-blown glass
PICO DE BOTELLA COLLECTION, 2014
Series of rings and pendants, made of recycled glass bottles, faceted.
A beautiful up-cycling project, using waste to create new sparkling gems.
SLIDES
CV/BIO
Solo shows
2016 “De La Ciudad Al Cuerpo” Collaboration Maria Paula Vallejo, La Sierpe. Medellín, Colombia
“Ciudad Imaginada” Collaboration Diego Vides Borrell, Ángulo 0 Gallery. Mexico City
“SOPLO” Collaboration Diego Vides Borrell, Galería. eMe Gallery. Mexico City
2013 “A través del exceso” Medellín 174 Gallery. Mexico City
“Lo ambiguo reside en la forma” Gorilla Gallery. Oaxaca, Mexico
2009 “La bombonera” Performance. La Perrera. Oaxaca, Mexico
“Vidrio y papel” Biblioteca Henestrosa. Oaxaca, Mexico
2007 “Falsa Calma” Yam Gallery. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2005 “Historias del tiempo” Yam Gallery. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
“Piel” El Nigromante, Bellas Artes. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Selected Collective shows
2019 “Circuito” ZONA MACO / Angulo 0 Gallery. Mexico City
“Coriolis” ZONA MACO / Estudio Cerisola. Mexico City
2018 “Mexico Design Time” Not arbitrary & Pico de botella, jewelry collection, Marion Friedman Gallery. London, UK
“Open Ends” Summer group shpw, Angulo 0 Gallery. Mexico City
2017 “Arte / Sano” Topografías, jewelry collection, Collaboration Paulina Rodete, MAP: Museum of Popular Art. Mexico City
“Tangencias” Angulo 0 Gallery. Mexico City
“Ciudad Imaginada” ZONA MACO / Angulo 0 Gallery. Mexico City
2016 “Ciudad Imaginada” Abierto de Diseño Mexicano / MUNAL: National Art Museum. Mexico City
“Gorilla Gallery Restrospective” Biblioteca Henestrosa. Oaxaca, Mexico
“Proporción del exceso” Design Week / Design House. Mexico City
“Diseño en Proceso” Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura Museum. Mexico City
“1er concurso Latinoamericano de Joyería” La Miscelánea. Puebla, Mexico
“De La Ciudad Al Cuerpo” ZONA MACO / CENTRO. Mexico City
2015 “Emanation: Art and Process” Hedone Gallery. NJ, USA
“Mirror Mirror” ZONA MACO / CENTRO. Mexico City
2014 “Diseño contenido” Design Week. Mexico City
“Design Convergence” NODO Design / ICFF. NYC, USA
“Pico de Botella” CENTRO / ZONA MACO. Mexico City
2013 “Convarsations with Paul Marioni” Banquete Salomé. Oaxaca, Mexico
2012 “Vidrio y cerámica” Gorilla Gallery. Oaxaca, Mexico
“Emerge 2012” Connect Gallery. Portland, US
2011 “Bodyworks” Connect Gallery. Portland, US
“Mujeres trabajando” Galería Medellín. Mexico City
“Duelo” (performance) Galería Metropolitana. Mexico City
“Latin Crew” Far4. Seattle, US
“Latin America Glass Art” Joseph Gross Gallery. Austin, US
2010 “Carne” Museo SHCP. Mexico City
“Silica (performance).” Xaquixe Studio. Oaxaca, Mexico
“Snake Oil Inc (performance).” ExTeresa Arte Actual. Mexico City
“Vitreous North” Timespan Museum and Art Centre. Sutherland, UK
2009 “Corpus Aeternum” C.F. Manuel álvarez Bravo. Oaxaca, Mexico
“Membrana Interrumpida (body art)” Penland Craft School. Ashville, US
2008 “Misterio de la Luz” Jesús Gallardo Gallery. León, Mexico
2007 “El maíz es nuestra vida” Natural history Museum. Mexico City
“Nacionalidad Restringida” TEG. Mexico City
“El Misterio de la Luz” Museo de Artes Populares. Mexico City
“Young Glass 2007” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Ebeltoft, Denmarc
2006 “Glass Biennale” Glass Museum. Monterrey, Mexico
“Reflections” Royal Museum. Edimburg, Scotland
“New Glass” Susan Megson Gallery. New York City, US
“Italy meets Mexico” Salt of the earth Gallery. St. Louis, US
“Residents of NorthLands” Lybster Gallery. Lybster, Scotland
“Skin” Marx Saunders Gallery. Chicago, US
2005 “Arpegio de Miradas” Congress building. Cuernavaca, Mexico
2004 “Espacios, Luz y Reflejos” Colegio de Arquitectos. Mexico City