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Betsabé Romero
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biography
(b. Mexico City, 1963).
This Mexican multimedia artist studied art at the San Carlos Academy and at the National University (UNAM) in Mexico City and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. Romero’s work refers to traditional Mexican culture and the role women play in the creation of these "folkloric" objects. Her interest in cars and they way she transforms these very masculine mechanised objects into feminine, hand crafted, domestic pieces that talk about miracles, hope, apparitions, beauty, devotion, etc. bear witness to her Mexican heritage, but invite a contemporary interpretation of globalization, gender roles and high and low art.
Her work has been shown extensively throughout Mexico. Her solo exhibits include: Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, 1999; "Sous la grisaille de México", Espace D'Art Yvomamor Palix, Paris, France, 1999. Her group exhibitions include: Museo de la Ciudad in Mexico City in the exhibition "Cinco Continentes, Una Ciudad" (Five Continents, One City). She recently participated in the exhibition "Art Grandeur Nature" at the Parc de la Corneuve, Paris, France and in the exhibition "Across Time Beyond Place" at the Fullerton Museum Center and the University Art Gallery, San Diego State University. Her installation "Ayate Car", (a symbol for the unceasing quest for a miracle, a vehicle that arrives to the border filled with a cargo of hope... but the apparition does not come – only rejection, immobility and decline) was one of the highlights in inSITE ’97, the San Diego/Tijuana installation biennial. She has most recently exhibited "AutoInmoviles en East LA", Absolut Biennal, Los Angeles, California, Iturralde Gallery, 2001. Courtesy Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles
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