Elena Climent bio

elena climent

Born in Mexico City, 1955
Studied art in Mexico City, Mexico; Valencia and Barcelona, Spain

Statement:
"…I think wherever we are we reproduce ourselves. People reflect themselves by their surroundings. We create an order around us, a mirror of what we are. I'm fascinated by what objects absorb of people."

-Elena Climent, Windows from Here to Then

Elena Climent's prints conjure for us a richly textured world where the air is dense and humid and laden with the scent of freshly cut flowers. This world is vibrant, super-real, and always seems poised at the very height of summer. Her images invite introspection and contemplation of the objects so painstakingly captured, which are treasured for their simplicity and beauty, rather than for their value or worth. Her prints offer us memories, her memories, of Mexico.

Selected recent exhibitions
2001	Ventanas de la memoria, National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Entremundos: Jewish Artists from Latin America, Singer Gallery, Mizel Cultural Arts Center, Denver, Colorado
2000	Windows from Here to Then, Mary-Anne Martin/ Fine Art, New York, New York Ventanas de su memoria, Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris, France (traveled)
1999	Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place, Katonah Museum of Art, New York (traveled)
1998	Antologia, Oleos y Acuarelas, Museo Biblioteca Pape, Monclava, Coahuila, Mexico (traveled)
1997	To My Parents, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
1996	Lazos y Nexus:The Legacy of Maria Izquierdo, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois Salon de Triumfadores: 30 Anos de Arte Joven, Museo de Aguascalientes, Mexico (traveled)
1995	Espiritu, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido Re-encounters Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art New York Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin(traveled)
1994	Paper Visions V, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1993	Elena Climent, En Busca del Presente, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City