Luisa Restrepo Moreno
b. 1977
Education:
2013 MFA in Design Studies, Centro Diseño, Cine y televisión, México City, México
1998 BA 3-Dimensional Design : Glass, Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton, England.
1996 BA Industrial Design, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
Honors:
2022 The Glass Prize, Bullseye Glass Artist, Overall winner, UK
2016 La Colecta, Latin American Contemporary Jewelry, finalist
2012 Corning New Glass Review, selected
2012 Bullseye E-merge, finalist
2011 Bienal Museo del vidrio de Bogotá (Colombia), first place
2010 Wheaton Arts, CGSC Center, Artist in Residence
2009 Penland School of Craft, full scholarship
2007 Young Glass, finalist
2006 Bienal Museo del Vidrio de Monterrey (Mexico), finalist
2006 North Lands Creative Glass, Artist in residence
2006 Pilchuck Glass School, full scholarship
1997 Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy), first prize
Teaching:
2021 Urban Glass “Malleable: Jewelry design experiments”, US
2018 Urban Glass “Shift”, US
2017 Pilchuck Glass School “Heart on Sleeve”, US
2008 Xa-quixe glass studio “Introduction to warm glass techniques”, México
2007 CASA : Centro de las Artes San Agustin “Masks of Glass”, México
2007 Xa-quixe glass studio “Introduction to warm glass techniques”, México
2003-2005 ESINVI School of Glass, México
Lectures / Demos:
2021 “Glass by Ibero-American Women” curator María Eugenia Diaz de Vivar, GAS Conference, US
2021 “El vidrio como columna vertebral”, Hablemos sobre Vidrio, Romero Gurman Youtube channel
2017 “Experience through glass” Pilchuck Glass School, US
2017 “Through the looking glass” (Demo) GAS Conference, US
2012 International Conference - Touching the Past, (Demo) North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland
2011 “Latin women working in glass” moderated by Ana Thiel, GAS Conference, US
2010 Resident Artist Lecture, Wheaton Arts and Cultural center, US
2006 Resident Artist Lecture, North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 “Malleable Construct” Collab w/ Elena Pardo & Julia Roberts, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, US
2016 “From the city to the body” Collaboration w/ María Paula Vallejo, La Sierpe, Medellín, Colombia
2016 “Imagined City” Collaboration w/ Diego Vides Borrell, Ángulo 0 Gallery, México City, México
2016 “SOPLO” Collaboration w/ Diego Vides Borrell, EME Gallery, México City, México
2013 “Through the excess” Medellín 174 Gallery, México City, México
2013 “The ambiguous form” Gorilla Gallery Oaxaca, México
2010 “Sneak Oil Inc.” performance, ExTeresa Arte Actual Museum, México City, México
2009 “La bombonera” La Perrera performance space, Oaxaca, México
2009 “Glass and paper” Biblioteca Henestrosa, Oaxaca, México
2007 “False calm” Yam Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, México
2005 “Time traces” Yam Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, México
2005 “Skin” El nigromante, Bellas Artes Museum, San Miguel de Allende , México
Group Exhibitions (Selected):
2024 “Torre de Babel” Ángulo Cero Gallery, México City, México
2023 “Diseñando el Futuro: 15 Años de Design Week Mexico” Space CDMX, Architecture and Design,
CDMX, México
2022 Art Miami “Coriolis, Module II” presented with Ammann Gallery, Miami, US
2022 “I Salón Bienal” Escuela de la transparencia FAASAB, Bogota, Colombia
2022 “Una modernidad hecha a mano” MUAC Museum of contemporary Art, México City, México
2020 Zona MACO Design “Ciudad Radiada” presented with Ángulo 0 Gallery, México City, México
2019 New York Jewelry Weekend “Urban Sparkle” Urban Glass Gallery, NY, US
2019 Zona MACO Design “Circuito” presented with Ángulo 0 Gallery, México City, México
2019 Zona MACO Design “Coriolis” presented with Estudio Cerisola, México City, México
2018 “México Design Time” Marion Friedman Gallery, London, UK
2018 “Open Ends” Ángulo 0 Gallery, México City, México
2017 “Arte/Sano” Museo de Artes Populares, México City, México
2017 “Tangencias” Ángulo 0 Gallery, México City, México
2017 Zona MACO Design “Ciudad Imaginada” presented with Ángulo 0 Gallery, México City, México
2017 Abierto de Diseño mexicano “Ciudad Imaginada” Museo Nacional MUNAL, México City, México
2016 “Gorilla Gallery Retrospective” Biblioteca Henestrosa, Oaxaca, México
2016 “Diseño en Proceso” ARCHIVO, Design and architecture Museum, México City, México
2016 Zona MACO Design “From the city to the body” presented with CENTRO, México City, México
2015 “Emanation: Art and Process” Hedone Gallery, NJ, US
2015 Zona MACO Design “Not Arbitrary” presented with CENTRO, México City, México
2014 Diseño Contneido / Design Week “Ciudad Imaginada”, México City, México
2014 ICFF “Reconfiguración” presented with NODO, NY, US
2014 Zona MACO Design “Pico de Botella” presented with CENTRO, México City, México
2013 “Conversations with Paul Marioni” Banquete Salomé, Oaxaca, México
2012 “Beyond Tradition” Caithness Horizons, Thurso, Scotland
2012 “Contemporary Glass and ceramics” Gorilla Gallery, Oaxaca, México
2012 “E-merge” Connect Gallery, Portland, US
2011 “Bodyworks” Connect Gallery, Portland, US
2011 “Working women” Medellín 174 Gallery, México City, México
2011 “Duelo” performance piece, Metropolitana Gallery, México City, México
2011 “Latin Crew” Far4 Gallery, Seattle, US
2011 “Latin American Glass Art” Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, US
2010 “Meat” SHCP Museum, México City, México
2010 “Vitreous North” Timespan Museum and Art Centre, Helmsdale, Scotland
2009 “Corpus Aeternum” Manuel Álvarez Bravo Museum, Oaxaca, México
2008 “Misterio de la Luz” Jesús Gallardo gallery, León, México.
2007 “El Maíz es nuestra vida” Natural History Museum, México City, México
2007 “Nacionalidad Restringida” TEG Gallery, México City, México
2007 “Light In The North” North Lands Creative Glass Collection 10th. Anniversary, touring
exhibition St. Fergus Gallery, Wick Library, Iona Gallery, Inverness Museum, Scotland
2007 “Misterio de la luz” Museo de Artes Populares, México City, México
2007 “Young Glass” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2006 “Glass Biennale” Museum of Glass, Monterrey, México
2006 “Reflections” Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 “New Glass” Susan Megson Gallery, NY, US
2006 “Italy meets Mexico” Salt of the earth Gallery, St. Louis, US
2006 “Residents of North Lands Creative Glass” Lybster Gallery, Lybster, Scotland
2006 “Skin” Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, US
2005 “Reflejos” Cultural Space Muralla, Tenango del Aire, México
2004 “Espacios, luz y reflejos” Colegio de Arquitectos, México City, México
2003 “Seducciones del Vidrio” Lourdes Chumacero Gallery, México City, México
2001 “New Designers” Islington Design Centre, London, UK
Public Collections:
Museum of American Glass, US
North Lands Creative Glass Collection, Scotland