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Lauri Copeman
Lauri Copeman, born in Victoria, B.C., Canada, has spent years traveling regularly to Mexico. It was this country that inspired her to begin painting again for the first time since her childhood. Lauri is a self-taught artist, preferring the rigors of trial and error and the freedom of figuring things out on her own [...]
Kirsti Alopaeus
Kirsti Alopaeus is a Finnish-born artist who has spent much of her life in various parts of Latin and North America.She studied art and sculpture in Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico, and now resides and paints on the shores of the Caribbean. The vibrant colors and bold expression of her oils and acrylics, many of [...]
M. Angel Guerrero Garro
Miguel Angel Guerrero Garro is from a family of artists, writers and architects. Born in Mexico City on July 26, 1946, son of Jesus Guerrero Galvan, a noted Mexican painter and muralist, and Devaki Garro Navarro, sister of literary personality Elena Garro, author of such books as Los Recuerdos del Porvenir and La casa [...]
Katalina Guerrero
Katalina Guerrero comes from a family with a strong artistic tradition, and has been immersed in a creative environment from a very young age. Both her father, Miguel Angel Guerrero Garro and her grandfather Jesus Guerrero Galvan (1910-1973), are important figures in the Mexican School of Painting. Katalina spent time both in Canada and Mexico [...]
Goddesses and Women of Mexico
The Works of Arq. Arturo Macias A. Mexican sculptor and architect Arturo Macias has created a series of life-sized, exquisitely carved wood statues depicting many of the principal goddesses as well as the most important women figures in the history of Mexico. These splendid works of art are now housed, along with many [...]

The Zihrena Gallery

Dec 042009

The Zihrena Gallery is a virtual gallery of Mexican art and cultural influence. It has been on-line since 1999 and features a number of artists from Mexico as well as as other parts of the world whose work reflects a special relationship with this country and its colorful and expressive culture.

Our artists include Miguel Angel Guerrero Garro, Katalina Guerrero, Graciela, and Lauri Copeman.

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Tropical Dreams in Cuernavaca

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Oct 272011

Borda Gardens (Jardin Borda), in Cuernavaca, Morelos, will be showing the art of “Graciela” Grace Relfe–”Tropical Dreams of the Sea” (Sueños Tropicales del Mar)— from November 25th, 2011 through January 22nd, 2012.

The exhibit will officially open on Friday, November 25th at 7 p.m.

See Graciela´s work online.

Learn about the Borda Gardens in Cuernavaca.

The Art of Grace Relfe in Cuernavaca

Katalina Guerrero finalist of Arte 40

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Sep 022011

Katalina Guerrero, textile artist, finalist in the Mexican national competition, Arte 40, being exhibited in the National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, 2011.

Katalina Guerrero at SVA New York

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Jun 292011

Katalina Guerrero will be at the OPEN STUDIO SHOW at SVA (School of Visual Arts, New York) on Thursday June 30, 2011 from 6 to 9 pm. The show will feature work by artists from the SVA Summer Residency Program. Address: 335 W 16th Ave, New York, NY; Studio #34 on the 4th floor.

Lauri Copemen June 2011

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Jun 072011

Here is the June update for shows and new paintings by Lauri Copeman: May 31 – June 17, 2011 Vancouver Federation Gallery, 1241 Cartwright Street, Granville IslandVancouver, BC Canvas Unbound – Juried group exhibition June 17, 2011 Penticton Shatford Center, 760 Main St., Penticton, BC Triptych – Juried group exhibition June 20 – July 3 [...]

Homage to Arturo Macias

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May 242011

A memorial gathering and homage to master sculptor Arturo Macias, whose incredible sculptures of the goddesses and great women of Mexico, among other figures and representations, have graced many lives both here and around the world, took place in his home town of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico. Arturo Macias passed away on May 10, [...]

Salvador Gonzalez, Art from Puebla

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Apr 052011

Artist and photographer, Salvador Gonzalez, a native and resident of the city of Puebla in central Mexico, is newly featured in the Zihrena Gallery this month. Now in his 80s, his works are evocative of the old and traditional Mexican way of life, full of character and charisma. Learn about and view some of his [...]

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