julia y luna

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Based on the true story of Julia Butterfly and the tree"Luna"

Julia y LunaPyrography on mahogany


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Julia Butterfly was born on February 18, 1974, and is anAmerican environmental activist. Julia lived two yearsin the top of a tree more than 100 feet high and about

1500 years old, which she called "Luna." Thisextraordinary act of courage prevented the PacificLumber Company razed a forest of 60,000 hectares

which houses ancient redwoods in northern California.

History


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I imagine Julia, day and night, up on high, watchingeverything that happens below and above. I see her

transformed into a bird, an owl, raw, in fruit, moltenMoon, living near the night and the stars and the fullmoon.

Julia Butterfly achieving the metamorphosis in yourbody and spirit, and so survived the inclement weather

and wildlife incredibly for two years over the treecalled Luna

Art work Statement


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One night, during a raging storm, Julia was about to fall from the treewhere she was climbing. When he was close to giving up and fallingfrom more than 100 meters high, she heard what was later called "the

voice of Luna", saying that "only the rigid branches are broken, theflexible survive."

Completely abandoned Julia stopped fighting against the forces ofnature, and following the advice heard approached youngest branches

where he remained until the storm ended.

Regarding his relationship with animals, she tells us that insects wereyour greatest teachers. In early bites suffered all kinds of spiders, wasps,bees and ants. Once, when a spider fell on his head told Julia, "I realizedthat day that spiders are an integral part of the forest, and have a higher

purpose than mine to be here. At the time left from "bothering".

Art work Statement


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As an artist I am always trying new techniques andways to express myself. The pyrography has been a

medium that has allowed me to draw, give relief andwoodworking, while I connect with this ancienttradition which dates from the origin of man.

Personally, I bet by the pyrography as the means toproject my images, using the genres that characterize

and represent me: Expressionism, Surrealism andMagic Realism.

Artist statement


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Pyrography has been practiced by many culturesincluding the Egyptians and some African tribes since

the beginning of time. This technique dates back toprehistoric times when early humans created designsusing the remains of the fire hot. In China, during the

Han Dynasty this method known as "embroidery

needles of fire." Thus, the ancient technique ofpyrography is considered a traditional legacy thatemploys the use of heat to burn on different surfaces

such as paper, cardboard or wood.

The technique


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Heart of Luna

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Facets of Julia

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Host

47 X 47 in


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Julia as bird

39 X 31 in


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Your leaves, my eyes

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Julia and Luna

39 X 31 in


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I was born in New York on March 26, 1974 and I am

naturalized Mexican. Start my art studies at twelve years of agewith music classes in Mexico City.

In 1988, as filing in Mexicali, I joined the art workshop at theInstitute of Fine Arts of the State of Baja California, with theteacher Ruben Garcia Benavides, and participated in my firstexhibition collective plastic.

In 1997, I was selected in University Plastic Biennale that yearand began working as a costume designer for theater and dancecompanies Mexicali.

A i d a C o r r a lBiography


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As a costume designer, in 1998 was a beneficiary of the

stimulus PECDA, with the project "Mobile Scenic Design" toprofessionalize my studies in fashion design at the School of

Design of Baja California where I graduated in 2000.

That same year, I was awarded a scholarship by the school toattend design school in Velez-Per Madrid Spain to study

design.

In 2000 I joined the plant teachers of the School of Design ofBaja California, as a teacher of design and illustration

techniques.



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In 1999 I won the 5th place in illustration, 300 designers inthe country, at the conference "International Fashion View"

in Mexico City.

Also in Mexico City, I was invited by the Ballet ModernMexico, to design and make a costume for the company.

In 2007, I was invited by the Cultural Institute of BajaCalifornia, to be part of the table Judging PACMYC stimuli.



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I have taught creative development workshops anddesign at the University Xochicalco, in the gallery Jose

Garcia Arroyo, in Comunity Center, De Anza JuniorHigh School in Calexico California, and was invited by

the ICBC to provide artistic workshops in thecommunities in Oaxaca San children Quintin,

Ensenada, And Throughout my career, I've developedas a multidisciplinary artist and teacher, gainingrecognition and career in the visual arts, dance, design

and music



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"The Color of Desire" erotic art exhibition, 2008,Mexicali Rose Art Center, Mexicali BC

Some exhibitions ...


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Tzomplantli" 2008, City Gallery, Mexicali BC



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"Cachanilla plastic expression" 2008, City Gallery,Mexicali BC



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"Mujercaracol" solo exhibition, 2010, State Theatre,

Mexicali BC



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"The Color of Sound" State Arts Center, Mexicali BC



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"Gaia" Solo exhibition, Illegal Tint Gallery, Oakland,California.



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"Aurora in the wasteland" Solo exhibition, 2011, LaRumorosa Town, BC



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"Flashback" solo exhibition, 2012, La Paz, BC South



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"Mexicali aqu" 2012

Imperial Valley College

Imperial Valley, Ca.



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Un Paso al Norte 2013

Casa Valencia Gallery

San Diego, Ca.


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