LAURA RANGEL VILLASEÑOR

I am Loreta

I have the pleasure of serving the art of painting with my whole being. In my paintings, inherited memories abound, passing beyond what I have lived, what I have touched. My work leads the viewer to discoveries within scenes, people, landscapes. Things are simply where they are, there... outside the human order.

Each painting is an invitation to look beyond, to look deeply into lands that only art succeeds in touching. There is where my themes coexist, stars tied to strings or resting on a chair, trees, pieces of sky, the chairs themselves (or watermelons). . . the themes that make up the central part of my work. And, besides, my magical Guanajuato, dear little pieces of the marvelous place where I have lived for more than twenty years. The paths of creation are different for each artist.

Day after day,the spirit of painting keeps me company . For me, art is the place where I find myself, with my memories, my loves, my obsessions, with a profound desire to change things in order that the mystery of human life, that deepest part of our being…opens, is shared.

 From this moment, I will keep walking the road I have chosen.

Loreta was born in the city of Silao.  She has lived in various cities in Mexico, and her life brought her to the city of her ancestors, Guanajuato, in which she has lived for 25 years. After 15 years, it became necessary for her to express herself by means of painting, and with much dedication, she started to teach herself.

In 1999, she participated in an important competition at Olga Costa museum. In 2003 she took a course in painting techniques, given by Luis Nishisawa. In 2007, she received a grant to go to the Vermont Studio Center in USA for her professional development. In 2009 and 2010, she painted the murals of an entire catalogued building.

Solo exhibition

2012 / September 27-October 27 - "El esp�ritu del ahora".
Place: Centro Cultural Condesa. M�xico, DF.

2012 / August 12-27 - "En torno al universo".
Place: Congreso del Estado de Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Gto.

2010 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: El Sol y La Luna. Austin TX, Estados Unidos.

2009 - Exposici�n de obra de Loreta.
Place: Sala Alfonsina Storne, Mes�n de los poetas. Guanajuato, Gto. M�xico.

2008 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: Galería Corazones. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2007 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: Museo José y Tomas Chávez Morado. Silao, Gto. México.

2004 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: Galería Q. Monterrey, N.L. México.

2002 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: Semana Cultural en la Alianza Franco Mexicana. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2001 - "Día Internacional de Turismo".
Place: Casa de Moneda. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

Collective exhibition

2012 - Convocatoria seleccionada "IV Muestra Mu@g Mujeres Artistas de Guanajuato".
Place: Museo Dieguino, Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2012 - Convocatoria seleccionada "Inconsciente Colectivo".
Place: Transporte urbano de León, Gto. México.

2011 - "Pintores de Guanajuato".
Place: Museo Histórico Naval. Puerto Vallarta, Jal. México.

2011 - "FIDM Festival Internacional de Día de Muertos".
Place: Hotel México Plaza. León, Gto. México.

2011 - "FIDM Festival Internacional de Día de Muertos".
Place: Ex-convento Jesuita, Universidad de Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2011 - "FIDM Festival Internacional de Día de Muertos".
Place: Palacio del Emir. El Cairo, Egipto.

2011 - "FIDM Festival Internacional de Día de Muertos".
Place: La Mairie du 9ème. Paris, France.

2010 - "Día de Muertos ACADAC".
Place: Centro Fox. León, Gto. México.

2010 - "4 Mujeres 4 Vertientes".
Place: Museo Dieguino. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2009 - "Manos Pintoras".
Place: Casa de la Cultura. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2008 - "Realidades Paralelas".
Place: Galería Duarte. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2008 - "Día Internacional de la Mujer".
Place: Casa de la Cultura. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2008 - "Segunda Muestra Mujeres Artistas".
Place: Galería Corazones. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2008 - "Manos Pintoras".
Place: Casa de la Cultura. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2007 - "Primera Muestra Mujeres Artistas".
Place: Galería Corazones. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2006 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: Archivo General. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2006 - ALDIM.
Place: Poliforum, León, Gto. México.

2005 - Art Fair.
Place: The American School Foundation, Cd. de México, D.F. México.

2004 - "Amigos de los animales".
Place: Museo Gene Byron. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2003 - Art Fair.
Place: The American School Foundation, Cd. de México, D.F. México.

2003 - Exposición de obra de Loreta.
Place: Museo Gene Byron. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

2002 - Art Fair.
Place: The American School Foundation, Cd. de México, D.F. México.

2002 - "Rescatando Raíces" VII FAI. Save the Children Mexico.
Place: Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez El Nigromante (Bellas Artes). San Miguel de Allende, Gto. México.

2001 - "Rescatando Raíces" VI FAI Save the Children Mexico.
Place: Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez El Nigromante (Bellas Artes). San Miguel de Allende, Gto. México.

2001 – Art Fair.
Place: The American School Foundation, Cd. de México, D.F. México.

2001 – "Artistas unidos por los niños".
Place: Convento San Agustín / Casa de Cultura. Salamanca, Gto. México.

2000 - Exposición a alumnos de la escuela de Artes Plásticas.
Place: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Gto. México.

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