Born in Spain
Raised in Havana, Cuba
Graduate of the University of Havana
Moved to Chicago, IL to attend the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago. Advanced studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan
Artist in Residence Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina
Weaving Advisor to the Alliance for Progress Program in Peru,
South America (1965) Working with Peace Corp Volunteers and local
Peruvian Craftsmen.
Head of the Textile Program at Tyler School of Art of Temple
University, Philadelphia,PA from 1972 through 1995
Professor Emeritus, Temple University 1995
Work included in the following collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,NY
Smithsonian Institutions,Renwick Galleries, Washington DC
Huston Museum of Art, Huston, TX
Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA
Recipient of the following Awards:
College of Fellows American Craft Council, 2008
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2008
Flintridge Foundation Grant 2005
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 1989 and 1983
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant 1971
National Endowment for the Arts 1980 and 1974
Represented by the following galleries:
browngrotta arts. Wilton CT, Snydeman/Woeks Galleries, Philadelphia, PA and Andria Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley, ID