Ana de la Cueva's work elaborates on issues regarding territories, history, feminism, identity, tradition, and transformation in contemporary society. Her multimedia practice oscillates between abstraction and figuration and encompasses embroidery, ceramics, photography, video, printmaking, painting, and sculpture. Her work often entails interacting with others. These exchanges are then materialized to question power, gender-politics, and interpersonal relations, often through a humorous lens. De la Cueva's range and technical mastery of materials is evident in her symbolic use of thread across all media to stimulate a reflection on the traces left by economic, social, and cultural conditions, labor issues, violence, and invisibility.
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico
Lives and works in Guadalajara and New York
2016
Printmaking Apprenticeship with Master Printer Tom Blaess, Printshop, Bern, Switzerland
1998/2000
Printmaking Apprenticeship with Master Printer Kathryn Kain at Smith Andersen Editions (SAE), Palo Alto, CA.
1990
B.S.E. in Computer Systems Engineering, ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, Mexico
1987-89
Escuela de Artes, Instituto Cultural Cabanas, Guadalajara, Mexico
2021
2021 The Tibbetts Estuary Tapestry. A Community Embroidery Artist Project /Bronx, NY with artists Ana de la Cueva and Matthew Lopez-Jensen.
https://www.cityaslivinglab.org/rescuing-tibbetts/tapestry
2013
Fronteiras, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil 2009 El Paquete, Jane Kim/Thrust Projects, New York, NY
Transitions, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (catalog)
2007
Mending Traces, Latincollector, New York, NY
2004
Es origen es, Jorge García Murillo Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico
2003
Trippin', Ex Teresa Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico Cartografías del Éter, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico
2002
Blue on the Tracks, Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, NY (catalog) 2001 El arte como terapia, Centro Sato Gallery, Milan, Italy
1996
Empatados, Galería Mónica Armendáriz, Guadalajara, Mexico
Galería Originales, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1994
La vida es redonda y la tierra es un juego, Galería Jorge Álvarez Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
2021
2021 Det textila är politiskt / Textiles are political, Feb 6 to May 2, Rian designmuseum Falkenberg, Sweden
2019
Hand and I, Mending the World One Stitch at a Time, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Culture and the people: 1969-2019, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Hand and I, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Projects, Long Island City, NY
I Come to This Place, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Pulling a thread, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
2018
Hybrid Topographies - Encounters from Latin America, 60 Wall Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY (catalog)
2017
Uproot, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2016
NARS Residency Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Cinco y Cinco/Five and Five, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA 2015 Animal World, Umbrella Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Contemporary Art Auction, Arte Careyes, Mexico (catalog)
2014
Threads, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands (catalog) Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Superreal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
FAAP Open studios, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
The Geometric Unconscious: A Century of Abstraction, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE (catalog)
2010
The Machine Eats, Latincollector/Frederico Seve Gallery, New York, NY 2008 The Question is Known: (W)here is Latin American/Latino Art?, Mission
Cultural Center for Arts, San Francisco, CA
MoLAA Awards, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
2007
Pricked - Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (catalog)
Contraluz, Moma Grama, Mexico City, Mexico (catalog)
Principio de Incertidumbre, Museo Fundidora, Monterrey, Mexico (catalog)
2002
Cámara! Pintura y Cine en Guadalajara, Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, traveled to Museo de Arte Olga Costa-Jose Chavez Morado, Guanajuato, Mexico
Inside/Outside, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tres Mujeres Vanguardistas - Alicia Ceballos, Hariklia, Ana de la Cueva,
2001
Galería Haus der Kunst, Guadalajara, Mexico
Festival Videoarte UNIMOVIE, Pescara, Italy
2000
Cruz Roja, Monterrey, Mexico
Salón de Octubre, Guadalajara, Mexico (Catalog)
1997
Galería Jorge Álvarez de Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico III Monterrey Biennial FEMSA, installation Mexico (Catalog)
1996
Centro Cultural El Refugio, Tlaquepaque, Mexico
1995
V Encuentro de Arte Joven, Centro de Arte Moderno de Guadalajara, Mexico
1993
In memoriam 22 de abril, Casa de las Palabras y las Imágenes, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Plástica Joven de Guadalajara, Centro de Arte Moderno, Guadalajara, Mexico
Salón de Octubre, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
1992
Bienal de Pintura Alfonso Michel, Guadalajara, Mexico
Plástica Joven de Guadalajara, Centro de Arte Moderno, Guadalajara, Mexico
Colectiva Grupo AR-CO, Casa Museo López Portillo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Siete mujeres - siete sandías, Galería Clave, Guadalajara, Mexico
1991
Galería Menina Centeno, Manzanillo, Mexico
Colectiva de la Casa de la Cultura de Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico
Club de Industriales de Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico
1990
Colectiva de Otoño, Grupo AR-CO, Instituto Mexicano de Cultura, Guadalajara, Mexico
2008
MoLAA Awards, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
2001
Honorable Mention, Festival Videoarte UNIMOVIE, Pescara, Italy
2000
Gran Premio Omnilife Salón de Octubre, Guadalajara, Mexico
1997
Honorable Mention, III Monterrey Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico
1993
Honorable Mention, Salón de Octubre, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
2016
The NARS International Residency, New York, NY
2014
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2013
Residência Artística FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
Casa Aguacate, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
El Museo del Barrio, New York
Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach
Museo Jumex, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Zapopan, Zapopan
Studio Arthur Casas, São Paulo
Fundación Daniela Chappard, Caracas
La Colección Meana-Larraucea, Madrid