Constellations_Positive - 2008 - Rubbing and Glitter on Wax Paper - 11 x 14 in Constellations_Negative - 2008 - Wax Rubbing on Paper - 11 x 14 in CopperLeaf_01 - 2008 - Copper Leaf on Paper - 11 x 14 in CopperLeaf_02 - 2008 - Copper Leaf on Wrapping Paper - 11 x 14 in CopperLeaf_03 - 2008 - Copper Leaf on Paper - 11 x 14 in DigitalWeaving_01 - 2007 - Digital Print - 14 x 14 inches DigitalWeaving_02 - 2007 - Digital Print - 11 x 14 in DigitalWeaving_03 - 2007 - Digital Print - 14 x 11 in DigitalWeaving_04 - 2007 - Digital Print - 11 x 14 in DigitalWeaving_05 - 2007 - Digital Print - 11 x 14 in

Artist Bio
Aurora Ixchel Pellizzi was born in Mexico City to an Italian father and an American mother. Her parents, both anthropologists, raised her between Cuernavaca's tropical canyons and the island of Manhattan in New York. Growing up she regularly visited Mexican indigenous communities with craft traditions; she visited the homes and studied the work of textile weavers from southern Mexico and amate painters from central Mexico. In Taxco, she practiced silversmithing in the studios and workshops of master silversmiths. She studied contemporary and modern art history at NYU (B.A. 2005) and painting, video and sculpture at The Cooper Union School of Art (B.F.A. 2010). Her work as a painter incorporates her experiences with traditional craft while employing contemporary materials and technology. She is interested in juxtaposing different media in order to generate new dimensions and meaning. She is now living and working in New Haven, Connecticut, after a year long practice in Bogotá, Colombia.

Additional Information


b. 1983, Mexico, D.F.
Lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut

EDUCATION

The Cooper Union School of Art
BFA, 2010

New York University
Major: Art History
BA, 2005

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Brucennial Award, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, 2008


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Colombian Expedition, Part I: Pomology Eyelevel BQE, Brooklyn, NY, 2011
Lips by Aurora with Travis Boyer, JF & SON Storefront, New York, NY, 2010
Rayo Verde The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 2010
Altar Ego The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 2008
Mírame y No Me Toques Museo La Casona Spencer, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2007


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Espiritualidades Atávicas curated by Sarina Basta, Museo Jardín Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2011
Lady Zorro Bastardo, Bogotá, Colombia, 2011
Cooper Union Middle States Reaccreditation Review Exhibition curated by Saskia Bos, Dean of the School of Art, The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 2010
Brucennial I & II The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY, 2010, 2008
Smithumenta Ray Smith & The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
The Cooper Union Annual Student Exhibition curated by the faculty and students of the School of Art, The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 2009, 2007, 2006
Schweiz Über Alles with The Bruce High Quality Foundation curated by Michel Blancsubé, Museo Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008
No Se Puede Vivir Sin Amar commemoration to Malcolm Lowry on the 50th anniversary of his death, Museo La Casona Spencer, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2007
Window of Opportunity temporary installation with Tonatiuh Pellizzi,
White Box Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
Flex Your Textiles I & II curated by Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Travis Boyer, John Connelly Presents Gallery, New York, NY, 2007, 2006
Paramnesia I, II, III Dumbo Arts Festival, Pochron Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2006, 2005, 2004