Carmen Parra | |
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| Born | November 12, 1944 Mexico City |
| Education | Social anthropology Fine Arts |
| Alma mater | Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia Royal College of Art Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda |
| Website | http://carmenparra.com.mx |
Carmen Parra (born 1944 in Mexico City) is a Mexican painter. Her work is inspired in the New Spain iconography art: angels, archangel, eagles, butterflies and flowers. [1]
She was daughter of the architect Manuel Parra and María del Carmen Rodrìguez Peña.
She studied in National High School no. 5 of UNAM and then she continued her social anthropology studies in the National School of Anthropology and History. She also studied graphic design for movies in Royal College of Art of London, painting in Rome and music in Rio de Janeiro.
When she returned to Mexico, she finished her arts studies, and was Juan Soriano student. Her work and paintings has been exposed in several countries. [2]
Her techniques are oil, gouache, amate paper, serigraphy, among others.
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