Elsa Cayo

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Elsa Cayo (also known as Elsa Cayo Cordova; born 1951 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian-born filmmaker, and photographer. [1] [2] [3]

Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, [4] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, [3] Centre Pompidou, [5] and the National Gallery of Canada. [6]

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References

  1. "Elsa Cayo". Vithèque. 13 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. Patricia Mellencamp (22 September 1990). Indiscretions: Avant-Garde Film, Video, and Feminism . Indiana University Press. pp.  125–. ISBN   0-253-11599-X.
  3. 1 2 "Cayo, Elsa". Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
  4. "Elsa Cayo". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  5. "Elsa Cayo (Elsa Cayo Cordova, dite)". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  6. "Elsa Cayo". National Gallery of Canada . Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-11.