Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing; at the White House in Washington DC, at the Embassy of El Salvador in London and Paris; at the Museum of National Identity in Tegucigalpa; and in the hands of private collectors in Chicago, Paris, London, etc. It was the only Latin American typo-work selected for exhibition with 80 other from around the world, at Beijing Typography 2009 at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing, China.
artist today can claim to master all these disciplines. 9. How can people learn more about you and your artwork and where to purchase? The homepage on my website showcases the whole collection of pictograms. This is the series applied to paintings, prints, fashion, accessories and toy products.
I have a permanent gallery and Frida It can be purchased at Hacienda San Larios boutique with my original artworks Lucas in the Copan Maya archaeological at Hacienda San Lucas located in the site in Honduras and be custom ordered major Maya archaological site of Copån online through my website: Ruins. Online, Pinterest is becoming a www.fridalarios.com/book.htm. good place to view and purchase my paintings and products too: http:// Libros San Cristobal, a fine press located pinterest.com/fridalarios. Photos of in Antigua Guatemala, will be crafting by artworks displayed on collectors’ homes indigenous hands and publishing a limited around the world can be viewed on my edition of my book with movable type in blog http://fridalarios.wordpress.com. 2013. This edition will be sold in various When you want to order people contact solo exhibitions I will be holding starting us directly through the contact form on this November and on my Facebook page my website. so keep following! 10. Tell us more about the INDIGO 8.Do you have artist that you look up group? to? If so, please tell us? Frida Kahlo, and INDIGO is the International Indigenous not because of the name! But because Design Network a branch of ICOGRADA she developed a visual surrealist the International Council of Graphic movement that has indirectly influenced Design. INDIGO is an open platform that Latin American literature (Gabriel Garcia connects both Indigenous and non Marquez, Isabel Allende et. al) to date. Indigenous designers worldwide in an effort to explore traditional design and its And of course: the Maya artists. They contemporary interpretations. INDIGO were renaissance men. Surely comparable facilitates discussion, initiates to Leonardo, Rafael, Michelangelo, who collaborative projects, exhibitions and were not only fine artists, they were conferences but also showcases other architects, sculptors, interior designers, relevant initiatives from all over the world. poets, and even engineers. In other It seeks to understand design that is words: liberal innovators. And so were the inspired by or rooted in Indigenous Maya artists who were Royal scribes and culture, traditions, imagery, lifestyle, etc. book keepers. In being so they held the knowledge of what they had to write We believe indigenous design should be a about: history, politics, astronomy, present and future reference to designers mathematics, and art in general. Their who look to produce sustainable design beautiful calligraphic works are quite concepts. Contemporary designers need unknown to a non-Mayanist audience. No to consider his or her local heritage at the Page 34