Mexican Axolotl ( Ambystoma Mexicanum)
Author: LucÃa RodrÃguez Mota
Technique: Flameworked Moretti Glass
The axolotl is a type of salamander which is autoctonus of Mexico Valley. It has the capacity to regenerate its organs if hurt and it is currently an endangered specie, both because its habitat is growingly polluted and because it is commonly used in traditional medicine.
Zoology
3.5 x 8.5 x 3
$45.00
Bio
Lucía Rodríguez Mota
Birth date and place:
December 8th, 1986, Naucalpan de Juárez
Contact Information:
(52155)13788978, (5255)55941391
lucia.c.r.mota@gmail.com
Education:
Artisanal technician in stained glass (2020-2023)
National School of Crafts INBAL, Mexico City
From the furnace to the flame (2020)
Winter glassblowing and flameworking class with Alexander Rosenberg at Urban Glass, New York City.
Finding form in translation (2015)
Summer flameworking class with Amy Lemaire at Urban Glass, New York City.
The Art of Flamework (2014)
Summer flameworking class with Dafna Kaffeman at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
Flamework for everyone (2013)
Summer flameworking class with Emilio Santini and Simone Crestani at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
Flamework using ultimate details (2012)
Summer flameworking class with Loren Stump at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
Masterclass with Esteban Pastorino (2012)
Photography class with Esteban Pastorino at Gimnasio de Arte, Mexico City.
Light techniques and applications (2012)
Photography class with Yara Ángel at Gimnasio de Arte, Mexico City.
AAVI Summer Residency (2009)
Photography summer residency at Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City.
Bachelor of Visual Arts (2004-2008)
National School of Plastic Arts (ENAP- UNAM), now Faculty of Arts and Design, Mexico City
Exhibitions:
International Lampork Glass Art Festival (2020)
Juried exhibition, Mingshangde Glass Museum, Heijan City, Hebei Province, China
Visual Thinking (2019)
Juried exhibition, IU Southeast´s Roland Barr Gallery, New Albany, Indiana
Creation in Movement (2018)
Final exhibition of scholars from the Young Creators scholarship recipients, 2017/2018 generation
Museo de las Identidades Leonesas, León Guanajuato.
Momentum Hot Glass (2018)
Juried exhibition, Momentum Festival, Toledo, Ohio.
Glass Percusions (2018)
Instalation at La Ceiba Gráfica, Coatepec, Veracruz.
First International Biennale of Small Work BIOCH (2016)
Nixon Gallery, Mexico City.
Glass in our life (2013)
Group exhibition of glass techniques. Geology Museum, Mexico City.
Final Exhibition of AAVI Summer Residency(2009)
Exhibition of the participants of AAVI Summer Residency, AAVI, Mexico City.
Wanderings in Time (2008)
Group exhibition, Centro Cultural Contreras, Mexico City
Visions and Voices about Adictions (2007)
Group exhibition, Mexico City
Expo ENAP (2005)
Group Exhibition, National School of Plastic Arts, Mexico City.
Work Experience:
GAS Conference (2018)
Assistant at the Glass Art Society 2018 Conference.
Venice Glass Week (2017)
Assistant at the Venice Glass Week event.
El Taller (2013-2015)
Assistant at Luisa Restrepo´s art and Design Studio.
LuciaRMFotografía (2011- 2013)
Product and portrait photography
Maryia (2009-2011)
Sculpture of glass beads and product photography.
Spartec (2005)
Teacher at summer course for children.
Awards:
Partial scholarship for From the furnace to the flame at Urban Glass, NY (2020)
Young Creators scholarship from FONCA (2017-2018)
Selected for the First International Biennales of Small Work BIOCH (2016)
Partial scholarship for Finding Form in Translation at Urban Glass, NY (2015)
Full scholarship for The Art of Flamework at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (2014)
Full scholarship for Flamework for Everyone at Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (2013)
AAVI Summer Residency (2009)
Conferences and Demos:
Flamework Demo at Geology Museum, Mexico City (2013)
Conference and demo about the flamework technique for the Industrial Design Students at ITESM- CEM, Mexico State (2011)
Conference and demo about the flamework technique for the Industrial Design Students at ITESM- CEM, Mexico State (2010)
Languages:
Beginner level Italian
English IELTS 7.5 general bandscore (2010)
English TOEFL 610 points (2004)
Other:
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (2012)
PADI Underwater Photographer (2010)
PADI Open Water Diver (2004)
References:
Luisa Restrepo (Former employer)
luisarpo@gmail.com
+525544422834
Davide Penso (Organizer at Venice Glass Week)
info@davidepenso.com
+393498128216
Maria Esther Mota (former employer
ramos.mota@mac.com
+5215527239830