Ana de la Cueva's work elaborates on issues regarding territories, history, feminism, identity, tradition, and transformation in contemporary society. Her multimedia practice oscillates between abstraction and figuration and encompasses embroidery, ceramics, photography, video, printmaking, painting, and sculpture. Her work often entails interacting with others. These exchanges are then materialized to question power, gender-politics, and interpersonal relations, often through a humorous lens. De la Cueva's range and technical mastery of materials is evident in her symbolic use of thread across all media to stimulate a reflection on the traces left by economic, social, and cultural conditions, labor issues, violence, and invisibility.

Education

2016 - Printmaking Apprenticeship with Master Printer Tom Blaess, Printshop, Bern, Switzerland

1998/2000 - Printmaking Apprenticeship with Master Printer Kathryn Kain at Smith Andersen Editions (SAE), Palo Alto, CA

1990 - B.S.E. in Computer Systems Engineering, ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, Mexico

1987-89 - Escuela de Artes, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico

Solo Exhibitions

2013 - Fronteiras, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil

2009 - El Paquete, Jane Kim/Thrust Projects, New York, NY

2008 - Punto de Vista, Galería OMR, Mexico City, Mexico

2007 - Territorios, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015 - Contemporary Art Fair, Zona MACO, Mexico City, Mexico

2014 - Textile Narratives, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY

2013 - Borders and Boundaries, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil

2012 - Women Artists Today, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA

Awards and Residencies

2014 - Artist Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada

2011 - Mexican Art Prize, FONCA, Mexico City

2009 - Residency Program, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

2007 - Young Artists Grant, Mexican Ministry of Culture