Eduardo Terrazas

EDUARDO TERRAZAS

Born in Guadalajara, MX, 1936
Lives and works in Mexico City, MX

Eduardo Terrazas studies and contemplates, the complexity of our contemporary world; spirit, beauty, order, and technique serve as the cornerstones defining his visual universe. His visual reflections stem from a geometric language and a technique inspired by the 'Huichol tablas', originating from the indigenous Wixárika/Huichol people. The 'tablas' represent their cosmogony and the sacred entities animating it, Terrazas draws on this and through wood, wax, and wool he seeks to map the universe. Though their forms are dissimilar - the former resolutely figurative, the latter abstract - their goal remains the same; to reveal and share a unique pictorial version of their respective world views. Terrazas has spent a lifetime exploring questions about the nature of the universe through the microcosm of his images. His work suggests both a curiosity about the fabric of our universe and a profoundly human hope for an underlying rationality behind the chaos of the world.

A renowned architect and designer Terrazas career is multifaced and includes both iconic design efforts such as the logo for the Olympic Games held in Mexico in 1968 and the 4th edition of the Dior Lady Art and major solo exhibitions at art institutions such as Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City; MACG - Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City; Parque Cultural Reynosa, Reynosa; MASIN - Museo de Arte de Sinaloa, Sinaloa; National Museum of Art, La Paz; and National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile.