Marcela Diaz, a native of Merida Yucatan Mexico. Born in 1961 and studied in Cholul, Yucatan, Mexico with the teacher Gerda Gruber at the Gruber Jez Foundation. As a sculptor, she begins in 2005 and since then has appeared in more than 40 groups and 10 solo exhibitions in Mexico, Europe, USA and Latin America. Although she has been worked in different materials such as bronze, wood, glass,resin, ceramics etc. Sculptures using different natural fibers such as sisal, coconut, and cotton are now her signature medium. The textile work of Marcela Diaz is woven from tradition: the memory of sisal takes new paths as a sculpture installation. The history of the material reflects on the problems facing the present, emerges a contemporary dialogue with a textural memory.
