Biography
María Liz Aquino
I was born in Asuncion Paraguay in 1970. Until the age of 19, I lived in my country. My life as a traveller started upon living in different countries such as Germany, the United States, Switzerland and Japan. Since a young age, I felt the need to express my creativity, which lead me to discover painting.
I started studying drawing and painting in the Paraguayan Institute of Visual Arts Veronika Koop, and then continued in the Hamburger Akademie für Fernstudien. Later on, I got the opportunity to meet the Swiss artist Jacqueline Busato, who deepened my knowledge about the different techniques in painting.
My paintings are mostly abstract, with a lot of structure and vivid, powerful colours. I inspire myself in the everyday objects like photographs that I take myself, colours and textures I see in nature, the streets or simply observances from my travels.
One of my main themes is Ñandutí, a traditional Paraguayan embraided lace which can be white or in bright colours. I always wanted to recreate this lace in my artwork because of its geometric, circular and delicate embroidery which always called my attention. With Ñandutí I carry my cultural roots wherever I go.
Another theme I like to work on are collages since I really like experimenting with different materials to end up with an unexpected result, creating abstract landscapes with colours, paper, natural fibres and papyrus.
Ñandutí is a traditional Paraguayan embroidered lace. The name means "spider web" in Guaraní, the official, indigenous language of Paraguay.(Source: Wikipedia)
Lizandrart
Visual artist
STUDIES
- 2002-2003 drawing and painting studies at Instituto de Artes Visuales, Veronika Koop.
- 2005-2008 study at ABC Kunstschule Paris in the Hamburger Akademie für -Fernstudien.
- 2006-2009 worked with the swiss painter Jacqueline Busato, experimenting different techniques like, watercolor, collage and acryl.
EXHIBITIONS
- 07.03.2019 collective exhibition “World Art Tokyo - Vibrant Planet”, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo - Japan.
- 20.06.2017 individual exhibition “Sugerencias Pictóricas”, Viedma Arte Gallery, Asunción - Paraguay.
- 29.11.2013 collective exhibition “Open Spaces” in Cozy classics Collection, Berlin - Germany.
- 23.08.2013 collective exhibition in Forum Altenberg, Bern - Switzerland.
- 12.07.2013 collective exhibition “Encuentro Dachau & Paraguay in Dachau - Germany.
- 16.05.2013 collective exhibition “La Noche Larga de los Consulados”, Hamburg - Germany.
- 20.11.2012 collective exhibition “Lateinamerikanische Kunst der Gegenwart” in Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Eschborn - Germany.
- 30.09.2011 collective exhibition “TURKUAZ, Pintura y Joyas” in aid of the Project of Sonidos de la Tierra with the support of the Paraguayan Embassy, Berlin - Germany.
- 18.06.2010 collective exhibition “Un Pincel, Cinco Horizontes” in Forum Altenberg, Bern - Switzerland.
- 22.05.2009 collective exhibition “3 Mujeres, 3 Paisajes, 3 Estilos”, Bern - Switzerland.
Exhibitions
September 2009, Konferenz-Center Kramgasse, Bern, Switzerland.
June 2010, Forum Altenberg, Bern, Switzerland.
September 2011, Exhibition to sponsor the "Sounds of the Earth" project of the Master Luis “Sonidos de la tierra" Szarán, Embassy of Paraguay in Berlin, Germany.
