Press Release

Elsa Zarduz's figures are both enigmatic and direct. Line and shading translate the body across canvas' borders. Zarduz's often leaves the faces of her figures obscured -- a choice that highlights the body form. Her palette of understated earth colors and ochre fits her strong lines and further enhances the sinewy feel of her work. An accomplished muralist, Zarduz shows Jose Clemente Orozco's influence in her style and gesture. Like Orozco, Zarduz spent some of her formative years as an artist in the United States at the Parson's School of Design and the Art Student's League in New York. Zarduz studied in La Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas UNAM Mexico and in the Instituto Allende in Guanajuato, México. She also worked with Master Santiago Carbonell at the Universidad Autonoma de Bellas Artes in Queretaro, México, and took private lessons with Eduardo Pizarro in México City. Her many activities include painting with oil, drawing workshops, sculpture in clay, wax and metal, and even book restoration with the Museum of Juan Pablos in Mexico City. Zarduz participated in "A Dream with Siqueiros" during the Biennial of Drawing of Siqueiros in Guanajuato, Mexico. Other painting shows include the "Painting by the Democracia" crusade, "Between Dreams," and "The Idea." She has confirmed participation in Art-Miami Fair 2004 in January.