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Iris Aggeler

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Iris Aggeler
BornIris Merino Aggeler
(1971-12-01) December 1, 1971 (age 52)
Mexico City, Mx
🏳️ NationalityMexican
Other namesIris Atma, Iris México, Ra'al Ki Victorieux
🏫 EducationEscuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatán
💼 Occupation
Known forArt Education, theory of art, Contemporary Art, Performance, visual art, Conceptual Art, Pop Art, Postmodernism, Literature, Music
🏅 AwardsSecretariat of Culture Award for Visual Arts, 2001

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Iris Aggeler (born December 1, 1971, in Mexico City) is a teacher, writer, visual artist, and activist in Mexico. Aggeler is know with several stage names, pen names, as: Ra'al Ki Victorieux, Iris Atma, and Iris México. She received support from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, FONCA, in the area of painting in 2000. She was awarded the heritage research support scholarship by the State Fund for Culture and the Arts, Chiapas, Foesca, in 1998. She has presented her work nationally and internationally, collectively and individually. She has more than twenty published books and hundreds of articles in the cultural press. She has also made albums of poetry and music, and has been called the "priestess of rock".[1] Her work explores memory, values, social psychology, and the spiritual. In performance she pioneers the notion of exploring identity through multiple alter egos. She is one of the most prolific women artists of her generation in Mexico and in Ibero-America.[2] She has achieved complex interdisciplinarity in her multidisciplinary work.[3] She is one of the distinguished women of Chiapas, as published by Sergio Alejandro López Ruiz in the press.[4] ARCO DATA Latin America, a project of Arco, has documented her artwork. She has received the support of the media and specialized critics.

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Personal life[edit]

Her maternal great-grandfather, Joseph Aggeler, emigrated from Switzerland to Mexico, with his wife, Theresia Schneider, a German. Her great-grandmother is originally from the Baden-Württemberg region. As a descendant of the area, when she visited her relatives, she was able to present an exhibition in the town hall of Neufra.[5] Her maternal grandmother, Laura Borrallez, has ancestors from Catalonia, Spain. Her mother, Martha Aggeler, wanted her daughter to be a model; as a result. early in her career Iris studied modeling, makeup, and modern dance.[6]

Iris Aggeler was born in Mexico City. She nevertheless spent most of her childhood in Tapachula, Chiapas. As an adult, she settled in Guadalajara and Oaxaca, where she carried out many cultural promotion activities. She currently lives in Mexico City. She and her mother have addressed an open letter to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and to the authorities asking for a Patrimony Law, related to the human right to housing.[7]

Studies[edit]

Aggeler first studied mathematical physics in Chiapas. She then moved to Mexico City, where she studied at the La Esmeralda, National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, from 1991 to 1994, the same school that housed great Mexican creators such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Agustín Lazo, Francisco Zúñiga. She learned history and art techniques. She also has experience and qualifications in writing, fashion design, independent cinema, public administration, and administration of civil society organizations. Likewise, he has taken courses with various protagonists of the arts and culture, including Manuel Ahumada, creator of comics.

Art education[edit]

Aggeler has worked for more than thirty years in art education. She has given diplomas, workshops, and conferences. She has also created the proposal for the Schneider Method for the Development of Consciousness in Art Teaching. She has taught at universities and cultural institutions in Mexico City and in the interior of the Mexican Republic.[8][9]

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Art exhibitions[edit]

Aggeler has undertaken work in painting, engraving, photography, installation, conceptual art, public art and performance. She has held national and international exhibitions in the Americas and Europe.

She was selected for Artoficio, a cultural television show, focused on artists with a career, which also culminated in a collective exhibition at the National Center for the Arts.[10]

Among her international exhibitions, we can mention that of 2004, entitled "Under the skin of the Jaguar - 11 positions of the current Art of Chiapas and Oaxaca", held at the Palais Pálffy Austrian Cultural Center. This exhibition was inaugurated by the Secretary of the Economy of Mexico, Fernando Canales Clariond. Among the participants were Arturo Avendaño, Dolores Ávila, Manuel Cunjamá López, Norberto García Benítez, Rafael Araujo, Manuel Velázquez, Hugo Huitzilopóchtli, Vicente Mesinas, Sebastián Sántiz Gómez and Juan Ramón Lemus.[11]

In Mexico, she has exhibited in cultural spaces in Mexico City, Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Xalapa, Veracruz. In 2001 she had a solo exhibition at the Ramón Alva de la Canal University Gallery, of the Xalapa University of Arts.[12]

In 2000, she epresented Mexico at the international art meeting Slovensko - Mexiko, held at Mojmírovce Castle, in Slovakia. Artists such as Eliz Olivella, John Tierney, Eugene Ilatovsky, and Tiffany Riley were present.[13]

In 1999, she worked on an epistolary art project, with love letters, with which he was part of the Meeting of Non-Object Arts in Chiapas. The journalist Mónica Mayer commented that Iris' letters had to be answered with a tone as passionate as that of the artist.[14]

She was part of the so-called "The Last Expedition of the Century" in 1998, that is, a project in which various intellectuals and artists from Chiapas traveled to the Selva Lacandona to create work broadening awareness of the importance of the conservation of this green lung. Also in the group were Mario Nandayapa, Raúl Vera, Jorge Mandujano, Luis Fernández, Elsa Jiménez, David Rodríguez Patiño, Bulmaro Narcia and Marco Fonz, among others. As a result of this experience, the artist created a series of encaustic paintings titled "Azul".[15]

Solo shows[edit]

During 2019, the artist presented Semper Victrix at the Museo del Policía, and Arte para el amor. (Art for Love) at the Instituto Nacional del Derecho de Autor.

In 2018, she presented Gewissen (Consciousness) at the Casa de la Cultura de Santa María la Ribera. Pasión del Alma at Faro de Oriente. Savia. (Sap) at Casa de Cultura de San Rafael, in Mexico City. During the same year, at the state of Puebla, she showed Anima Victrix at Casa Conejx, and Hilar (to Spin) at Barrio del Artista.[16] Also, she presented three solo shows at Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico state: Epica Espiral (Epic Spiral), at Biblioteca Dr. Jaime Torres Bodet, Corazón de Dragón (Dragon heart) at Casa del Poeta las Dos Fridas, and MAIA at Cemuaa.

In 2017, the artist showed Ineffabilis (Ineffable) at Casa de Cultura de Tepito, and Florecer (to flourish). Laberinto Cultural SantaMA, Mexico City.

Ostara was presented in 2015 at Centro Cultural Futurama. Gratias Agere (Thank You All) was her 2013 show at Locatl Galería. In 2012, Total Romance was at Centro Cultural Gertrudis Sánchez, ELOM at Casa de Cultura Velasco, and Arte, Espiritualidad y Pensamiento Complejo (Art, Spirituality and Complex Thought) at Legislative Assembly of Mexico City, Mexico City.

In 2006, the Gallery Punto y Línea, Contemporary Art, organized a solo show of Aggeler's works in Oaxaca.

In 2004 and 2005, her work was displayed at the First and Second Erotic Festival in Mexico City.[17][18]

In 2004, during the celebration of the 500 years of the national anthem, the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro presented Passion for Mexico, a controversial event, and a manifesto for the freedom of the use of national symbols in art.[19][20][21][22][23][24]

Aggeler's work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including Amor mío in 2003 in Gallery Masmédula, México City,[25] and Passion in 2001, at Galería Ramón Alva de la Canal. Universidad Veracruzana. Xalapa, Veracruz,[26][27][28] and at the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.[29]

In 2000, the Gallery Nancy Canseco, at Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Instituto Oaxaqueño de las Culturas hosted Passion, and the Gallery Rodolfo Morales, at the Cultural Center Ricardo Flores Magón of the ISSSTE, displayed La Soledad Sonora, at Oaxaca. She also had a solo show at the town hall of Neufra, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

In 1999, she presented "Azul" (Blue), a multidisciplinary project of painting, performance and installation in: Gallery Diuxhi, Oaxaca. Teatro Ignacio de la Llave, Orizaba, Veracruz. Teatro de la Ciudad. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.[30][31][32][33][34] She also showed an photography project at Gallery Miguel Cabrera, Teatro Macedonio Alcalá. Oaxaca.[35]

Also in 1999, she presented La Soledad Sonora at Museum Hermila Domínguez, Cultural Center Rosario Castellanos. Comitán, Chiapas. In 1996, her drawing art show was entitled Trazos, at Casa de Cultura de Tapachula, Chiapas. And her photo project Apariciones Cotidianas was presented at the University Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, and the Casa de Cultura. Tapachula, Chiapas. A painting show, titled Retratos de La Perla was presented at Archeological Museum of the Soconusco, Tapachula, Chiapas.[36]

In 1995, Ángel, Humano y Divino (painting), and Huellas del Tiempo. (photo) were at Chiapas Autonomous University, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Comitán, and San Cristobal, Chiapas.

Her fist solo shows were in 1994:

  • Ángel, Humano y Divino (Angel, Human and Divine). Chiapas Autonomous University. Chiapas.
  • Huellas del Tiempo. (Traces of Time) City Theater "Emilio Rabasa", Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Exconvent of Santo Domingo, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas.
  • Apariciones Cotidianas (Daily Appearance). British Chapel, Mexico City.
  • Mística Alada (Winged Mystic). House of Culture «Honduras», Mexico City.
  • Photography of the Fortnight. Work selected on several occasions. National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving La Esmeralda, INBAL

Art and activism[edit]

Her work in support of human rights is a manifestation of goodwill and inclusion through art. An example is from 2013, when Aggeler presented the performance in favor of the Hikikomoris, to expose the dramatic reality of the so-called "Absent Million" in Japan, and symbolically send hope and light.[37] She has also supported women's rights to eroticism, love,[38][39] and to justice, as when she showed solidarity with Pussy Riot, the Russian group that was arrested and imprisoned for a performance. Her actions in favor of freedom of expression in art are numerous.[40] Another topic of her interest is whether culture and education have enough public funding.[41][42] Peace is a cause that moves her actions and works.[43]

Likewise, she has added her voice to the efforts of groups that work to make their rights visible, such as the migrant community, the LGBT,[44] and victims of capital punishment.[45]

Awards[edit]

Aggeler received a prize from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, FONCA, in the area of painting, in 2000.[46] She was also awarded a scholarship in support of heritage research, by the State Fund for Culture and the Arts of Chiapas, Foesca, in 1998.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Un Tostón de Arte Mexicano 2005; Addenda 11, Cenidiap, INBA. [47]
  • El Conmovedor desfile del silencio 2018; Addenda 8, Cenidiap, INBA. [48]
  • Radio. Reflexiones de Amor y Trascendencia 2018; ISBN 9781982944025 Search this book on .
  • Si vis Amari, Ama. Si quieres ser amado ama 2018; ISBN 9781724189417 Search this book on .
  • Semper Victrix. Arte de Protección Espiritual 2019; ISBN 9781090185839 Search this book on .
  • Arte. Educación Artística, Teoría, Gestión Cultural y Psicología Social 2019; ISBN 9781092426183 Search this book on . [49]
  • @rte. Arte y la Red. Comunicación y Aprendizaje con Multimedios 2019; ISBN 9781094950600 Search this book on . [50]
  • Enseñanza. Historia y Valores en la Educación Artística 2019; ISBN 9781097402281 Search this book on .
  • XIX Esfinge Solar. Memorias de Vamp Iris Atma Ra. Mujer & Romance 2019; ISBN 9781701559585 Search this book on . [51] [52] [53]
  • Meditaciones y Poesía. Libro de Horas para Nutrir el Alma 2020; ASIN B08DN1H789
  • VIII Aikya. Memorias de "Spicy", Hmädi Iris México Valparaíso. Activismo en el Arte por la Libertad y la Unidad 2020; ISBN 9798689072357 Search this book on . [54]
  • Quino. Humor Libertario 2020; ISBN 9798694450980 Search this book on .
  • Intenso Amor. Poema Epistolar para Meditar y Sanar las Emociones 2020; ISBN 9798693259638 Search this book on .
  • México. Artes Visuales 1950-2000 2021; ISBN 9798539372811 Search this book on .
  • Prensa en Español. Directorio de Medios de Comunicación 2021; ISBN 9798476813224 Search this book on .
  • Gracia. Bendiciones de Amor, Gracia y Trascendencia 2021; ISBN 9798493511097 Search this book on .
  • ¡A Jugar! Corazón. Juego de Mesa para Imprimir, y Aprender Inteligencia Emocional 2018; ISBN 9798750407224 Search this book on .
  • Ilumina Mandalas. Libro de Actividades para Peques 2021; ASIN B09JJLQXGB
  • Pasión por México : Arte de Iris México por la Libertad 2022; ASIN B09SQ2PV4B

English translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Alcázar, J. Fuentes, F. Performance y arte-acción en América Latina. ExTeresa. Ediciones sin nombre. Citru. México. 2005.
  • Hijar, A. Arte, multitud, contrapoder. Colección Abrevian. Cenidiap. Cenart. INBA. México. 2005

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Chelico Hérnandez, J. (19 November 2016). "El museo, el tianguis y Generación en los 40 años del punk". La Jornada.
  2. ↑ Lizana, X; Casares, N (July 2006). "Arte off / Off Art". art.es international contemporary art. 16.
  3. ↑ Nava Polina, Joel (1 March 2013). "Una Vida de Interdisciplina, gesta la Multidisciplinariedad en el Arte" (92). Tabi Tabi Japón. La guía de Asia y Oriente en México.
  4. ↑ López Ruiz, Sergio Alejandro (6 October 2009). "Mujeres Distinguidas de Chiapas". Todo Chiapas.
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  6. ↑ Moscona, Myriam (8 April 2006). "Iris México: Mi mamá quería que fuera modelo". El Universal. Luz Negra. Confabulario: 15.
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