Nationality American | ||
Full Name Celia Limón Álvarez Style photographyconceptual art | ||
Celia Álvarez Muñoz (born 1937) is a Chicana mixed-media conceptual artist and photographer based in Arlington, Texas.
Álvarez Muñoz was born in El Paso, Texas to Enriqueta Limón Alvarez and Francisco Pompa Alvarez. Prior to becoming an artist, Álvarez Muñoz worked as fashion illustrator and an elementary school art educator. She decided to commit to creating art in the 1970s, by 1977 she enrolled in graduate school to study art. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts at North Texas State University, Denton.
Álvarez Muñoz's work addresses the dichotomy of the two worlds and common themes in her work include; Catholic and Mexican-American but living near the Mexico boarder, the past verses the present and the English language verses Spanish. She also incorporates themes of family and "communal memories" in her work. She uses text and images in her work to explore the ambiguous signs and signifiers where cultures meet, and to communicate stories of American history, culture, and society. She has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in the U.S. and abroad, and is included in the collection of the Museum of New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts. Her work has been written about by art historians, Lucy Lippard, Benito Huerta, and others. In Roberto Tejada's monograph on Muñoz, he includes a teaching guide (Vol. 3) using principles from her work in the teaching of multicultural art, and border issues.
Exhibitions
Álvarez Muñoz has exhibited at;