Yvonne Domenge facts for kids
Yvonne Domenge (born in 1946, died in 2019) was a famous Mexican artist. She was best known for her amazing sculptures.
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Becoming an Artist
Yvonne Domenge was born in Mexico City in 1946. She studied art, also called plastic arts, in Mexico City, Montreal, and Washington D.C..
She learned many art skills in workshops. These included painting, sculpture, and working with materials. She learned about gilding (adding gold), enameling (glass-like coating), and wood carving. Her teachers were Kitzia Hofmann, Alberto Pérez Soria, and Somsy Smuthart.
Yvonne also studied Human Development at the Ibero-American University in Mexico City. She loved to teach art to others. She taught children, teenagers, and adults. Her classes helped people enjoy art and use it for therapy. She taught them through sculpture and drawing.
Her Artworks
Yvonne Domenge spent over 35 years creating sculptures. She had more than 40 solo art shows. She also took part in over 160 group exhibitions. Her art was shown in many cities in Mexico and around the world.
Her sculptures have been displayed in famous museums. These include the Modern Art Museum in Mexico City and The Louvre in Paris, France.
Where to Find Her Sculptures
Many Mexican museums own Yvonne Domenge's sculptures. You can see them at the Modern Art Museum INBA and the Chopo University Museum. They are also at the Universum Museum and the Light Museum. Other places include the Modern Art Museum of the State of Mexico.
Her art is also in many public and private collections. These include Mexico's National Palace. You can find her sculptures at the Botanical Garden in Culiacan, Sinaloa. There is also a sculpture in the Olympic Park's Sculptor Space in Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
Yvonne Domenge designed the gardens for the Children's Museum in Xalapa, Veracruz. Her sculptures are also in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Mexico City. Big companies like Hewlett-Packard and Televisa also have her art.
Her pieces are also in many schools and universities. These include the Monterrey Technological Superior Studies Institute. You can also find her work at the Science and Technology National Library.
Art Around the World
Yvonne Domenge's art can be found all over the globe. The World Bank in Washington D.C. has her sculptures. There is also a piece in Japan at the General Toyamura Center.
In the United States, her art is in San Francisco, California. Companies like PG & Energy Services and Novell, Inc. own her work. ChevronTexaco in San Ramon, California, also has her sculptures. You can even find her art at The House of Mexico in Paris, France.
Awards and Recognition
Yvonne Domenge won many important awards for her art. She received the Acquisition Award Camille Claudel in France. She also won Second Place in Ice Art in Fairbanks, Alaska.
She won the EUROSCULPTURES Acquisition Award in Italy. One of her pieces was chosen and bought for the International Sculpture Biennial Toyamura '97 in Japan. She also won First Place in the Sixth Mexinox Latin American Industrial Design Award in Mexico City in 1996.
Yvonne also won First Place in Creativity in Steel. She received the Woman's Achievement Award Parchment Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz in 2003. She also won First Place in the International Plastic Arts Contest "Converging Visions" by CNN In Spanish. In 2005, she was chosen for the Second Beijing International Art Biennial in China.
More Achievements
One of Yvonne Domenge's sculptures was chosen and bought by "The International Sculpture and Cultural Year of Zhengzhou" in China. She was also chosen to create a sculpture for the International Olympic Sculptures Exhibition in Beijing in 2008.
She was selected to represent Mexico in the International Sculpture Biennial in Vancouver from 2008 to 2010. A gallery at the UAM University, called the Galería del Sur (South Gallery), is named after her.
Yvonne Domenge was a member of the Consultative Commission of the Sculpture CONACULTA. This is a big cultural and artistic council in Mexico. She was also part of the Creators National System since 1997. This system supports important artists.
She led a project called "Sculptures created by the Community of the Buenos Aires Neighborhood." This project helped people in a community create sculptures together.
In 2011, the city of Chicago announced a special art show. From April 2011 to October 2012, Millennium Park showed Yvonne Domenge's large sculptures. The exhibition was called "Interconnected: The Sculptures of Yvonne Domenge."
See also
In Spanish: Yvonne Domenge para niños
