biographie de Pedro CERVANTES (1933-2020)

Birth place: Mexico City, Mex

Addresses: Mexico City, Mex

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Escuela Nac Artes Plasticas, San Carlos, Mex, 1951-1952.

Exhibited: New Values Show, Salón Plastica Mex, 1962; Exhibition Young Artists Show, 1965 & solo show, 1972, MOMA, Mexico City, Mex; Contemporary Mexican Painting, La Habana, Cuba, 1965; Expo 1967, Montreal, Que, 1967. Awards: First prize, Solar Exhib, Mex Ministry Educ, 1968; first prize, Annual Salon Sculpture & Engraving, Salon Plastica Mex, 1972.

Work: Banco Fomento Cooperativo, Mex; Banco Attantico, Mex; Financiera Nuevo Leon, Mex; Leona Textil Bldg, Monterrey, Mex; Entrance to Port of Alvarado, Mex. Commissions: Welded iron sculpture, Jorge Gonzalez Reyna, 1962; iron sculpture, Inst Nac Vivienda, 1965; Incongruente, chromed steel, Hojalata & Lamina Hylsa, 1971; Euridice, steel, Club Industriales, AC, 1972; Septentrion, chromed steel, Nylon Mex, 1972.

Comments: Preferred Media: Welded Steel.

Sources: WW73; Alfonso de Neuvillate & Luis Cardoza y Aragón, Mexico Pintura Actual (Artes Mex); Raquel Tibol, Pedro Cervantes o/a Ahbivalencia," Excelsior (Feb., 1972); Jorge Crespo de la Serna, "La Escultura de Pedro Cervantes," Novedades (March, 1972)."