Irma Palacios

Irma was born in Iguala, Guerrero in 1943. She grew up in different places, from Coahuila to Oaxaca, and from there, Puebla. She has received many awards such as the Simon Guggenheim and the National Artists System as well as from the Rufino Tamayo Bienale. She has shown her work at Mexico City’s Modern Art Museum (1983), Oaxaca’s Contemporary Art Museum (1955), Los Angeles Chac Mool Gallery (1995) and Yucatan’s Contemporary Art Museum. Her work has been labelled as abstract and lyrical; her most notable precedent is artist Lilia Carrillo.