Perla Krauze

Perla was born in Mexico City in 1953.  She studied graphic design at the Plastic Art School of San Carlos at UNAM. She has shown her work in Mexico and abroad. In 1994, she joined the National Art Creators System of FONCA. She has dedicated part of her career to working with tapestries and textiles, combining both techniques with sculpture and ceramics.

She was awarded the FONCA painting scholarship in 1993, the British Council Award , as well as the Textile Art and Tapestry Bienale (1984), the Young Artists Gathering (1983) and the Rufino Tamayo Bienale (1990). She is popular for her oil paintings, but she has also created sculptures and installations with stone, such as the work presented at Sonja Roesh Gallery in Houston.