Ursula Nunez

Ursula Nunez was born Ursula Cornejo-Soto at Arequipa, Peru in1963.

I have lived studied, worked and in Peru, USA, Thailand, Switzerland and Spain. This life experience has opened my eyes to various cultures and art influences and this is reflected in my artwork. I have produced a wide-ranging body of work: sculptures, prints and mixed-media artworks.
Experimenting with new materials and techniques has always interested me. The idea of recycling came from my early collagraphs, and I have continued to explore this idea.

Since 2018, I have a workshop in Alicante, Spain; where I started working on a new series of sculptures using local wood. This series of works are influenced by my interest on recycling and on the metamorphoses of the carved oeuvre. Therefore, I have chosen wood pieces that nobody wants because of their odd forms, nots, roots etc. The selection of these pieces is the beginning of my creative process. Though this series of sculptures one can feel my passion for the material’s character, textures, roughness. These wood pieces were chosen because of their strength, of the marks live leaved on them. We both have had a hazardous live and the marks left are the witnesses of our will to survive. When I began ca...

1993: Master in Drama and Theatrical Productions, Université de Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
1990: Master in Fine Arts (MFA), Université Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh, USA.
1987: Bachiller en Artes Plásticas (BFA), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, PERU.

One person exhibitions:
2004: Visions de l'âme, Galerie d'Art du Rhône, Genève, Switzerland.
1997: Extremos horizontes extremos, Galería de Arte Extramuros, Lima, Peru
1992: Grabados: Retrospectiva, Galería del Instituto Peruano Norteamericano, Arequipa, Peru
1992: Encuentro de Masas, Galería de Arte Libertadores, Lima, Peru
1990: Changes, Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
1990: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hewlett Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
1989: Interiores y Exteriores, Galería Trilce, Lima, Peru

Selection of group exhibitions:
2020; Salón de Otoño. Asociación de Artistas Alicantinos, Alicante, Spain.
2000: XVIII Salón Nacional de Grabado ICPNA 2000, Galería Pardo Heren , Lima, Peru
1999: Expressions: Contemporary Art, Faculty of Arts Gallery, Silapakorn University, Bangkok,Thaïland.
1997: 14th International Triennale for GRAPHIC ARTS: Vision 2000, Grenchen, Switzerland.
1997: International Print Biennial Varna’97, Varna, Bulgary.
1990: Society of Sculptors, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, USA
1989- 1993: Annual Exhibition of Latinamerican Artists, Pittsburgh, USA