Geles Cabrera

[2] Her father was a civil engineer and the owner of a factory that made paper mache decorations in art nouveau style for upper-class homes.

[2][3] The family returned to Mexico in 1949, and Geles enrolled into Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda".

[3] These include two exhibits in 2009 in the Coyoacán metro station (Line 3) and in the Botanical Garden of the Mexican National Autonomous University (UNAM).

[2] She has published three books,[3] and in 1975 was a founding member of GUCADIGOSE along with Ángela Gurría, Juan Luis Diez, Mathias Goeritz and Sebastian.

[1][3] She has received awards and other recognition in Mexico and abroad, in countries such as Belgium, Bulgaria, the United States, Cuba and Israel.

[3] Her work has been written about by critics such as Paul Westheim, Margarita Nelken, Antonio Rodríguez, María Luisa Mendoza, Raquel Tibol and Makario Matus.

[2] She was invited to become a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in 1949,[3] and she appeared in the documentary Escultura es cultura, along with Feliciano Bejar, Pedro Cervantes, Antonio Nava and others.

First working in clay, metal and stone based on prehistoric art, she uses clear lines to emphasize the human form´s eroticism.