Yolanda Quijano is a Mexican painter and sculptor whose work has been recognized with membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana.
[1][2] Quijano was born Merida, Yucatán in 1933 but later in life moved to Cuernavaca, Morelos, where she still lives.
However, an accident which burned her convinced her to go in to change her career aspirations to medicine, which she studied in college.
[2] After marrying, she stopped working to become a housewife, becoming the mother of future artists Adriano Silva Pantoja and Alejandro Quijano.
[1] The feminine figure is always present in her work, and appear as mythical creatures such as mermaids, or as angels or historical figures, especially Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, whom she admires greatly.