biography of Francisco ICAZA (c.1930-2014)

Birth place: Mexico

Addresses: Mexico DF

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Univ. Madrid (B.A., B.C.)

Exhibited: 4th Int. Exhib., Guggenheim Mus., 1964; Phoenix (AZ) Art Mus., 1967; Long Beach (CA) Mus. Art, 1968; Arizona State Mus., 1968; Second Exhib. Salon Independiente, Nat. Univ. Mexico, 1969. Awards: first prize for Nuevos Valores, 1957, second prize for National Landscape, 1960 & first prize for Salon de la Plastica Mexico, 1962, MoMA, Mexico.

Member: Frente Nac. Artes Plasticas (treasurer, 1956); Nueva Presencia (founder, 1963); Salon Independiente (founder, 1968).

Work: MoMA, Mexico; La Jolla (CA) Mus. Art; Mus. Art, San Diego, CA; Phoenix (AZ) Art Mus. Commissions: in Mexico Pavilion, Expo '1967, Canada, 1967; in Mexico Pavilion, Hemisphere US; at Osaka '1970, Japan, 1970; mural for Hotel Casino de la Selva, Cuernavaca, Mexico; sculpture in bronze, Unidad Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, acrylics, woods, bronzes.

Sources: WW73; Margarita Nelken, El Expresionismo en Mexico (Bellas Artes); Luis C. y Aragon, Mexico Pintura de Hoy (Fondo Cult. Econ.); Raquel Tibol, Historia de la Pintura Moderna Mexicana.