Ten years after 2024: Very honored to had show my work Interpreting the Quipus, at the prestigious Fabriano’s Museum of Paper and Watermark, Italy July 2014.
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Bio/Resume:
- Born in Bolivia, South América (1954)
Education:
- Master in Fine Arts / Magister en Artes Plásticas, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 1992.
- Master/Magister in Hispanic Literature, University of Arkansas Fayetteville 2003.
- Web CT Instructor, U of A, Fort Smith, AR 2002.
- Bachelor in Fine Arts / Licenciatura en Artes Plásticas, Univ. San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia 1988.
- High School / Bachiller del Colegio La Salle, La Paz, Bolivia, 1972.
Professional Experience:
Artist-in-Residence/Fine Arts Teacher/Handmade Paper Instructor:
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Suncoast Technical College, Sarasota, Florida USA
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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
- Glendale School, Artist-in-Residence, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Humanities Instructor, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
- Printmaking Assistant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1991-1992.
- Fine Arts Associate Instructor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1989-1991.
- Art Teacher, West Campus High School, Fayetteville, Arkansas 1999-2000.
- Visual Arts Workshop/Taller de Artes Visuales, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1992.
- Sâo Paulo State Pinacoteca, Sâo Paulo, Brasil, 1989
and Alvares Penteado Foundation, Sâo Paulo, Brasil, 1988. - Printmaking House, Curitiba, Brasil, 1986.
- Workshop 3.4.5 Lisbon, Portugal, 1985.
- High School Teacher, Tupiza, Bolivia, 1976.
Critique in Nashville Magazine, August 2026 "...As someone who benefits from a lot of context, I always appreciate seeing several works by an artist,... (the) decision to show many works by Nashville favorite Jorge Mendoza jived well for me, connecting his abstract paintings with his Quipus works on handmade paper. Mendoza’s work alights something old and dear in the imagination. It’s like going back to a very familiar but nearly forgotten story”. Erica Ciccarone, 2016.
This video narrates a brief history of handmade paper and visual art production on my handmade papers done with different fibers and in different techniques. Furthermore, it links to my Quipus’ works (1980-2025) that inspired friends such as the Arkansas’s sculptor Hank Kaminsky and the writer Homero Carvalho to compose his poem quipus and the book was published on 2014.
Inspirational Venus Greek's Mermaid I, raw photo from my 2024 visit to Greece’s beaches (Santorini, Akrotiri & others).
Greek Mermaid : Body Exploration
acrylic on canvas, 2009.
Greek's Mermaid II, raw photo, 2024.
Beautiful sea, landscape and gorgeous people of course...
Quipus: from the Ozarks mountains to the Andes, cast metal
Sculpture Quipus from Fayetteville,
by Hank Kaminsky (1929-2023 RIP) .
I’m deeply grateful for the fabulous work done by Hank, my friend and teacher, who guided me through my transition from the Andes Mountains to the Ozark Mountains in Fayetteville Arkansas back in September 1989.
I was his sculpture assistant in making molds and casting his sculptures in gesso, acrylic resin and other materials. Based in the earthly metal cast (left photo), he developed a big sphere done in ’sand casting’ his personal style and technique. Hank included the word ‘peace’ in many languages. His work can be see in this link: https://www.arkansasheritage.com/blog/dah/2020/07/23/sculptor-hank-kaminsky-named-2018-arkansas-living-treasure
Update September 2025: During the 2015 fall in the south hemisphere, my wife and muse Delires, our sons Leo Inti and Gabriel Paulo traveled to La Paz, Bolivia.
Our journey started in La Paz Bolivia, former the Kolla-Suyu (aymara). We’ve enjoyed the Tiwanaku’s ruins: a mystical, ceremonial and astronomical place. Later on we’ve strolled around the Akapana pyramid and the Titikaka lake.
This travel experience was a re-encounter with Pachamama (Mother Earth) with the snowy Andes mountains such as the Illimani, 6538 meters over the sea level! wow! (https://share.google/RXrXMkKI44dhWKMlF)
Later on during 2024, we’d traveled to the Chinchay-Suyu, the world’s center of the world in Ecuador/Quito. My wife and me, continued our travel and visited the Anti Suyu (Qosqo/Cuzco) Perú, and visited Saksaywaman and Machu Picchu. That was a magic travel!
Quipus en Machu Picchu, 2023
... Now the years are rolling by me
They are rockin' evenly
I am older than I once was
And younger than I'll be; that's not unusual
Nor is it strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade, and he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down or cut him
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still remains!
The boxer, Simon & Garnfunkel