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 made with different fibers and in different techniques. Furthermore, it links my Quipus’ works (1980-2024) 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.
Greece's Mermaid I, raw photo from my 2024 visit to Greece’s beaches (Santorini, Akrotiri & others).
Warm Exploration Torse, acrylic on canvas, 2009.
Greece's Mermaid II, raw photo, 2024.Beautiful sea, landscape and gorgeous people of course...
Sculpture Quipus from Fayetteville,
by Hank Kaminsky (1929-2023) .
I’m deeply grateful for the incredible work done by 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.
Update September 2025: Ten years after. Me, my wife and sons were faberglasted after visiting South América during 2005 . Our journey started in Bolivia, the Kolla-Suyu (aymara), LaPaz city during Fall 2005. 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.
Later on during 2024, we’d traveled to the Chinchay-Suyu and the center of the world in Ecuador/Quito. After this, we've traveled to the Anti Suyu (Qosqo/Cuzco) Perú, and visited Saksaywaman and Machu Picchu.
... 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
Quipus en Machu Picchu, 2023
