The great sculptor of Mexico

Ángela Gurría was born in 1929 in Mexico City.

She was a student of the sculptor Germán Cueto, who introduced abstractionism into the sculptural forms of modern art in Mexico. She later apprenticed in Mario Zamora's workshop and continued her apprenticeship to develop other techniques in England, France, Italy, the United States and Greece.

At that time, she signed her works under male pseudonyms such as Alberto Gurría or Ángel Gurría, however, she eventually left anonymity and became a pioneer in modern Mexican sculpture, achieving recognition with her public and monumental work in Mexico. Her most renowned work was created for the Olympic Games in 1968 for the Ruta de la Amistad. Her works are part of Mexico's collective sculptural unconscious.

Marble, quarry and iron - painted or unpainted - are the most recurrent materials in the artist's work. Her work is composed of elements of nature and pre-Hispanic symbols - butterflies, skulls, jaguars and flowers are the most recurrent - geometric and figurative forms, which result in her own language and geometry for a synthesis of forms.