Biografie von Luis JIMENEZ (1940-2006)

Birth place: El Paso, TX

Addresses: El Paso, TX; Roswell, NM

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Univ. Tex. (B.S. Art & Archit., 1964); Ciudad Univ., 1964; asst. to Seymore Lipton, 1966.

Exhibited: Alliance in Art, Brandeis Univ for UNESCO, Wash., DC, 1968; Human Concern/Personal Torment, WMAA, 1969, ann. 1973 ; Recent Figure Sculpture, Fogg Art Mus., 1971; Battery Park, NYC, 1971; Harris Gallery, NYC.

Work: Beacon St. Coll., Boston; Giovanni Agnelli Coll., Turin, Italy; Long Beach Mus., Calif.; also in collections of Richard Brown Baker & Alfonso Ossorio, NYC. Commissions: Southwest monument, D. Anderson & Roswell Mus., Roswell, N. Mex., 1971; glass goggles (swimmer), Steuben Glass, New York, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: fiberglass, epoxy.

Sources: WW73; Hilton Kramer: "Sculpture Emphasising Poetry, New York Times, May 2, 1970; Chris Homer, "Toward the Year 2000" (spec. on art for 50 US cities & Can.), Nat. Can. TV, 1971; Barry Schwartz, Humanist Art in the US, (Praeger, 1971); Falk, Exh. Record Series.