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Mai
Onno |
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1934 |
Born
in Estonia |
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1948 |
Emigrated to Canada |
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1956-57 |
Studied at H.B.
Beal Technical School, London, Ont. Canada |
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1957-60 |
Studies
Bellas Artes, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de
Allende,
Gto. Mexico. Travels through Mexico & Central America
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1962 |
Married with Sculptor/Professor
Lothar Kestenbaum |
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1962-64 |
Lived in Rome,
Italy. Traveled extensively in Europe. |
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1964 |
Fall semester in
University of California, Santa Barbara |
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1965 |
Moved to Milwaukee,
Wis. Lothar becomes associate professor
of University of Wisconsin.
Son, David, born in 1965
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1971 |
Returned to Mexico.
Lothar iniciates the department of sculpture
in the Instituto
Nacional de Bellas Artes, INBA, in San Miguel de Allende,
Gto., Mexico. Various years spent in the construction
of our home.
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1995 |
Death
Lothar Kestenbaum
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Scholarships & Awards
- Becas y Distinciones
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1998-99 |
Grant from
FONCA, Guanajuato State, in the category of Artist
with
Trajectory
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1962 |
First Prize in
the 4th National Exhibition of Painting. Judged by Rufino
Tamayo
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1959-60 |
Resident Scholarship
from Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
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1958-59 |
Scholarship from
Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Gto. |
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1957-58 |
Scholarship from
Latham Foundation for Instituto Allende, San Miguel
de
Allende, Gto.
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Teachings
- Enseñanza
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1978-83 |
Professor of Painting
in Centro Cultural "El Nigromante",
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de
Allende,
Gto.
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Private Teaching
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1995-98 |
Professor of Sculpture
in Instituto de Bellas Artes, INBA, San Miguel de Allende,
Gto.
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2001 |
Professor of Drawing
in Instituto de Bellas Artes, INBA, San Miguel de Allende,
Gto.
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Bibliography
- Bibliografía
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Magdeil
Pérez,
interview with Mai Onno, "The soul of nature made
women in the mirror of painting". Hojalata, 1994
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Alejandra Hernández
Arrellano, "Lothar & Mai, Sculpture & Painting,
the fusion of the two arts" - Femenina, Nuevo Laredo,
September 12, 1993
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Ma. Elena Mayadamus
J., "The amazing worlds of Lothar & Mai Onno",
El Universal, Mexico, D.F., December 6, 1986
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Luis Carlos Emerich,
"Two spontaneous natures, Lothar Kestenbaum &
Mai Onno", Novedades, Mexico, D.F., January 7, 1987
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Other
Mediums - Otros Medios
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Channel 3, Cablevision,
Interview with Carlos Rangel, San Miguel de Allende,
January
1997
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Radio Guanajuato,
Interview, January 26, 1999
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Collectors-
Colecciones
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FONCA, State of
Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico |
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Museo de la Ciudad,
Santiago de Queretaro,
Qro., Mexico |
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Mr. Hal Papé,
México |
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Mr. Ronald Thomae,
México |
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Mr. & Mrs.
Berndt Wilmanns, Mexico |
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Mr. McKinley Helm |
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other collections
in Mexico, United States, Canada, England & Germany |
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