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Myra Landau is an artist and painter involved in
art research, born in Bucarest, Rumania, on 5th of
December, 1926.

Art research helped her to discover and utilize
new painting techniques, which allowed her to
express herself through a completely personal and
intimate language.

Art critics, like Arancy Amaral, Frederico de
Morais (Brazil), Jorge A. Manrique and Rita Eder
have recognised Myra Landau’s artistic
contribution and describing it with considerable
esteem.

The Artist has lived for a considerable time in
other countries rich with culture and social
diversity. Her diverse culture has given her a
cosmopolitan outlook. For example, the period she
spent in Brazil where, in collaboration with
Master Osvaldo Goeldi, she created a big culture
in engraving and incision techniques.

Moreover, life spent in other countries like
France, England, United State of America and
Mexico have allowed her to strengthen her mastery
of artistic expression.

In Mexico, Myra Landau introduced a new technique
of engraving on metal, utilizing acids, and
thereby creating the trend of "Metal Relieve".

The Metal Relieve trend earned her innumerable
comments and issues in the important magazine "El
Nuevo arte de los metal" especially from the
universally known art critic Paul Westheim and
many articles from the great connoisseur of art,
the reviewer and historian Jorge Olvera.

Myra Landau, thanks to her art-cultural
contribution had the opportunity of giving her
first individual exhibition in Mexico in 1963. The
catalogue was written by Paul Westheim. 

The Artist did not stop with "engraving art" but
continued her in-depth research finally succeeding
through the expression of pastel on raw linen.

In 1974 she began working as teacher in the
Veracruzana University in the faculty of Fine
Arts.

In 1975 she became a full-time researcher for the
Institute of Aesthetics and Artistic Creation at
the same University.

At the moment, Myra Landau’s portfolio
contains more than sixty individual exhibitions
and approximately one hundred and fifty collective
exhibitions in different countries;(Mexico,
France, Italy, Brazil, United States, Peru,
Uruguay, Spain, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, etc.).

From 1994, she has been resident in Rome, Italy.


==Individual Exhibitions==

1954 - Muller Gallery in Buenos Aires - Argentina.

1955 - Michel Weber Modern Art Gallery in Sao
Paulo - Brazil.

1956 - OC Gallery in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

1957 - Petite Galerie in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

1958 - "Piccola Galleria" - Italian Institute of
Culture in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

1963 - Juan Martin Gallery in Mexico, D.F.

1964 - OPIC Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
- Men of Art Guild Gallery in San Anthony - Texas,
U.S.A (organized by the Foreign Affairs Secretary
and OPIC).

1966 - Antonio Souza Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
- Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.

1967 - Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
- "Engravings" Pan. American Union in Washington,
DC, U.S.A.

1968 - Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.

1969 - Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.

1970 - Jack Misrachi Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
- Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
- Wanger Gallery in San Francisco - U.S.A.

1971 - Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
- Modern Art Centre in Guadalajara - Mexico.

1972 - Cultural Institute Alliance Francaise in
Toluca - Mexico;
- France Alliance and Veracruzana University
Gallery in Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico;
- Buenos Aires University in Oaxaca - Mexico.

1973 - Petire Galerie in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil;
- Multipla Galeria in Sao Paulo - Brazil.

1974 - Casa del Lago, UNAM in Mexico, D.F.

1975 - Museum of Modern Art in Mexico, D.F.

1976 - Cultural Institutes and Museums of Modern
Art in Aguascalientes, Cuernavaca, Chiapas,
Durango, Oaxaca - Mexico;
- Pecanins Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
-Myra Landau’s execution of 4 murals at the
Veracruzana University in Xapala, Veracruz -
Mexico.

1977 - Jose Maria Velasco Gallery - "Tres murals
moviles" at the National Institute of Fine Arts
(INBA) in Mexico, D.F.
- Centro de Estudios del Tercer Mundo in Mexico,
D.F.

1978 - Funarte & Arte Global Gallery in Sao Paolo
- Brazil.
- Museum of Modern Art in Salvador di Bahia -
Brazil;
- Cultural Institute in Pernambuco, Recife -
Brazil;
- Petit Galleriein Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
 
1979 - Alvar Carrillo Gil Museum in Mexico, D.F.
- "Cortes Landaus por metro"a t the Pecanins 
Gallery in Mexico D.F.

1980 - "El Agora", FONAPAS in Xalapa, Veracruz -
Mexico;
- "El Agora" in Merida, Yucatan - Mexico.

1981 - Metropolitan Gallery -UAM in Mexico, D.F;
- Taller de Artes Plaisticas Gallery, University
of Veracruzana in Veracruz - Ver. Mexico;
- S.H.C.P. (Custom Service) Gallery in Mexico,
D.F.
- City Library in FONAPAS, Xapala, Veracruz -
Mexico.
 
1982 - Michoacano Institute of Culture in Morelia,
Michoacan - Mexico;
- Lourdes Churnacero Gallery in Mexico, D.F.
1983 - Centre Culturel du Mexique in Paris,
France.

1984 - Teatro Del Estado - Veracruz at the
Veracruzana University in Xapala, Veracruz -
Mexico; - "Tribute to Antonio Artaud" Forum of
Contemporary Art in Mexico, D.F. - Museo de la
ciudad in Veracruz - Ver. Mexico,
- M. Marthurin Gallery, Mairie de la Ville de
Tours in Tours - France.

1986 - Ramon Alva de la Canal Gallery & Artes
Plasticas Institute of the Veracruzana University
in Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico.
- "20 Yaers of Myra Landau in Mexico" - Museum of
Modern Art - Retrospective- in Mexico D.F.
- Art-house - The Chapel Gallery in Cordoba,
Veracruz - Mexico.

1988 - Museum of Oaxaca in Oaxaca - Mexico.

1989 - IILA / Italo-Latinamerican Institute in
Rome - Italy;
- Unity Day in Genoa - Italy;
- Ramon Alva de Canal Gallery - Veracruzana
University & De Artes Plasticas Institute in
Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico.

1991 - "Ritmo-Graffiti en Memoria de Mari Louise
Ferrari" Rarnòn Alva de la Canal Gallery -
University of Veracruzana in Xalapa, Veracruz -
Mexico; - Cultural Centre Gallery in Guajimalpa -
Merelos, Mexico; - Parque Cultural y
Recreativo-Ex-Convent of the Desierto de los
Leones in Mexico D.F. - Mexican Institute of
Culture & Museum of Modern Art in Toluca - Mexico.

1992 - "Desencuentros Arrltmais" Alva de la Canal
Gallery in Jalapa, Veracruz - Mexico.

1994 - "Cuadernos Objetos" - De Artes Plasticas
Institute - Veracruzana University in Xalapa,
Veracruz - Mexico.

2000 - "Ritmos Collages" - Marie Louise Ferrari
Gallery in Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico.

2001 - "Ritmos Sadomasoquistas" - De Artes
Plasticas Gallery
- Veracruzana University in Xalapa, Veracruz -
Mexico.

2001 - "Ritmi del Profondo Messico" - Boker
Gallery in Lanuvio - Italy.

2002 - "Rythmes electroniques" - Art Festival &
Presenting the International Concours of 
Francophone Poetry Prize - Richelieu Club in
Chatel-Guyion - France.

==Some of the More Important Collections==

Contemporary Art Museum in Mexico, D.F.

Sao Paulo State Picture Gallery in Brazil.

Modern Art Museum in Salvador, Bahia - Brazil.

Casa de las Americasin Havana - Cuba.

Veracruzana University in Xalapa, Veracruz -
Mexico.

Taller Nacional del Tapiz, INBA - Mexico, D.F.

Arte GlobalGallery in Sao Paulo - Brazil.

Pintura Mexicana ContemporaneaPicture Gallery, UAM
- Mexico, D.F.

De Ciencias y Art Universety Museum - Independent
National University of Mexico - UNAM.

Ministry of Culture in Managua - Nicaragua.

Salvador Allende Museum of Solidarity in Chile and
Mexico, D.F.

Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Mexico, D.F.

TextilMuseum, Michoacano Institute of Culture in
Morelia Michoacan -  Mexico. D.F.

Latin-American Art Museum in Managua - Nicaragua.

"Benifo Juarez" House of Culture in Havana - Cuba.

Mexican Embassy in Canberra - Australia.

Mexican Embassy in Rome - Italy.

Sir. Josue Seanz, Mexico, D.F.

Museum of Modern Art in Toluca - Mexico.

Marie Louise Ferrari Gallery in Xalapa and
Veracruz - Mexico.

Manuel Felguerez Abstract Gallery in Zacates -
Mexico.


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Mexixo, D.F. and Rivista de la Semana, 26 october
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* JOYSMITH, TOBY, "Myra Landau and the New
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ALBRIGHT, TOM, San Francisco Chronicle, june 1970,
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1973, and  catalogue  of one man show Petite
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* KLINTOWITZ, JACOB, "As Saidas De Myra Landau", 
journal " Jornal da Tarde,15 june 1973, Sao Paolo,
Brazil.
* CAVALCANTI, CARLOS, Diccionario Brasileiro de
Artistas Plasticos, Vol II, Ministero di
Educazione e Cultura e Instituto Nacional del
Libro, 1974, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil.
* ACHA JUAN, Catalogo of oneman show at Museo de
Arte Moderno, october 1975,Mexico, D.F .
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1986, Mexico, D.F.
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desierto", Introduzione  Catalogue Retrospective
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Arte Moderna, Mexico, D.F.
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expresiones plasticas de hoy", Bancreser, november
1988, Mexico, D.F.
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Veracruzana - Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico
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catalogue one man show i-"Ritmos Collages" Gallery
Marie Louise Ferrari - 22 november 2000 - and
exposizione "Ritmos Sadomasoquistas"  Gallery AP
Facultad de Artes Plasticas - 20 march 2001
-UniversitĂ  Veracruzana -Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico


== Sources ==

* Official biografy revised by Myra Landau.

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00203/11/landau.html Tiscali Arte - Italy