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Aurèlia Muñoz

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Aurèlia Muñoz
Born1926 (1926)
Barcelona, Spain
Died9 June 2011(2011-06-09) (aged 84–85)
Barcelona, Spain
Other namesAurèlia Muñoz Ventura
Alma materEscola Massana, Centre d'Art i Disseny
Known forFiber art
Websiteaureliamunoz.cat

Aurèlia Muñoz (1926–2011) was a Spanish textile artist. She is known for her tapestries and fiber sculptures.

Muñoz was born in 1926 in Barcelona.[1] She attended the Escola Massana, Centre d'Art i Disseny.[2] She was part of the new era of textile art in the 1960s and 1970s.[3][4]

In 1993 Muñoz received the Creu de Sant Jordi for her craftsmanship and her part in the renewal of textile art in Catalonia.[5] She was a member of the World Crafts Council.[6]

Muñoz died in Barcelona on 9 June 2011.[6]

From 2019 through 2021 the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya highlighted her work in an exhibition entitled Knotting the Space.[7] Her work was included in the 2021 exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.[8]

Collections

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Muñoz' work is in the permanent collections of the Fondation Toms Pauli,[9] the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía,[10] the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona,[1] the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya,[7] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aurèlia Muñoz". MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Aurèlia Muñoz". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Aurèlia Muñoz". Galeria Mayoral. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Aurèlia Muñoz Ventura". Departament de Cultura (in Catalan). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Aurelia Muñoz Ventura". Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Knotting the Space". Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ Women in abstraction. London : New York, New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc. 2021. p. 170. ISBN 978-0500094372.
  8. ^ "The Artists". Fondation Toms Pauli. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Muñoz, Aurèlia". Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Águila Beige (Brown Eagle)". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 July 2024.