Born in Ukraine, today, in 1923, Tosia Malamud was a sculptor. She and her family fled to Mexico when she was only 4 years old to escape the Soviet Union. She enrolled in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas against her parents' wishes and studied art history, becoming one of the first women to graduate form the institution. She became known as the best "bust maker" of the time in Mexico. Malamud also created sculptures dealing with relationships, maternity, and family. She sculpted large and small works for private as well as public spaces. In her lifetime she created 38 monumental sculptures of stone and bronze in Mexico alone, with many others in various other countries. In addition she created many busts of figures of note.
Malamud felt love was the basis of life and her work was focused on this concept. She was not particularly interested in the Mexican muralist movement, preferring instead a more international view.
Malamud felt love was the basis of life and her work was focused on this concept. She was not particularly interested in the Mexican muralist movement, preferring instead a more international view.
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