Born on August 2, 1929, in Mexico City, Geles Cabrera was a Mexican sculptor. From an artistic background; two of her aunts were artists and her father owned a paper mache (art nouveau style) decoration factory; she studied dance and visual art. After a brief time in Cuba with her family, she returned to go to school at La Esmeralda.
She has had many solo as well as collective exhibits and won several awards, including being an inductee of Salon de la Plastica Mexicana. In addition to creating her own art, Cabrera taught art for 37 years. She has maintained a free museum for over forty years, Museo Escultorio Geles Cabrera, the first in North or South America, dedicated to sculpture. One motto that I love is the "Please Touch" directive in place at the museum...and lots of classes take advantage of coming to experience the museum.
The sculpture of Geles Cabrera primarily focuses on the female figure created in stylized forms. Her forms suggest various emotions: love, loneliness and motherhood, and are created in clay, stone, metal and even newspaper.
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