Born in Avilés, 1964. Lives and works in Berástegui (Guipúzcoa)
María Cueto began learning textile techniques and took various courses in tapestry, painting, ceramics and screen printing in Asturias, Madrid, Barcelona and Arteleku (Donostia). She has worked with artists in the textile field such as Mª Asunción Raventós, Grau Garriga, Vera Szekeley.
Graduated in Graphic Design at the Oviedo Art School (1989). She obtained several scholarships from the Department of Culture of the Principality of Asturias (1990/1994) to research photographic textile plots and has carried out collaborations for their use in the design of different productions: Textile printing for the opera Il Trovatore by Verdi (Oviedo-Madrid-Valencia Co-production), scenography for a puppet play: El Jardinero by the Teatro de la Luna company in Madrid and for screen printing editions and applications in Architecture.
Since 1992 he has lived and worked in Berastegi making fabrics that lead him to discover new spellings, new signs in the plant elements, with which, using different textile techniques (braided, sewn, knotted,…) he makes aerial frameworks; Calligraphies that carry meaning, seeking to capture the internal rhythm, structure and order treasured by plants. Over time, these frameworks become light, sensitive sculptures suspended and composed with plant elements that appropriate the air, adopting shapes and volumes that They have been evolving towards more complex forms that refer both to stellar universes (macrocosm) and to the cellular world (microcosm). They contrast the order of the pure geometry of the forms with the chaotic appearance of the organic, the gravity of the volumes with the light density of their structures and are characterized by their vibration and fragility.
Of his exhibitions, we highlight those held at: Antón de Candás Museum, Aramburu Palace in Tolosa, Mixed Pavilion of the Ciudadela in Pamplona, Jovellanos Institute in Gijón, Aiete Cultural Center in Donostia, Sala Menchu Gal in Irun. His most renowned installations have been :
Tree of Dreams in the Chapel of the Barjola Museum in Gijón (2004), Gaia in the Furnace of the Citadel of Iruña (2006), Dwelling of the Air in the INE building in Madrid (2007), White threshold of silence and air in the Guillermina Caicoya Gallery in Oviedo (2012), PAISAIAREN MURMURIOAN; When the landscape speaks at the Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea in Donostia (2015). With the Guillermina Caicoya Gallery, he participates in the ARTESANTANDER and ARTE LISBOA fairs. He wins 1st prize in the “GOIART 2014 Ordizia Saria” competition.
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