300 mm x 300 mm

salvaged chalkboard slate

Artist Statement:

Alicia Márquez is a letter artist who uses calligraphy and letter carving as tools to constantly search for expression.

After graduating with a degree in graphic design from the University of Buenos Aires in 1993—where she was also a typography teacher—she worked as an art director in different advertising agencies and in-house design departments in Buenos Aires, Miami, and Chicago.

She has studied and practised calligraphy for 10 years, and letter carving for 3 years, attending workshops in USA and Europe. Her everyday inspirations in calligraphy, art and letter carving are John Stevens, Hans Joachin Burgert, Ewan Clayton, Yves Leterme, Brody Neuenschwander, Thomas Ingmire, Mirtha Dermisache, Yukimi Annand, Tom Perkins, John Neilson, Hans Schmidt, and Charles Gurrey, among many others