Yani Pecanins Explained

Yani Pecanins
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Death Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Field:Book artist, Mixed media

Yani Pecanins (1957–2019) was a Mexican artist. She is known for establishing the Cocina Ediciones publishing project as well as her artist's books and mixed media pieces.[1] [2]

Pecanins was born in 1957 in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] She studied art in Barcelona, Spain, specifically linotype and bookbinding.[3] In 1977 she helped established Cocina Ediciones (Kitchen Editions). Cocina Ediciones created hand-made artist and writer collaborative books, magazines and portfolios. The group used printing presses as well as mimeograph machines, photocopiers and rubber stamps. In 1993 she co-founded the book store El Archivero with Gabriel Macotela and Armando Sáenz Carrillo.[4]

Pecanins died in 2019 at the age of 62 in Mexico City.[5]

Her work is in the National Museum of Women in the Arts,[6] and the Walker Art Center.[7] An online exhibition is included at the Museo de Mujeres Artistas Mexicanas.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yani Pecanins Artist Profile . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708124337/https://nmwa.org/art/artists/yani-pecanins/ . 8 July 2024 . 13 March 2024 . National Museum of Women in the Arts.
  2. Web site: Guide to the Yani Pecanins Artists' Books . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313005923/https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2t1nd3gk/ . 13 March 2024 . 13 March 2024 . Online Archive of California.
  3. Web site: Pecanins, Yani . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313013957/https://www.edicioneslariviere.com/en/236-pecanins-yani . 13 March 2024 . 13 March 2024 . Ediciones Larivière.
  4. Web site: Yani Pecanins . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313013958/https://www.museodemujeres.com/en/exhibitions/536-yani-pecanins-en . 13 March 2024 . 13 March 2024 . Museo de Mujeres Artistas Mexicanas.
  5. Web site: 6 June 2019 . Yani Pecanins dies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240303233339/https://www.galeriafreijo.com/en/news/yani-pecanins-dies . 3 March 2024 . 13 March 2024 . Freijo Gallery.
  6. Web site: Los dos lados (Both sides) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224031638/https://nmwa.org/art/collection/los-dos-lados-both-sides/ . 24 February 2024 . 13 March 2024 . National Museum of Women in the Arts.
  7. Web site: Yani Pecanins . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313013957/https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/yani-pecanins . 13 March 2024 . 13 March 2024 . Walker Art Center.

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