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Inview: Miguel Angel Pineda
by Miriam Fastag
from Volume 10, Number 1, February 1991
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Miguel Angel Pineda is a Mexican artist who has worked, fostered
and cultivated enameling in his country. His earliest
contact with this art was when he met the first person that
introduced enameling into Mexico - the American born artist Maggie
Howe - with whom he studied between 1958 and 1960. Later on,
he devoted himself to experimenting on his own, learning different
techniques and developing a very keen interest towards pre-Hispanic
art. To this day, he has created a vast selection of pieces
on this subject, as well as jewelry, trays, vases and
ashtrays. His techniques include cloisonne, Limoges, wet
packing and particularly champleve. He has devoted himself
entirely to enameling since 1966.
Mr. Pineda was born in Mexico City in 1940. His works have
been exhibited in Seville, Spain 1967; Tudor House Gallery, New
York 1968; Permanent exhibitor in Mexico City's "Bazar del
Sabado", which is an exhibition center founded in 1961 by
Maggie Howe and others. A special committee evaluates an
artist's work before accepting him as a permanent member of this
renowned center, 1972; Barcelona, Spain 1973; Lunt Gallery, New
Jersey, Vincent Lippe Corp., New York 1974; Galeria Palomita
Blanca, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Galeria Akari, Cuernavaca, Mexico
1975.
He is also the creator of the panels decorating the 36 doors of
the famous "Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe" in Mexico
City. The panels (15" x 32") are made up of
sections of champleve enamel on copper. It took him three
years to plan, design and carry out this work.
Presently, he has been appointed to
make a religious image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, to be placed in
the chapel of San Lorenzo in the Vatican towards the end of this
year. It is a single piece of copper measuring 2 ft. by 3
ft., enameled with mixed techniques.
He is also working on another special order for cibaries (place in
a church where consecrated things are deposited) for the Sanctuary
of Puebla and the Sanctuary of Merida, both in Mexico.
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