Bertha Cuéllar is inspired by the Spanish Colonial Art of Mexico, and by the History Popular Devotion. She is very interested in the preservation and continuation of traditional methods of guilding, gold leaf and wood carving. Her sculptures are created with tremendous details only possible by using these ancient exquisite techniques. She was born in Mexico City, she began her career studying Art History at the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City. She studied wood carving in the workshop of the artist Luis Aragon, guilding with Daniel Aguila, and restoration with Nicolas Vidargas earning degrees in guilding, sculpture, Wood carving and Spanish Colonial Religious Sculpture. Bertha continued her studies in painting and colonial technique with Benjamin Domínguez, colonial imagery with restorer Jorge Rangel. She also studied religious iconography with Mariano Monterrosa and worked al the Museum Nacional del Virreinato. EXHIBITIONS: 1992 GALERIA DE BELLAS ARTES, MEXICO CITY, CULTURAL CENTER IN VALLE DE BRAVO, SALON CALDER, HOTEL CAMINO REAL 1993 ESTEBAN DE ANTUÑANO GALLERY, CENTRO CULTURAL DOMECQ 1994 CONVENTO DE LOS DESIERTOS DE LOS LEONES, MEXICO CITY, HOTEL DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, GALERIA ESTEBAN DE ANTUÑANO 1995 HERMES STORE, RUE DE ST. HONORÉ, PARIS FRANCE, BIENAL GUADALUPANA, MUSEUM DEL CARMEN MEXICO CITY 1996 COLEGIO DE BACHILLERES, MEXICO CITY, SECOFI GALLERY OF THE SECRETARY OF ECONOMY, SOCIEDAD DE ANGELOLOGIA 1997 FESTIVAL CENTRO HISTORICO, MUSEUM OF THE ARZOBISPADO BIENAL GUADALUPANA, MUSEUM DEL CARMEN, MEXICO CITY 1998 MUSEUM DEL CARMEN, MEXICO CITY WUTTER COLLECTION ARTE EN ESTRUCTURA 1999 BIENAL GUADALUPANA MUSEUM DEL CARMEN MEXICO CITY DELEGACION CUAJIMALPA 2000 CULTURAL CENTER IN SAN ANGEL, MEXICO COTY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE VIRREINATO GOOD HANDS GALLERY, SANTA FE NM CASA DE CULTURA DELEGACION MIXCOAC 2001 BIENAL GUADALUPANA MUSEUM DEL CARMEN MEXICO CITY GOOD HANDS GALLERY, SANTA FE , NM 2002 NATIONAL MUSEUM DEL VIRREINATO, MEXICO CITY PINACOTECA DEL ESTADO TLAXCALA EL BAJIO Y GALERIA OFELIA MURRIETA 2003 MUSEUM DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE TLAXCALA CENTRO CULTURAL SAN ANGEL 2004 PARROQUIA ANGLICANA DE CHRIST CHURCH, MEXICO CITY CENTRO COMUNITARIO SANTA JULIANA DE NORWICH GALLERY HEVARTS GALLERY ALARCON MUSEUM NICHIZAWA, EDO. DE MEXICO DOWNEY GALLERY, SANTA FE, NM 2005 MUSEUM DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO CENTRO CULTURAL MEXIQUENSE, EDO. DE MEXICO DOWNEY GALLERY, SANTA FE, NM 2006 MUSEUM DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO GALLERY TONANTZIN, CALIFORNIA, USA GALLERY HEARTHS