Cornucopia
Date 2017
Dimensions 13 3/4" x 16 1/2" x 4"
Category Sculpture
Medium Assembling strips of paper money from Mexico
Genre Contemporary
Period 21st Century
Collection Private

Jeannette Betancourt

"Cornucopia" (2017)

Description

Biography

Sculptor and creator of installations, interventions and work in alternative media. She studied Advertising, Journalism and Public Relations at the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from where she obtained an Associate Degree in Communication Sciences in 1989. Initially self-taught, since 1995 she dedicates herself to the arts in full time. She has been trained in practical production workshops and continually conducts research on new media and participates in contemporary art theory courses. Her work focuses on the theme of nature and has recently intersected it with the human footprint on the planet, from which have derived artworks with comments of an ecological, economic, social and ethical order.  She is an Honorary Artistic Creator of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico.  Additionally, she works as a cultural manager, curator and museum designer.