Graciela González Kauffmann was born in Oaxaca in 1946. Since childhood, Graciela wanted to study music and painting. She explains, "Music has always been an integral part of my life. I started learning the piano at the age of nine and when it was time to choose a career, I opted for music with a hidden aspiration to also delve into the world of painting. I soon realized that the knowledge I had acquired in musical harmony and composition would be advantageous when I eventually delved into painting. I can perceive rhythm in the sequence of moons floating in space or in the harmonious fluttering of butterflies. Additionally, I can discern musical form in the harmony and balance of pictorial composition. Painting and music are two languages that complement and enrich each other."

Pigments, water, rice paper, Chinese ink, gold leaf and an endless array of materials shape the work of Graciela. Her work is nourished by fantasy and an inner world full of magic.

In this world the laws of gravity do not exist and anything can happen: fish spinning hypnotically around a marine sphere, women wearing sumptuous headdresses, symbols of a joyful femininity, a lace dragonfly waiting for dawn to take flight, a mirror that cannot forget the image of a beloved woman and refuses to reflect anyone else. Fish, butterfly, dragonfly, night brocades and lace... a world that gives life to this series.

Exhibitions:
Graciela has participated in 30 group exhibitions and 5 solo exhibitions, among which the following stand out:
1996: Diocesan Seminary of Texcoco. Shlelem Cultural Week.
1996 2006: Casa del Constituyente, Texcoco, State of Mexico.
2014: 7th Edition of the Mexican Society of Watercolorists Award. National Museum of Watercolor, Mexico City.
2014: Aqueous Media. National Museum of Watercolor, Mexico City.
2014: 1st International Watercolor Forum, Mexico City, Mexico City.
2018: MUCAL Museum of the Calendar, Querétaro
2022: Little Jewel Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

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