ANA PAULA FUENTES
Was born in Mexico City and holds a B.A. degree in Textile Design with postgraduates studies in Knit and Fashion Knitwear Design. She has worked in Barcelona, Spain and Mexico City designing fashion knitwear collections for Knit-Knit, Dover, Vitos and Escorpion. Co-founder of the experimental “11011 studio” in Oaxaca City where she collaborated with more than twenty contemporary artists in exhibitions, performances, installations and concerts. She was also founder of “artesana”, a new craft products market network for Mexico. From 2006-2012 Ana Paula was the Director, of the Textile Museum of Oaxaca (MuseoTextil de Oaxaca) A non-profit organization associated with the Alfredo Harp Helu Foundation.
Currently she works currently works at La Flor de Xochistlahuaca developing promotion and marketing for this cooperative of 37 indigenous Amuzgo weavers from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero. Previously she has worked with El Camino de los Altos a non-profit association, that was established in Mexico as a result of a twelve-year collaboration between 120 indigenous Mayan weavers from five different municipalities in Los Altos de Chiapas and the French non-profit association El Camino, a group of eight professional designers, working together to create a premium quality textile collection.
Currently she works currently works at La Flor de Xochistlahuaca developing promotion and marketing for this cooperative of 37 indigenous Amuzgo weavers from Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero. Previously she has worked with El Camino de los Altos a non-profit association, that was established in Mexico as a result of a twelve-year collaboration between 120 indigenous Mayan weavers from five different municipalities in Los Altos de Chiapas and the French non-profit association El Camino, a group of eight professional designers, working together to create a premium quality textile collection.