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DELIA CANCELA
BIOGRAPHY
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Buenos Aires, Studies at the School of Fine Arts. Lives in Buenos Aires until 1967, then traveled to Paris
with a scholarship from the French government. From 1969 to 1970 lives and works in New York. From 1970 to
1975, lives and works in London, from 1975 to 1999 lived in Paris. She currently lives in Buenos Aires and Paris.
Since her start in the forefront of the 60 in the Di Tella Institute, she introduces the language of fashion in art to
make it a central element of her work. In 1967 with Paul Mesejean, she receives Braque Prize scholarship from
the French government. From the 70s, she created images for the cover of Vogue English and her work is
documented in art books and fashion respectively. In 1971 she created a clothing brand Paul and Delia. Delia
Cancela studies the the total journey of women.
Dedicated entirely to fashion, in later years she reconciles with painting. One of her signature styles is hairstyle
in her paintings: ruffled hair and elevation, long hair running down to the ground, which until today are present in
her works. The erotic world travel of women is an essential element in the work of Delia Cancela. Her work can
be summarized as: femininity.
In 2000 she was nominated for Jorge Romero Brest (career award) Award from the Argentina Association of Art
Critics. In 2001 the she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and
a tribute Judith Clark Gallery in London for her life in that city.
EXHIBITIONS
Although initially, Delia worked alone as an artist , taking part in exibitions New Art from Argentina at the ITDT,
at The Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Atlanta , Georgia and Texas.
1962-63-64
Ver y Estimar (grupal), MNBA, Bs. As.
1964
New Art of Argentina (grupal),Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
New Art of Argentina (grupal), Instituto Di Tella, Bs. As.
Objetos 64 (grupal), MAMBA Bs. As.
Sexteto (grupal), Galeria Lirolay, Bs As.
New Art of Argentina (grupal), Museo de Arte Moderno de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
From 1965 Pablo Mesejean and Delia Cancela, joined forces and worked together until well into the 1980s.
In 1965 they show their first solo exibitionLove & Lifeat the Lirolay gallery, in wich in an ambience of flowers
and astronauts, hostesses wearing vinyl dresses welcomed the visitors and gave them coloured sunglasses with
apliquee flowers.
1965
Love and Life (individual) Galera Lirolay, Bs. As.
New Art of Argentina. Asociacin de Arte de Atlanta (grupal), U.S.A.
New Art of Argentina. Austin University ( grupal), Texas, U.S.A.

New Art of Argentina. Instituto de Arte Akron, Minneapolis (grupal), U.S.A.

Tercera Bienal de Arte Americano (grupal), Crdoba, Argentina.
In 1966 they were awarded The Braque Prize, a grant from the French Gouvernement , and travel to Paris in
1967 where they stay a year.
1966
Premio Nacional Instituto Di Tella (Grupal), Centro de Artes Visuales. Bs. As.
In 1967 they took part in the Visual Experiences of 67 in the Arts Center ITDT.
For: Visual Experiences 68 in the Arts Center ITDT they create a ficticius magazine with images and a single
text wich they sold at the exibition.
In 1968 they made their first fashion show called Clothes at Risk in the Art Center of the ITDT.where the public
was mixed with the models.
1969 they travelled to New York, where their works were featured in the fashion magazines Vogue and Harpers
Bazaar, they stayed there for a year.
1970 they move to London, where they lived until 1975. . Fashion becomes a medium of expression that make
forget the functionality of the piece, the synergie betwen art and fashion become more pronounced as they
started to work in the world of fashion design, in 1970 they launched their own label Pablo & Delia, they worked
as artistic directors for Vogue covers, and beauty pictures,and their work was first presented in Vogue with the
title Whats Underground and Up in the Clouds ? , Pablo & Delia and their Caricature Clothes, In the article they
said Art mistyfication is finished, we dont like artist categories their creations were also featured in Harpers
Queen, Nova, The Sunday Times, among others. The magazine became for them a catalogue to show their
work. A fashion concept which affect the total image, not only the clothes.
In 1975 they moved to Paris where they continue working with the name Pablo and Delia, the influence of the
nature reached his peak in the flowers dresses, the tulip skirts, and the petals shoulders all them constructed
with an organic cut, they presented their collections with shows as performances with models, actors and
dancers, until in 1980,when they stop their collaboration with a show Think Sharp in white and black, red blood
and bleu sky colors, sharp images, knifes and daggers as accesories.
From 1981, Delia continues working as an artist as a fashion designer an illustrator, and teaching.
In 1984 shows Fashion Deligths a series of portraits, At the 2e Bureau in Paris.
1985
Painting Fashion / FashionPainting, at the Center of Art and Comunication, Bs As.
1986
Art in Argentina (grupal) Museo Nacional de Artes Plsticas de Uruguay.
1986
Remebering Di Tella, (grupal) Fundacin San Telmo Bs. As.
In 1993, Delia was invited at the Ginza Art Space in Tokio to show Alice in Wonderland.
1994
Ver y Estimar, (grupal) Previo al Di Tella, MNBA, Bs. As.
1998
Di Tella, Experiencias Visuales 68, (grupal) Fundacin Proa, Bs. As.

1999
Cenicienta no es feliz, finales alternativos, ( grupal)Arcimboldo, Bs. As.
En medio de los medios, (grupal) MNBA, Bs. As.
Entorno a la accin 60-90, (grupal) MAMBA Bs. As.
Internacionalismo Pop y Pop Argentino. (grupal) Fundacin Klemm.Bs.As.
Instalation (individual) Gara Art Gallery, Bs As.
In Delia Cancela -2000 a retrospective show of her work , she also presented a film of her performance ,done
in the same year Cut and Sew the making , with the help of 18 fashion design students, of a gaze fabric dress
of 6mts hig x 4,50 mts wide,cover with fresh petals of flowers from the trees around the Art Center, CCPE,
Rosario.
2001
Autorretratos (grupal/catalogo) Centro Cultural Borges. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Embodiments (grupal). Metis, NL Gallery. Amsterdam, Holanda.
In 2001 the Judith Clark Costume Gallery, shows Pablo and Delia ,The London Years 1970-75 London, Horatio
Goi the curator, wrote for the catalogue :the paintings comes to life in the clothes. The idea is complete..
Pablo & Delia broke the mould but invented their own.This mould has many components that went from a
classically romantic image to a completely innovate one.
2002
Vestidos Instalacin (individual) Galera Archimboldo. Buenos Aires Argentina.
In 2004 she shows Delia Cancela , Self Portraits of the Alter Ego in the National Funds for the Arts, Bs As.
2005
Favoritos (grupal) Centro Cultural de Espaa en Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006
Estudio Abierto (grupal), Palacio de Correos. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Delicias, Deleites, Delirios, (individual)galeria Lila Mitre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007
Algo Azul, Algo Prestado (grupal) Galeria ArtexArte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Uso y Abuso, instalation, (grupal) MACRO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo,Rosario, Argentina.
Maquina de Curar, (grupal) Mapa Liquido,Buenos Aires ,Argentina
2008
Arte 60 (grupal) Museo Killka, Espacio Salentein, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina.
Ellas x Ellas (grupal) Galeria Matilde Bensignor, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museo Salvaje (grupal) CCEBA. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2009
Objetos Perdidos (grupal) Mark Morgan Perez Garage, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Pop-Arte (grupal) Galeria Matilde Bensignor, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2010
Alucinada (grupal) Galeria Braga Menendez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
POP! La consagracion de la Primavera (grupal), Espacio de arte Fundacion Osde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Iman : Nueva York, Arte argentino de los aos 60, Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires.
2011
Arte BA (grupal) galeria Sur, Feria de Arte Contemporaneo, Bs As.

Los 60s y el Pop.Politica y sensualidad (grupal), galeria Sur, Uruguay.

Anunciacion del Gentleman (grupal) Fundacion Klemm-Bs As.Argentina.
2012
Pop, Realismos y Politica, Brazil-Argentina. (grupal) Fundacion Proa Bs As
Te amo te odio y como llego a amarte a pesar de todo, (individual) Galeria Van Riel.
2013
Pop, Realismos y Politica, Brazil Argentina (itinerante) G.A.M.e C.Bergamo.Italia
America do Sul A Pop Arte das Contradioes, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pieza Pizarron, intervencion/performance. Club del Dibujo, F.N de las Artes. Bs As.
Named, Distinguished personality of the culture by the City Hall, Exhibition at La Rural, Buenos Aires.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013 Intercontinental Drift.Jessica Morgan on Global Pop, ArtForum Feb 2013.
2012 Arte de Contradicciones, Pop, realismos y Politica Brasil-Argentina 1960, Herkenhoff, Pablo ; Alonso,
Rodrigo, Buenos Aires, Fundacion Proa.
2012 Pop, realismi e politica, Brasile-Argentina Anni Sesanta, Bergamo, Silvana Editoriale.
2011 Creative Indeed.Intelligent Life, The Economist, London, spring 2011.England.
2010 Iman : Nueva York, Arte argentino de los aos 60, Alonso, Rodrigo, Buenos Aires, Fundacion Proa
2010 Buenos Aires era una Fiesta, homenaje al pop Argentino, diario La Nacion, Argentina.
2010 POP! La consagracion de la Primavera, Herrera, Mara Jos, Buenos Aires, Fundacion Osde.
2009 Exaltacion de la Figura Humana, N, Revista de Cultura. Argentina.
2006 Culture as Provocation. ed. E. Gimenez. Bs As Argentina *
2005 Delia Cancela presenta Hortensias y Liliums, Revista Canecaln, Bs As. Argentina.
Arte Argentino Contemporneo (MACRO);Fernando Farina, R. Echen, N. Rojas. Ed.
2004 Flores al instante, Maria Gainza. Radar, Pag./ 12, Bs. As. Argentina.
2004, Listen , Here , Now ! Argentine Art in the Sixties , Writings of the Avant Garde.ed. I .Katzenstein, The
Museum of Modern Art . New York. E.U.A.*
2002, Grace, Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue, G. Coddington. ed.7L . Paris, France.*
2001 In Conversation. Grace and Delia, Grace Coddington, Delia Cancela, catalogo; Editor Judith Clark, Silvia
Gaspardo Moro. Curator Horatio Goni Rinaldini,Pentagram Design. Londres, Reino Unido/ Cliffford press. New
York, E.U.A*
2000 Menesunda y Arte Pop-Los Medios; Artinf. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
El vestido como smbolo/ La Multifactica Delia Cancela en el CC Parque de Espaa(Entrevista a Maria Jose Herrera), Claudia Laudanno. Pagina/12. Rosario, Argentina.
1999, The Fashion Book.Phaidon Press. London, England.*
The Cutting Edge, 50 Years of British Fashion.1947/97.A de la Haye.London ,England*
1999, The Fashion Book, Phaidon Press, Londres, R.U.
1999 Twenty Century Fashion , 100 Years of Style , L. Watson.London , England.*
1997, En Medio de los Medios, Arte Argentino del siglo 20, Maria Jos Herrera, FIAAR Telefnica, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
1997, Historia del Arte Argentino, Jorge Lpez Anaya, Emece, Buenos Aires , Argentina. 1994 Dictonnaire de la
mode aux XXe sicle, Bruno Remauri, Anne Bony, Edition du Regard, Paris Francia.
1994, NOVA, The style bible of the 60s and 70s, Hillman, Peccinoti, Gibbs, Pavillon Books, Londres.
1994, Arte visual en el Di Tella, Jorge Romero Brest, Emece, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1994 Argentina 1920 -1994 Art of Argentine, John King, David Elliot, Edition the Museum of Modern Art, NY.
1994, Diccionaire de la Mode au Xxe Siecle.Ed du Regard .Paris , France.*
Arte Visual en el Di Tella ,J.Romero Brest, Emece, Bs As, Argentina.*

Nova The Style Bible of the 60s and 70s. Pavillon Books.London, England.*
1993,Estertores de una Decada ,New York 74 + Bye-Bye Babilonia, 1969-1970 , Manuel Puig.ed. Seix Barral ,
Madrid , Spain.*
1991, Modern Fashion in Detail,Wilcox, Mendes, V&A, Museum, London, England.*
1988,Vogue History of 20th Century Fashion . J Mulvagh, Viking .London . England.*
1986, The Art of Vogue Photographic Covers,V. Lloyd, Harmony, New York,E.U.A.*
Les Annees 60s,A Bony, Editions du Regard , Paris, France.*
1985, Arte en Argentina, J. Glusberg, ed. Gaglione.Bs As, Argentina.*
1985 Arte en Argentina/ del POP Art a la nueva imagen, Ediciones Gaglione, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1985 Delia Cancela Sinceridad y autenticidad, Critica de Jorge Romero Brest, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1975, In Vogue , Six Decades of Fashion, G.Howel, London, England.*
1971 Whats Underground and Up in the Clouds ? Pablo & Delia and their Caricature Clothes.Vogue.London
,England.
1969, Studies in Modern Comunication, L.Alloway,New York, E.U.A.*
1965 Buenos Aires y el Nuevo Humanismo, Pierre Restany, Planeta, Buenos Aires , Argentina.
1965 Pop una nueva manera de vivir, Primera Plana, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1964 Objetos en el Museo de Arte Moderno, F. Fevre, El Cronista, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1964 Buenos Aires et le Nouvel Humanisme, Pierre Restany, Domus, Milan.
1964-1968 Letter from Buenos Aires, articles J.Romero Brest , Art International, NY
*With Pablo Mesejean

Alejandra von Hartz