Early Life/Career
Frida Larios, born on October 26, 1974, is a typographic artist best known for her picto-glyph pieces. Larios was born in Costa Rica, however, she was raised in El Salvador where she was enrolled in a German, Spanish, and English language school. As a young adult in El Salvador, Larios attended the applied arts school Escuela de Artes Aplicadas before earning her Bachelor of Arts at the Falmouth College of Art and Design in 1999. From 1996, throughout her undergraduate studies, and until 2010 Larios competed in beach volleyball during which time she won a Gold Medal for El Salvador in the 1998 Central American Games. In 2003 Larios was awarded a $28,000 scholarship from FANTEL/LASPAU for Masters in Arts degree completion at the University of the Arts London in the United Kingdom. From 2003-2005, while attending the University of the Arts London, Larios participated as an open lab learning assistant before transitioning to an associate lecturer role in Digital Fashion Illustration and Digital Surface Design for Textiles, and Typography & Digital Design. In 2005 Larios published her thesis project, an in-depth study of Joya de Ceren, a UNESCO World Heritage site in El Salvador where over a thousand years ago an entire pre-Colombian village was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Upon earning her M.A. from Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, Larios spent time working with Julius Wiedemann, author, and graphic designer, on the chapter “The Heritage of the Mayas: Redesigning an Ancient Identity” in Wiedemann’s book "Logo Design, Volume 2" published by TACHEN in 2009. Between the years 2009 and 2019, Larios worked on several other published projects, however, it wasn’t until 2017 that Larios formally displayed her own exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC. Since presenting her solo exhibition in 2017 Larios has gone on to produce several other exhibitions and art/design products. Most notably, in both 2018 and 2019 Larios was featured as a Solo Guest artist for the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, and even more recently designed the Salvadoran inauguration ceremony uniforms for the Panam Games Lima 2019 and El Salvador Olympic Committee. In more recent years Larios has dedicated a large portion of her focus and time to her project, a 100-page hand-bound book, and an ongoing workshop, titled the New Maya language. The New Maya Language book officially titled New Maya Language and Animales Interiores, translated in English, Spanish, and Maya is a creative approach to Maya and central American indigenous history through the lens of language. In her redesigning of the Maya script Larios aims to generate new interest and use cases for Maya language as well as expand the accessibility of Maya script.
Art (or Notable Works or Selected Works. Also Exhibitions, Projects, Collections)
“Larios, F. La Aldea Sepultada por un Volcán en Erupción. The Village that was Buried by an Erupting Volcano, 3rd ed.”
“Art & Textile Commission, Panam Games Lima 2019 inauguration ceremony uniform art direction and design for 80 athletes & delegates by Olympic Committee of El Salvador, Lima, Perú.”
“Larios, F., Núñez, V. Animales Interiores. Centro Cultural de España, El Salvador”
“Public Mural in honor of Vanessa Guillén in Washington DC.”
References
Larios, Frida. “Frida Larios.” Frida Larios, 10 Feb. 2012, http://www.fridalarios.com/Frida-Larios-CV-2020.pdf
PRINT Magazine. “The New Maya Language of Frida Larios.” PRINT Magazine, 7 Oct. 2021, www.printmag.com/design-inspiration/the-new-maya-language-of-frida-larios.
Caraza, Xánath. “Smithsonian Latino Center Day of the Dead Celebration 2018.” Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Latino Center Smithsonian Magazine [Washington, DC], 9 Nov. 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-latino-center/2018/11/08/smithsonian-latino-center-day-dead-celebration-2018.
“El Diario de Hoy de EL SALVADOR.” Elsalvador.Com News Archive, 2 Dec. 2001, archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2001/12/2.
Further reading
The Heritage of the Mayas: Redesigning an Ancient Identity. Logo Design, Volume 2, 138-145
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/10/the-best-of-the-pan-am-games-athletes-uniforms.html
External links
American University. “School of Communication Faculty Profile Page: Frida Larios Garcia, Adjunct Instructor.” American University, 27 Sept. 2020, www.american.edu/soc/faculty/flarios.cfm.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fridalarios/
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