Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahio y Calderon was a painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits and work inspired by nature and artifacts of Mexico. She has been described as a surrealist or magical realist. She also known for painting about her experiences of chronic pain ( as a child she had polio: aged 18 she had a bus accident which caused her lifelong pain and medical problems).
She had her first solo exhibition in 1938 in New York. She had her first solo Exhibition in Mexico in 1953 shortly before her death.
Her work remained relatively unknown until the late 1970’s when her work was rediscovered by art historians and political activists…
By the early 1990’s she became a recognised figure in the art .history and an icon for Chicanos.
Her work has been celebrated internationally by the feminist movement and LGBTO community.
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