מריה ניקולסה צ'קס ניצ'ו

1968 Born in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala

She has six children
Attended elementary school through junior high
Member of the Kaqchikel Women Painters Group
She has an aspiration to open a gallery of her own in Antigua, Guatemala
She seeks to reaffirm her Mayan identity


Solo Exhibitions
1986 Hotel Antigua, Guatemala
1987 Alianza Francesa
1988 Museo de Arte e Industrias Populares del Instituto de Anthropologia e Historia
1988 Mercado de Artesanias del Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo Inguat
1990 Museo Ixchel del Traje Indigena
1990 Hotel Guatemala Fiesta
1990 El Taller Internacional Indigena Sobre Las Artes que se Llevo a Cabo, Ottawa, Canada
1991 Gran Centro Comercial Geminis Mall, Guatemala City
1992 Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala
1993 Instituto Guatemalteco Americano
1993 Instituto Hispanica
1994 En La Nueva Faceta del Arte en la Barraca de Don Pepe
1995 Embassy of Mexico, Guatemala
1996 Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala
1997 Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala
1997 Club Italiano
1997 Palacio Nacional de Guatemala
1997 Procuraduria de la Nacion
1998 Universidad del Valle
1998 Galeria Somar, San Francisco
1998 Hillestad Galleri, Norway
1998 Tijuana del Estado de Baja California, Mexico
2003 Orden Nacional del Patrimono Cultural de Guatemala

Group Exhibitions
2006 “Magic Mountains, Mystic Valleys”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv