I am from Mexico City, where I was raised and where I currently live.
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Rebeca Cors
Rebeca Cors is a Mexican artist and designer based in Mexico City whose practice explores the intersection of sculpture and functional design. Originally trained in industrial design, she creates collectible furniture, lighting, and sculptural objects that investigate the boundaries between utility and abstraction. Guided by an intuitive, material-led process, her work transforms natural elements into contemplative forms that invite stillness, reflection, and tactile engagement.
Working primarily with stone, wood, metal, and minerals, Cors develops pieces distinguished by their quiet monumentality and refined material expression. Through close collaboration with artisans and engineers, she combines technical precision with an organic sensibility, creating timeless works that blur the line between sculpture and function while celebrating the inherent beauty of natural materials.
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Interview
Where were you born and where are you from?
What is your first memory connected to the art world?
My earliest memory was the first artist that I ever met. Not coming from a family of artists, this first encounter was quite endearing. This was our front door neighbor: Her name was Francis; she was a woman in her 40s and had a lovely garden where she planted mostly flowers, which she then used in her artwork. She made flower-pressed collages.
Have you always worked in the art/design field?
Yes.
What led you to design creation?
Curiosity for the world around me.
Contemplating nature, its perfect proportions and compositions.
Studying how objects are created through craftsmanship.
How would you describe your creative process and its influences?
I would say it’s material-based. My first approach is always to the material, studying its conformation, texture, resistance, malleability, and craftsmanship – this opens the path to start creating first models and prototypes.
Could you describe a typical day of your work?
Lots of emails, messages, calls… lots of coffee. In the meantime, responding to all this… ongoing creative ideas, models, sketches—in my mind, on my desk, in my conversations with others… anywhere I can “land” the abstract ideas to start taking shape.
Why did you choose the specific materials you work with?
I love working with natural materials; there is something quite profound in the conformation of the rocks of our planet, the wood’s grain, the crystallization of minerals… It’s so mesmerizing to me that I feel the urge to approach.
What are the technical particularities of your creations?
Lots of engineering, blueprints, and prototypes.
What advice could you give to beginning artists who would like to create sculptural design works?
To believe in themselves. To believe in what they do.
If your works had to belong to a design movement, how would you define it?
Abstract Expressionism.
What designers and artists have influenced you?
Mies Van Der Rohe.
What contemporary designers do you appreciate?
José María Balmaceda.
What contemporary artists, in any kind of art, have you been inspired by?
Clyfford Still.
If you had to summarize your creations in one word or sentence, what would it be?
Ethereal.
Is there anything you would like to add?
I am grateful and overwhelmed to be part of Galerie Philia.
“Curiosity for the world around me. Contemplating nature, its perfect proportions and compositions.”
The Questionnaire
The Questions
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust.
Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde,
Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Peace and Love.
What is your greatest fear?
Evil.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Overthinking.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Dishonesty/Lies.
Which living person do you most admire?
Eduardo Maitret Cors.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My studio.
What is your current state of mind?
Stillness.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Punctuality.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humor and Transparency.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Humor and Transparency.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Chingón.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Musical talent.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My inner critic.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Living my dream.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A sea creature.
Where would you most like to live?
In an evergreen forest.
What is your most treasured possession?
My soul.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Machiavellian humans with thirst for power and control.
What is your favorite occupation?
Sculpting.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Sensitive.
What do you most value in your friends?
Humor and Transparency.
Who are your favorite writers?
Amado Nervo.
Who is your hero of fiction?
Captain Fantastic.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Bob Marley.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Still looking.
What are your favorite names?
Iñigo.
What is it that you most dislike?
Lies and manipulation.
What is your greatest regret?
Trusting the wrong people.
How would you like to die?
Peacefully.
What is your motto?
Less is more.
“Contemplating nature, its perfect proportions and compositions.”
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