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ART & DESIGN

Photos by: Dafna Niño and Eduardo Sarabia

JOSÉ NOÉ
SURO

ENTREPRENEUR AND ART INNOVATOR - FROM
CERAMICS FOR LOS CABOS PREMIER RESORTS
TO PRODUCING ARTISTIC PIECES

Mexican art collector José Noé Suro His vision was to fill an overlooked market Baldessari, James Turrell and Joep van Lieshout
niche where artists could use traditional high to name just a few.
has played a decisive role in changing the way caliber ceramic techniques to create collectible Many of these pieces are now found in
art is produced in Mexico. sculptures, pottery and tiles. prestigious contemporary art collections
Founded in 1951, Cerámica Suro specializes in To this day, Suro’s Art Factory in Tlaquepaque, in the Museum of Modern Art (New York
the production of arts and crafts. In 1993, José Jalisco creates art with many distinguished City), The Los Angeles County Museum (Los
Noé Suro took the family business down a new artists including the controversial Talavera Angeles) and the Museo Universitario Arte
path by inviting local and international artists works of Eduardo Sarabia, Jose Davila’s The Contempóraneo (Mexico City.)
to produce limited edition artistic pieces. Space Beneath Us’ and works by Thomas
Glassford, Eric Wesley, Phillipe Parreno, John

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