Clara Porset

clara porset

It should be impossible to talk about Mexican Modernism without mentioning Clara Porset. Porset’s designs, informed by a truly global perspective uncommon for a woman of the era, were pivotal to the movement. Born in Cuba in 1895, Porset studied at Columbia University in New York City and continued her education in Europe at the Sorbonne, the École des Beaux Arts and the Louvre. Her work seamlessly blends Mexican heritage with brutalist and Bauhaus influences, incorporating natural materials and traditional folk art themes into stark lines and crisp silhouettes.