Maria Lira Marques

Maria Lira Marques was born in the Middle Jequitinhonha region, in Minas Gerais, where she lives until today. Daughter of a shoemaker and a washerwoman, she started working as a child. From her mother, Odília Borges Nogueira, she inherited her artistic vocation and interest in manual work. Developing works in ceramics early on, it was in the 1970s that Lira took on the position of an artist once and for all, and started progressively dedicating herself to her work.

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