Xavier Melendez (1937)

The glass artist Xavier Melendez was born in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, August 9, 1937. He received his BA in Architecture in 1962 from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, where he later taught for more than five years. He began his career as an industrial designer in 1969 and has presented more than 60 exhibitions, both solo and group shows, in Mexico and elsewhere.