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Lizet Benrey

Mexican-American painter and actress

Lizet Benrey
Benrey in 2019
Born	Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican-American
Other names	Liz Benrey Lizet Benrey-Fuller
Alma mater	Ibero-American University Boston University University of California San Diego Palomar College
Occupations	Painter film director actress
Known for	Artwork displayed globally
Spouse	Francis Fuller
Children	2
Parent	Shirley Chernitsky (mother)

Lizet Benrey is a Mexican-American painter, film director and actress whose artwork has been displayed worldwide at cultural institutions, art galleries and museums. She directed a documentary about Leonora Carrington and designed the Premio Corazon Award for the San Diego Latino Film Festival.

Personal life[edit]

Benrey was born in Mexico City, Mexico to Shirley Chernitsky, who taught her how to paint.^[1][2] While attending Ibero-American University, she dated Alejandro González Iñárritu.^[3] Benrey went to Boston University, studied printmakingatPalomar College^[4] and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in visual arts at University of California San Diego.^[3][5] She married Francis Fuller and they had two children.^[5]

Career[edit]

Benrey's work has been on display in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe.^[6] She worked with producer Lucy Orozco,^[5][7] narrating a documentary about her own mother and directed a short film called Leonora and Gabriel: An Instant with painter Leonora Carrington, not long before Carrington died.^[8][9] Benrey said her work ethic was inspired by Julian Schnabel,^[5] and family friends José Luís Cuevas, Carlos Nakatani and Lucinda Urrusti.^[1] The only time Benrey exhibited with her mother was on an exhibition called Women Beyond Borders.^[5]

In 2010, Benrey was a member of the selection committee at the San Diego Latino Film Festival^[10] and designed their Premio Corazon Award.^[6] In 2011, she introduced a screening of Cinco Días sin NoraatCSU San Marcos.^[11]

Museum exhibitions[edit]

• Artwork was exhibited in 2002 at the International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy^[12]
• Paintings on display for Blending Borders in 2003 at Tecate Cultural Center in Tecate, Mexico^[13]
• Work exhibition for Art Spirituality in 2003 at Art Institute of California – San Diego in Mission Valley^[14]
• Artwork in 2004 at Blue Parrot Bistro in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.^[4]
• Tribute to the Earth, a 2007 solo exhibit at Perry L. Meyer Fine Art in Little Italy, San Diego^[1][15]
• El Viaje – celebrating Latin-born Jewish artists in 2007 that moved to San Diego at Gotthelf Art Gallery at Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla^[16]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Lizet BenreyatIMDb