This Mickey Mouse-Obsessed Ceramicist Is Getting Her First Retrospective at Age 95

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess asserts, “I’m a survivor.” From her childhood onwards, this term has encapsulated her life. No matter what tasks I face, I tackle them head-on. At 95 years old, I continue to persevere. For many decades, Suarez Frimkess labored diligently in the Venice studio she shared with her husband and artistic partner, Michael Frimkess, a skilled ceramicist, who is 89. However, over the past ten years, Venezuela-born Suarez Frimkess has not only endured but flourished as well.