In addition to transitioning to large scale work, Lika Mutal also began the transition into working with granite. Lika Mutal has recently been awarded the Jose Maria Arguedas Prize for her work "El ojo que Llora". This work is located on permanent display in Campo de Marte, in Lima, Peru. Mutal was commissioned to make a piece of public art in order to commemorate the loss of life as a result of a dispute between the Peruvian government and guerilla that took place in 1980-2000. The memorial consists of one large stone, in the center of a spiraling path of over 60,000 small stones. The center stone is a representation of the Pachamama, an Incan Earth Mother goddess. Embedded in the surface is a smaller stone, meant to represent an eye. The large stone also has a water element that constantly trickles water from the eye as if crying. Each of the smaller encircling stones is engraved with a name of an individual who fell victim to the violence. This memorial caused controversy amongst the population over what names what constitutes a victim and who should be memorialize because included in the 60,000 stones were the aggressors who caused the violence. Lika Mutal has also been awarded the Royal Ueno Museum Prize in 1994, and an Excellent Maquette Prize, in 1992, from the Fujisankei Biennale founded in Japan, as well as the First Sculpture Prize from the Universidad Catolica in 1970.