RESUME AND BIO
EDUCATION

*Private Painting Classes with Maestro Antonio Seijo, Caracas, Venezuela 1989-1994.

*Jewelry Fabrication and Design Workshops with Maestro Alexis De La Sierra, Miami Design District, Fall 2005.

*Advance Art Jewelry Fabrication with Susan Lewis at Boca Museum of Art, Art School, Boca Raton, Spring 2006.

*Advance Art Jewelry Fabrication with Don Dietz at Boca Museum of Art, Art School, Boca Raton, Fall 2006.

*All Media Painting with Miles Laventhal at Boca Museum of Art, Art School, Boca Raton, Spring 2007.

*Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, May 2007
Florida International University, Miami, Florida.

*Clayworks and Ceramic Sculpture Studio with Miles Laventhal at Boca Museum of Art, Art School, Boca Raton, Fall 2007.

Main Exhibitions

* Ontologik, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida 2007.
*3rd. Annual Art Fest @ Doral By The Rotary Club of Doral, Florida, 2007.

Awards

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1st. Place Jewelry Design at the 3rd. Annual Art Fest @ Doral By The Rotary Club of Doral, Florida, 2007.

BIO

I was born in Caracas-Venezuela on March 22 nd 1981 . I still remember the first colors, brushes and pencils that I got when I was 4 years old. Even though I am the first “declared” artist in the family, tradition and manual skills have been present in my ancestors for decades. Both my grandmothers have dedicated their lives to the textile business, designing sewing among other tasks. My grandfather is and excellent wood carver and he used to carve the church altars in his home town in Spain . I also had a great grandfather that was a blacksmith. My parents are Civil Engineers with a great sense of interior design and drawing skills.

My passion for manual work (painting, silversmith, sculpture…) is not new. I have always had the necessity of expressing myself through my hands, it is a potential energy that must be released and transformed in other expression. It is an internal need.

At the age of 8, my parents hired an excellent Spanish-Venezuelan painter called Antonio Seijo for private classes. He taught me not only the basics of painting techniques but also and the most important the passion for it.

I painted until I was 14 years old. Perhaps because I was a revel or because of the hormones I did not want anything to do with art for almost 10 years.

I studied 3 and a half years of chemical engineering in Caracas and then I moved to Salamanca , Spain . Finally I transferred and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at FIU in Miami …Ironically no?...

I finally returned to the beginning, to my passion, my personal Renaissance; because no matter how hard you try to go against destiny casualties will always show you your real path. I took classes of silversmith with renowned Venezuelan artist Alexis De La Sierra ( www.alexisdelasierra.com ) in Miami Design District. He had the ability of inspiring me again into the arts. I've taken some minor courses at the Boca Raton Museum of Art to refresh some knowledge but what you truly learned from childhood, from the people that really inspired you will never be forgotten.