About the Artist

Brief biography

I was born in Peru, and moved to Toronto in 1990. I am mainly a self-taught artist. My education includes: "Figure Drawing" from the Ontario College of Arts, "Acrylics" from the Central Technical School, and "Figure Drawing and Portraiture" from George Brown College. In Toronto, I started to paint regularly in 1996 using oils, and then switched to acrylics in 2000. My inspirations draws from Fernando Botero, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Khalo, my family and from objects of the daily life.

In June 2009, I graduated with a Master of Education in International Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. I am interested in art making and art research, especially research on policies of the arts. Currently I am working at the Martin Prosperity Institute, Joseph Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.

Artist’s Statement

My work is based on acrylics with bright colours, volumes and curves. I would like to transcend the physical sphere and examine the inner life of each character and object that I depict, as well as to study their purpose and role. There is something curious in each subject that I portray. For me, voluptuous people and curved objects are beautiful and evoke happiness, and through exaggerations they become friendly. In essence, Art is the intersection of bright colours, spontaneous volumes, curves, feelings and beauty.