Was born in Cartagena, Colombia in 1967.
Lives and Works in Miami (US) and Cartagena (COL)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 Cristina Chacon Gallery, Brickell, Estados Unidos (S).
Luz Botero Fine Art, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.
Museum CASA GRAU, "A 23 Artist tribute to Maestro Enrique Grau" Bogotá, Colombia.
MOSA HOUSE, "Amalgamate Intentions", Wynwood, Miami, USA.
Cristina Chacon Gallery, "Gathering", Miami, USA.
ART WALK Area 23 Art Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, USA.
Cristina Chacon Gallery, "AQUA", Miami, USA.
Key Biscayne Yacht Club Miami, USA.
"Entelequia", Area 23 Art Gallery, Wynwood Miami, USA.
"TRANSMUTATION", Area 23 Art Gallery, Miami, USA.
Area 23 Art Gallery, "Present", Wynwood, Arts District, Miami, USA.
ART BASEL MIAMI, Area 23 Art Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, USA.
Paul Cabezas Gallery's Group Show, Casa San Agustín Cartagena, Colombia.
Area 23 Art Gallery, "RED", Wynwood, Miami, USA.
Cristina Chacon Gallery, "THIS IS COLOMBIA", Coconut Grove, USA.
Area 23 Art Gallery, "EROS & THANATOS", Wynwood, Miami, USA.
Area 23 Art Gallery, "BEGINNING", Wynwood, Miami, USA.
Cristina Chacon Gallery, "BLENDED", Miami, USA.
JMC Gallery, "Mystical Figures", New York, USA.
Clemente Soto Vélez Gallery, "Figurative Constructions", New York, USA.
Area 23 Art Gallery, "20x20", Miami, USA.
Cristina Chacon Gallery, "ILLUMINATA", Miami, USA.
Flamingo Road Gallery, "ANTITESIS", Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Espitia Galería, "Virtuosos del Color y la Luz", Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Galería Espitia, "MUJERES 2009", Bogotá D.C., Colombia (S).
Casa San Agustín, "MIS MUJERES", Cartagena, Colombia.
Galería Velázquez, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (S).
Galería Espitia, "MOMENTOS 2008", Cartagena, Colombia (S).
Espitia Galería, "LA COLECTIVA", Cartagena, Colombia.
D'art Gallerie, Naples, USA.
Astoria Fine Art, Miami, USA.
Gallerie d'Art, Bogotá, Colombia.
Centro Bemol, Madrid Spain.
Centro Cultural Nicolás Salmerón, Madrid, Spain.
Centro Cultural Casa del Reloj, Madrid, Spain.
Centro Cultural Galileo, Madrid, Spain.
Centro Cultural Antonio Machado, Madrid, Spain.
Centro Cultural Casa de Vacas, Madrid, Spain.
"Diez Décadas del Arte en Cartagena", Museo de Arte Moderno de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
"Acuarelista de la Costa", Galería Skandia, Cartagena, Colombia.
Galería Novarreta, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
La Francia Centro de Arte, Medellín, Colombia.
Galería Lara, Barraquilla, Colombia.
Casa de la Cultura, "40 Años Telecom", Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Galería Quintero, Barranquilla, Colombia (S).
Centro de Convenciones, Cartagena, Colombia.
Galería Banco Ganadero, Cartagena, Colombia.
The Arts Student's League of New York, USA.
Galería Skandia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
"Acuarelistas Costeños", Galería Skandia, Cartagena, Colombia.
Arte 85 Cartagena de Indias", Colombia.
Galería Lara, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Galería Cámara de Comercio, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Asociación Colombiana de Artistas de Artes Plásticas, Centro de convenciones, Cartagena, Colombia.
"Acuarelistas Cartageneros", Galería Skandia, Cartagena, Colombia.
Artistas Colombianos en la colección "UNICEF", Galería Pluma, Bogotá D.C. Colombia.
Inauguración Salón de Arte de la Gobernación de Bolívar, Cartagena, Colombia (S).
"Homenaje a Cartagena", Galería El Callejón, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
"Cartagena 450 Años", Galería San Lucas, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Galería Skandia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia (S).
"450 Años de Cartagena", Galería Skandia, Cartagena, Colombia.
II Salón Nacional de la Acuarela, Medellín, Colombia.
Galería Arte Autopista Medellín, Colombia (S).
"Acuarelista de la Costa", Galería Skandia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Galería Skandia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia (S).
Salón Nacional de la Acuarela, Medellín, Colombia.
Galería Skandia, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (S).
I Salón de Arte Nuevo, Pierre Daguet, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Casa del Marqués del Premio Real, Cartagena, Colombia (S).
1980 Colegio Salesianos San Pedro Claver, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

AWARDS & GRANTS

2011 Museum CASA GRAU, "A 23 Artist tribute to Maestro Enrique Grau" Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
2011 Calendario Testimonio Artístico Colombiano.
2011 Hampton Inn Hotel mural, Brickell, Miami, USA.
2010 First Colombian artist commissioned by RCN to make his artwork part of "Chepe Fortuna" tv serie scenery.
2009 DON BOSCO Award for his artistic trajectory, Colegio Salesiano 50 Años, Cartagena, Colombia.
2006 Third Award winner, Primer Salón Marginal de Artistas, SEMANA Magazine, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
2005 Convention Center mural, Las Américas, Cartagena, Colombia.
Event hall's mosaic, Los Reyes Building, Cartagena, Colombia.
"El Olimpo" Dome, Private collection, Cartagena, Colombia.
Mural of the "Capilla del Mar" Hotel, Cartagena, Colombia.
1983 "Las Américas Global Resort" Hotel main Mural, Cartagena, Colombia.
Exaltation "Outstanding Young Person in Cartagena" by Cámara Junior, Cartagena, Colombia.
8th International Painting Award, Eugenio Hermoso Badajoz, Spain.
1989 Third Award on First Contest of speed painting, Buen Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain.
1989 Third Art Award, Asturian Centre of Madrid, III Week of America, Asturias Prince Hall, Madrid, Spain.
1988 Honorific Degree on Plastic Arts, Bellas Artes Institute, Cartagena, Colombia.
1984 First Place Award, IV Watercolor National Hall, Medellín, Colombia.
1982 Sellected artwork for the publication of UNICEF greeting card, New York, USA.
Special Guest on TV Show "Póngase a pensar ", by José Fernández Gómez.
1982 Jury on the Galeria Skandia's Children Contest with the celebrities Pacheco and Gloria Valencia.
1981 Mention of honor, First Watercolor National Hall, Medellín, Colombia.

EDUCATION

At the age of twelve, is oriented by Master Julio Carlos Angulo.
Studies Engraving at Los Andes University, Bogotá, Colombia.
Watercolor, Painting, Composition and Color at The Art Student's League of New York, USA.
History of Latinoamerican Art and Appreciation of Art at National University, Bogotá, Colombia.
Photography at National University, Bogotá, Colombia.
History of Art, Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Digital: Photoshop cs5, Corel Draw, 3d Max, Corel Painter XI, Premiere Pro cs5,
After effects cs5.

OTHER STUDIES AND WORKSHOPS

Resident Artist, Area 23 Art Gallery, Wynwood, Arts district, Miami.
Curator of Espitia Gallery Cartagena and Espitia Gallery Bogotá, Colombia.
Creator of the Interior Design Industry "Diseño Interior", Cartagena, Colombia.
Creator of the brands "Espitia Art", "Espitia Furniture", and "Espitia Mouldings".
Expression Professor in the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Cartagena, Colombia.
Artistic painter assistant in the film: "Love in the Time of Cholera". Directed by Mike Newel; a film based on the novel of the Literature Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez.
Concept Art on Interior Design, Graphic Design, Publicity, Cinema, Television.
Hotels and Convention Centers muralist in Colombia and USA.