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Daniela Cano

(1988, Venezuela) is a young and energetic artist who has been working with painting for more than 10 years. For Cano, painting is a form of self-expression that provides her with a means to explore and channel her inner thoughts and desires. The young painter’s colorful and lively work depicts the world around, such as […]

Luis Barreto

(1949, El Tigrito, Venezuela) began his career in art as a teenager, studying painting, drawing and sculpture in 1968 at the Taller Libre de Arte in Anzoátegui State in eastern Venezuela. In 1971 he moved to Ciudad Bolívar to continue his studies before starting a degree in architecture at the Central University of Venezuela from […]

Guillermo Barreto

(1957- 2013) Caracas, Venezuela) Barreto is a painter who resides and works in New York City. His work has been shown in Cornell University, New York University, the Venezuelan Consulate and forms part of the permanent art collection of the Chilean Mission before the United Nations. Barreto has shown his work in both private and […]

Onofre Frías

(1953, Tacarigua de Mamporal, Venezuela) is considered one of the most prolific and versatile painters in Venezuela, whose work depicts the exuberant flora and landscape of his native country. During his more than thirty years of artistic production, Frías has experimented with a range of different materials to create his particular vision of the idiosyncracies […]

Alberto Spinetti

(1973, Caracas, Venezuela) is a sculptor and painter whose work spans a variety of media, including assemblages and free standing sculptures in bronze, iron and wood. His work is minimalist, yet colorful, featuring pared-down human figures whose melancholic, elongated forms are often accompanied by simple, geometric objects that bring to mind ancient civilizations or Mayan […]