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| Biography: |
Jose De la Barra was born on 6th August 1956 in Peru. He has created a dream-like world through his expressing the internal and external fantasies of his imagination with his precise talents in painting and drawing. The expressions and the sensual movements that appear in each piece, create mystic allegories about the universe. By combining his interest in the human form with his desire for symbolic content, he has engendered a language that explains the human condition through a unique perspective. There is a method through which he develops his art relying on material and composition to develop his personal, magical universe. De la Barra considers himself a Surrealist, one who plays and exaggerates reality as perceived in this subjective world. He attended the Fine Arts Autonomous Superior School in Lima, Peru, where he studied Painting, Illustration, and Murals, combining this academic training with innate tendencies towards abstraction, I have developed a figurative style that was immediately well received and noted for its innovation. De la Barra, is well known throughout South America, and has lead to a long career history of eminent exhibitions and awards. His reputation has been his work all over Europe and North America where he is recognized as one of the most innovative artists of his generation.
Prizes and distinctions: - First prize, Mural (Fine Arts) Lima Peru (1985). - Prize: "International Art Contest-1998", Soho, New York (1999). |
| English speaker: | Si |
| Website: | https://www.saatchiart.com/delabarra |
| Participation Date: | 25 September 2017 |