Chew and Swallow Artwork

BIO Juan Henriquez was born in Maracaibo - Venezuela in 1980. In the High school of Art Neptalí Rincón and in the School of Plastic Arts Julio Arraga Neptalí Rincón begins his formation of art in Maracaibo he finishes his basic formation in 1997, continues his formation with workshops of experimental graphic art, restoration paintings, photography, cultural promotion, direction of art for cinema, all with big teachers in the area including his experience of formation with the teacher Victor Fuenmayor (president of the Foundation Institute of Expression and Creativity, FIDEC) where he deals international workshops of Pedagogy in Plastic, Literary and Corporal Expression in 1998-2002. In his experience of work is outlined the foundation and direction of the Pedagogic Program " A Child in the Cinema " join to the visual artist and fashion designer Lisu Vega where as art teacher unroll with the schools of the state integral workshops with cinema, dance and painting in the Art Center of Maracaibo Lia Bermúdez in Venezuela in 2002-2003. Also was employed at important projects of art like the mural "Epopeia Paulista" of the artist Maria Bonomi showed in the Station of the Light in São Paulo-Brazil. In the V Edition of Mud of America in Maracaibo - Venezuela He takes part as Collaborator artist with Maria Bonomi at the accomplishment of the installation Urban Skin x Human Skin in 2004. In Brazil he takes part also in the ONG Factory of Reciprocity and in the Atelier of Paranapiacaba-SP's Experimental graphic art with the main printer Roberto Gyarfi with whom unrolls join to other artists installations as Fragments of the Light in the Winter Festival IV of Paranapiacaba and deals workshops of Lithography. He was an integral co-founder of the art group La Tintota, as visual artist takes participations in relevant showing and lounges of art like the I Exhibition of the Mini - print in Argentina and in Colombia, Exhibition of Latin-American Art in Brussels - Belgium and in Bucharest - Romania, Exhibition . . . of the group La Tintota in Oranjestad - Aruba and also in Curaçao with a exhibition of Zulian Art in the Consuls' World Congress.