LA PONTE Print

John Sclyve, born in the 80s in the City of Montevideo Uruguay. At an early age, that even before school, in kindergarten, and always was fascinated by drawing and creating drawings. Throughout his life began to explore more broadly the arts, twelve years old attended first to his first School of Arts, the workshop Omar Santos, studying with him and his daughter Alicia was his first approach to oil , reaching two major exhibitions in the city of Rivera, border between Brazil and Uruguay, selling his first works. At sixteen he began working with portraits and had some special appearances at events. At eighteen surrealism begins to discover and experience different techniques to work with India ink, exposing in Brazil. Already in Montevideo after a couple of years studying at the workshop Iturria "Casablanca", learning different techniques of realism and cubism with Diego Pires and later with Mariana Olaso, both school teachers. Keep at that time, working actively in his own workshop, and participating in various events. A couple of years began to work with recyclable materials sculptures creating a unique style and an unmistakable identity, proposing language that respects the environment and drawn from his conversion, beauty does. Currently and his young age, has an arts workshop in Palermo, Montevideo. He works in creating unique mixed media pieces and works again Zone, Arts Club, which is a precursor of several area arts and cultural events in the newly created Neighborhood of the Arts, Montevideo, Uruguay.