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Javier Gamboa was born in Coronel Bogado on July 30, 1971. He Studied painting in the Gallery Rosarte and began studying Fine Arts at the National University of Rosario in 1997. His experience at that time includes painting murals in churches, schools and other commercial premises in his hometown and within the city of Rosario. He also illustrated a self-published book, Internal Affairs, by Fernando Tain. He traveled extensively through Latin America and in 1998 settled in Costa Rica, where he worked on such varied projects as murals, children's books illustration and poster design for environmental education initiatives at ZooAve Zoological Park, Alajuela. The murals were designed for a wide spectrum of audiences including a Franciscan convent, commercial shops, hotels, motels, restaurants and private residences. In 2001 he travelled to Europe, painting murals in Spain and Italy. After settling in Cordoba, Spain, he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts, Dionisio Ortiz learning the details of casting and molding. During this period, he participated in several exhibitions among which several are worth mention including: Eutopia 2004 held at the Diputacion of Cordoba, Gallery Espacio Rojo and Gallery Tulaprint among others. He also focused much of his effort on participatory murals for public spaces such as the Cordoba Zoo and those commissioned for events such as the XXI and XXII Days for Peace painted within the southern quarter of Cordoba, and those for the Greenday European Economic Community and the Iberian Lynx Project within the Sierra Morena, also in Andalusia. In addition to these activities, between the years of 2008 and 2010, he taught the basics of mural painting in Cordoba Prison through the non-profit organization, CIC Bata. He also worked on more personal projects, creating street art like Comic el juego, a large-format serial comic plastered on various public walls within Cordoba. And, Angel, Botame and the River Bather, which were sculptures and installations also placed in public spaces. Since 2012, Javier works and lives in Brunswick, Ga within the USA. Among His recent works, the most mentionable is the building and painting of a puppet theater at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, the illustration and writing of the self-published book, Setenta.2017 Surreal Salon 9, Baton Rouge Gallery.