Federico García

My name is Federico García, and I was born in Venezuela in 1965. I studied at the Arturo Michelena School of Fine Arts in Valencia, Venezuela, 1970.
My love for nature made me study agriculture at the Jesuit technical school; with it, I became interested in photography of the environment. During my trips around the world, I made photographic albums on the life of different cultures. As a photographer, I worked for the UN. We created a project called Artists of Peace, and it sought to encourage peace through art, in this, I found part of my inspiration for the creation of artistic works with transcendental messages, intending to instil a collective conscience for the peace of humanity and the well-being of the environment.
Due to the political situation of Venezuela, we had to emigrate. I have been able to learn many valuable lessons that I want to transmit through my work, which I'm currently carrying out in the heart of Cheltenham, Uk.
The current evolution of my work it's based on the union of multiple stone-shaped frames, conforming a three-dimensional texture of a solid wall, where I present my oils as graffitis with transcendental themes linked to our human existence, combining the duality of good and bad, known or to be ...

– 1965 Born, Valencia, Venezuela.
– 1970 Paint and Fines Arts School Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela.
– 1985 Hydroponic Course Central University of Venezuela.
– 2002 United Nations Venezuela Association. ANUV. UN Advanced course in World Citizenship.
– 2003 Techniques in the preparation of acrylic pigments with the Artist Silvia Detwitz, Valencia Venezuela.
– 2004 Techniques for using base pigments for the manufacture of oils and acrylics.
– 2008 United Nations Association of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. ANUV World Federation of United Nation Association. Creator and coordinator ¨Artists of Peace¨.
– 2009 The Middle of People. Community Newspaper Valencia, Venezuela. Rural Photojournalist.
– 2020 Live and work in the heart of Cheltenham, Uk. here is where the artistic trend: Cheltenham Puzzle style originates.

Arturo Michelena School of Fine Arts; Valencia, 1970.
School of agricultural experts, Gonzalito, Turmero Edo.Aragua 1980
Annual Art Collective of the Army. Armoured Brigade, Valencia. Carabobo 1987.
Exhibition for the benefit of film productions "MATASECA" 1990.Gala Gallery, Valencia 1991.
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
First collective prize of plastic arts School of Agricultural Gonzalito, Turmero Edo Aragua 1980
The first collective photographic prize for the benefit of Productions“MATASECA” 1990 films. Valencia. Edo Carabobo