Cristian Contreras

I am a Self-taught Painter and Professional Graphic Designer.
I live in the south of Chile in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. My city is the gateway to the Carretera Austral that reaches the city of Punta Arenas along some 2,537 kilometers (after there there is nothing else, only Antarctica). My region is rainy, full of forests, rivers, lakes and fjords. From Pto. Montt to the south, Chile is another country, it is almost inhospitable rural, unpaved roads, lush forests, unexplored islands, with a very low number of inhabitants per square kilometer, which is why it is highly desired by adventure tourism. whose tourists arrive eager to see the glaciers and volcanoes that we can find from the province of Palena whose forest beauty is unmatched, such is the case that an American environmental businessman Douglas Tompkins built the Pumalín Park of more than 17,000 hectares and which today belongs to CONAF (National Corporation for the Protection of Forests and Renewable Natural Resources). In this environment I have lived all my life surrounded by the coldest and most intense green on Earth (and beautiful by the way). When I was a child I traveled a lot on boats that transported people to the many islands in the region and t...

- Primary Education: School F-730 Contao, Commune of Hualaihué, Province of Palena, Chile.
- Secondary Education: Liceo de Hombres Manuel Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile.
- Professional Education: Graphic Designer, Professional Institute Santo Tomás, La Serena, Chile.
- 3D Prototyping Course, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
Date of Birth, January 20, 1975, Providencia Santiago de Chile.

- “LO COMPRÉ x 100”, 2007. Collective exhibition of illustration. International children's and youth book fair. The sample was organized by Ilustrared. Providencia Commune, Santiago Chile.
- "CHROMATIC EDGE", 2007-2008. First individual exhibition at "Casa del Arte Diego Rivera", Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile.
- "IN-SITU PAINTING ACTIVITY", 2008. Activity organized by the cultural group "Aticco". Río Negro Hornopirén, Commune of Hualaihue, Chile
- "IN-SITU PAINTING ACTIVITY", 2008. Activity organized by the cultural group "Aticco" in the "Second Home Mortgage Fair, Socovesa". Puerto Montt, Chile
- “BROTE”, 2008. Collective exhibition. "The Balcony Art Club". Puerto Montt, Chile.
- "TAREA PA´LA CASA", 2009. Collective exhibition of illustration. Exhibition organized by "Ilustrared". At the Santiago Library, this sample was later exhibited in the "Parque Arauco" mall in the Las Condes district, Santiago, Chile.
- “INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION”, 2009. Collective exhibition. Activity organized by Artist Universal, in “Galleria Hopeinen Sivellin”. Helsinki, Finland.
- "THE TIMES OF COLOR", 2011. Collective exhibition at "Casa Pauly". Activity organized by the Association of Plastic Artists of Puerto Montt, Chile.
- “MIRADAS COSTUMBR...