Luis Amado De Sousa Villalba

Honoring humanity's creativity for the invention of an object that brings people together and that reminds us with joy of our inner child. It is about the search for the aesthetic in an apparently everyday object, which relates us to many experiences that range from sports, healthy living, functionality or recreational activities. This wonderful object also points us towards the search of the human being for a better environment in which to live.
Through different artistic expressions, the artwork seeks for the bicycle to become a cultural icon by positioning the cycling movement in all possible scenarios.
The aesthetic concept is based on the iconic and minimalist form of the bicycle itself, it does not pretend to be anything else. The intention is to find the pure essence of the object by dimensioning ideas that suggest the ups and downs of the person riding it with the presence of a playful chromatic purpose.

His academic training starts very early, at age 11 he attends the Drawing Academy Centro Higuera in Caracas, Venezuela. Later in the same city, he continued his formation attending the School of Plastic Arts Cristobal Rojas, institution in which within 3 years he goes through a variety of techniques and artistic experiences such as: drawing, paint, sculpture, engraving, photo, art of fire and ceramic, graphic design and art installations. Artists and teachers such as Alirio Rodríguez, Luis Guevara Tan, Edgar Guinand, Nedo Mion Ferrario, among others guided him in this early stage.

At the end of that period of his academic training, he decided to stay one more year in the institution to attend a special illustration and design class with teacher Abilio Padron. During that same year, he participates in the engraving workshop directed by the artist Consuelo Mendez at the Simon Rodríguez University, in Caracas, and also joins the Venezuelan theater movement, to learn about acting and about the contribution of plastic arts in theater (scenography, masks, makeup, costumes, puppets, image and graphic development of the theatrical productions).

During this academic period, the young artist learns from the experience and mentoring of ...

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