Sergio Zamorano

I am from Chile, I was born in Santiago in February 1966. I grew up in an old house with long and lined halls with many huge rooms that ends in a large backyard with big trees.
My father was a painter and musician, he was my first inspiration, I always saw him painting and drawing and playing his violin. Since my childhood I spent endless hours drawing at home and at school.
At age 17 (1983) I joined the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile to study Bachelor of Arts and I ended my degree on September 15, 1989.
In the school of arts, I experiment with different artistic paths in vogue in those years: Pop art, drippings, Ensamblage, collage, Enviroment, but in my heart my interest was in traditional art.
My first solo exhibitions, at that stage I painted Chilean cave figures and quotes from Leonardo in newspapers of the 20s, where the old newspaper images and letters act as support and as part of the composition.
However, I never left my practice portrait and I never stop learning traditional techniques. I received commissions from colleagues, I did exhibitions and began teaching painting and drawing.
In 2007 I participated in a colective exhibition in Manhattan, on Jedite Galleries. An interesting drawing, "La Giocon...

Bachelor of Visual Arts, mention Painting
Universidad de Chile
1983 - 1989

Professor of Visual Arts, Secondary Education
Universidad Finis Terrae
2016 - 2017

Workshops scholarship in Guillermo Muñoz Vera Academy ARAUCO Foundation (Contemporary artists and authors) , Chinchón, Spain
July 2009

Jadite Gallery - Manhattan, New York
Iberoamerican Brushstrokes'
March 2007
 
EXHIBITIONS
* Chilean Chamber of Construction
December 2001
 
* Bohemia Gallery - Santiago
March 2000
 
* Universidad Diego Portales
July 1995
 
* Cultural Institute of Providencia
November 1994

* Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile.
October 1992

* Gallery Los Arcos de Bellavista.
May 1992

* Library of El Salvador Codelco Chile, Region III.
October 1991

* Baquedano Theater, University of Chile
April 1991