Luz Perez-Ojeda

I was born in Valencia (Venezuela), and I have been living and working in Paris since 1968.
Since 1989 I’ve been a professional artist, painter, photographer, and printer. My artistic background did not come through academic accomplishment, rather I gained my experience while working in art studios.
From the time I was small, I have been living in an artist-friendly environment. The people in my life included my parents, whom were both artists themselves along with teachers of art. As this was my environment, I learned very quickly from my parents' knowledge and teaching of the arts.
I learned quickly and became not only a professional artist, painter and photographer, but also a serigraphy printer while working as an assistant for seven years to the well-known International kinetic artist, Carlos Cruz-Diez. While working as his assistant, I also learned and assisted him in silkscreen printing and photography.
I decided to continue my education at Atelier Del Arco, located in Paris, during the years of 1988 through 1994. I used my newly-acquired skills to compose traditional black-and-white photography in a lab owned by François Patez. While working in the lab, I further improved my skills in art silk-screening by printing the ...