Leopoldo Maragno

Mr. Leopoldo Maragno was born in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, on December 29 th 1965. He was educated in a family of musicians and philosophers. His father, an outstanding composer, pianist and orchestra conductor; and his mother, a professor of Philosophy and Pedagogy cultivated, from his early childhood, his sensitivity towards the arts and music. At a very young age his parents discovered his special gift for drawing and painting. His multiple talents, though, made him consider, together with the arts, to go in for the school of electronic engineering. Finally, owning an experience enriched by his multiple facets he concentrated on painting, an area where he finds his best way of expression. As soon as he learns how to read and write he becomes a fan of children comics and, at the age of ten, he creates his own cartoons. At the same time some natural talents as an inventor come up and he develops his love for philately and chess. At an early age, after receiving a microscope as a gift, he discovers the infinite range of forms and colors existing in the substances he would check through the microscope lens. He would then outstandingly resemble them in his artistic compositions.The mystery which the human face exe...

His talent in the fine arts starts to show up spontaneously at an early age. After some time he starts to study painting with Professor Oscar Capristo and later on with Marta Scafati. At the same time he attends a workshop on drawing and painting at Asociacin Estmulo de Bella Artes (Fine Arts Stimulus Asociation) in charge of professors Esteban Janiot and Christiansen Bent and also the workshop on Comics and Comic Strip under the direction of Professor Caruso. He then studies abstract painting with Carlos Caas and finally he specializes with Professor Guillermo Roux. He is granted a scholarship in Rouxs workshop. He attends various courses on watercolors with Professor Roux and he studies the egg tempera technique. Later on he perfects in animalistic with Professor Amador Tapoira and finally with Juan Carlos Gianuzzi.In the present days he teaches privately in his own workshop.He has exhibited his works in individual and group shows among which the following can be mentioned: 1999 Asociacin Estimulo de Bellas Artes (Colectiva)2000 Asociacin Estimulo de Bellas Artes (Colectiva)2002 Caf Malas Artes (Individual)2003 Galera Forma (Colectiva) , con elogiosa critica de Cesar Magrini .2005 CGP nro.!4 (Individual)200...