CARLOS VAZQUEZ (b. 1965)
Born in Mexico City, Carlos studied Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de México [UAM]. In 1989 he joined the San Carlos Fine Arts Academy and later traveled to New York City where he studied at the School of Visual Arts. In 1992 he also joined the Art Students League of New York, where he studied painting and drawing with William Scharf (1927-) until the year 2000. His works are in private collections in Venezuela, Mexico, the U.S., Germany, and France, where he has also exhibited his work. Carlos has also illustrated children's books. His paintings are a compilation of a visual language that comprises color, symbols and story telling. The fantastic characters that populate these drawings and paintings are inspired by the reality that surrounds the artist, but become in his work live interpreters of their creator's imagination and his memories. Captive princesses, towers, wild dogs, and a roster of imaginary creatures cohabit in a world of oil paint, ink or graphite. Carlos's technique is meticulous and measured; nothing is an accident, though the result may not always reveal such calculation. In the end these works are at the same time mysterious and dark, simple and playful, the way a fairy tale or even real life can be. Carlos rides his bike around New York, and frequently visits the Metropolitan Museum galleries where he draws.
