Arts & Frames by Wood Gallery

LUIS PANTIGOZO

Born in Arequipa, Peru in 1958, Pantigozo studied at the "Escuela de Bellas Artes" in Arequipa and has had more than fifty solo and group exhibitions in Peru, Italy, America, Venezuela, Chile and Bolivia. These exhibitions include: “Campo y Cosecha”, Galeria de Arte Alianza Francesa, Lima (1994); "Luces y colores del Peru", Galeria Ada Negri, Milan, Italy (1990); "the Charlotte sister cities International Art Exhibition", Charlotte, NC (1990); La Puerta del Sol, La Paz, Bolivia (1990); "Noche de arte", U.S. Embassy, Lima, Peru (1990-80); J. Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC (1987); "Campo y cosecha", Galeria Trapecio, Lima, Peru (1986); "Raices peruanas en el arte contemporaneo", Casa de España, New York, NY (1984); and, "Homenaje al Libertador Simon Bolivar", Caracas, Venezuela.

Most of his subjects emanate from the farm of his brother in Arequipa, where Pantigozo was born. His main interest is the relation of the man of the Andes with the "MAMAPACHA" or land. The spirituality of the paintings, on the other hand, originate in the dual culture (the western and the andean cultures) that the man of the Andes confronts.

          
Pantigozo has received numerous  awards including a Second Place and a Fourth Place a the prestigious National Mitchell Watercolour Contest and the Concejo Britanico, respectively.