Wilmer Herrison

Born in Maracaibo (State of Zulia, Venezuela) on September 29, 1978, Wilmer Herrison is a Venezuelan painter. Established today in Paris, he creates modern works that carry the millennial history of Amerindian and European cultures. His youth was imbued with the colors of his hometown and the strength of lush nature. From Lake Maracaibo, his painting draws colors and reflections. It is in this city, which mixes colonial architecture and contemporary creation, that he travels through all fields of art and creation, developing his vocation as a painter. At the age of 23, he chose to leave for France where he enrolled at the École du Louvre. There he studied the techniques used in ancient frescoes, painting by Italian primitives and Flemish primitives. He is interested in baroque painting, impressionism, and contemporary creation. At 32, he enjoyed early recognition in his native country, exhibited the same year in two national museums: the Funda Museo museum in Barquisimeto and the Juan Astorga Anta museum of modern art in Mérida (Venezuela). Also in 2010, he met in Venice, on the occasion of his exhibition Serenissima, the Italian designer Piero Massaro, who was to be inspired by his paintings to launch a collection of glasses called Collezione WH. Wilmer Herrison developed a technique based on line and color, Optical Fusion producing pretenses organized according to a privileged point of view, evolving at a distance as well as near. This technique is based on the juxtaposition of touches of unmixed colors on the surface to be painted and on optical fusion, generating an effect of depth.