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Sergio Valenzuela

Guatemala • 1988

Biography

Sergio "Vanlenz" Valenzuela was born in Guatemala in 1970. Vanlenz graduated from Universidad Galileo in Guatemala City with a major in Communications, specializing in Education. He is a graphic designer, creative director, publicist, as well as a professor, teaching university courses on creativity, advertising, and graphic design at his alma mater.

His first group show was at the Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala City in 1992. Since then, he has been featured in over 80 group shows and 30 solo exhibitions in South America and around the world. Among numerous recognitions and awards, he was selected as the winner of the "Young Artist" award in 2005, and granted a scholarship to study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, France.

His works are exhibited in the French Allegiance of Guatemala, Forma Museum of El Salvador, private collections in Guatemala, Central America, Europe, Mexico, and the United States of America.

Vanlenz tells stories with everyday objects. Regarding his works, Vanlenz says, "By using elements such as chairs, ladders, beds, monocycles, trapeze artists, swings, machines, I can tell life stories. The chairs signify opportunities, and the patience required for these to step into our lives. The ladders represent our desire to climb, to continue our personal growth. Beds represent periods when we sleep and dream, things we cannot share with anyone else."

Nationality

Guatemalan artists

Themes

Abstract artworks