Maestre Gustavo

Gustavo Maestre was born in Barcelona, Venezuela. In 1975 he graduated at the Escuela de Artes Plasticas A.Reveron of his city, in 1979 in engraving and serigraphy at the Tres Rayas Institute in Madrid and in 1985 in ceramic techniques at the Art Institute in Sesto Fiorentino. In 1988 the Venezuelan painter and sculptor moved to Prato (Italy), where he still lives dedicating himself to contemporary art, finding fertile ground to cultivate his bursting expressive power that is expressed in large and colorful paintings.

He has held personal exhibitions in Puerto de la Cruz (Venezuela), Havana (Cuba), Ecuador, Miami (USA), Madrid, Paris, Toulouse, Prato, Florence, Arezzo, Milan, Modena, Rome, Bari.

Prizes

1972-73 1° Prize Inciba, Caracas, Venezuela

1974-75 1st Prize Inciba, Barcelona, Venezuela

1977 1st Prize d’Acquisto Studio Fecha, Caracas VEN