Quick Bio:

I was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1978. I lived most of my early childhood in different towns and cities in Panamá. When I was five years old my family lived in a rental house. We weren't able to paint the walls, so my parents allowed my older siblings and I to make drawing and watercolor paintings and tape them to the wall. A good portion of the living room walls were covered by the time we moved out. Many of our closest family friends in Panamá were artists. My family and I spent much of our time visiting with them in their studios. While the adults talked, the kids spent most of our time playing with clay.

My family and I moved to Orange County, California, after the Panamanian invasion of 1989. I later naturalized as an American citizen while continuing to hold my Colombian citizenship. During my high school years I found a creative outlet in cartooning. Some of my cartoons were published in various books newspapers and online publications in Nicaragua and the U.S.

I was introduced to the computer as a fine art medium while I was attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At first, most of the digital work I did was interactive and time-based, but as I started to focus more on photography, I found more interest with what I could do digitally with the still image. During these times I also began to exhibit my work and discovered the importance of the final presentation of the artwork. I continued to focus my artwork in photography and computer augmented art and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

After I graduated, my photographic work became more about the painterly aspects of the digital manipulation and less about the photography. Even though the final medium is the same as a chemically processed photograph, the works are more of a painting. I have exhibited my Photopaintings and other works at various locales in New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.

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English: Who-Ann Ca-Me-Lo Ooh-Yo-Ah

Some Influential Artists:
Pablo Picasso
David Hockney
Van Gogh
Dawoud Bey
Monet
Armando Granja
Edward Weston
Georgia O'Keefe
Keith Haring

Some influential art Instructors/Professors:
Cavalliere Ketchum
George Cramer
Michael Connors
Ted Pope
Pat Fennell
Jason Lee
Adrianne Herman