Nestor Andrade, a man committed to the traditions and customs of Veracruz that have led to an endless series of paintings representative. For its historical and aesthetic content, masks play the biggest role of his work, enclosing magic and religious connotations, leaving out the other of duality in all of us.
Andrade began studying painting, drawing and printmaking at the INBA. Later continued to study painting, graphic design and sculpture in the visual arts workshops free of the Universidad Veracruzana. Is an artist through the years has evolved in countless workshops, courses and seminars related to art. It has endless solo and group exhibitions in various states of Mexico and Cuba have been one of the 35 artists plastics known in the state of Veracruz.
Lover of culture, Nestor was the founder of self-expressive painting workshop at the port of Veracruz, likewise, is director of the cultural center of the state's number one, has directed children's painting courses and training courses for teachers and has been sworn in many art competitions. In 1996 the National Fund for Culture and the Arts was awarded a scholarship for his great career.
Andrade describes his work as a magical expression, not engage in outside work that satisfy the buyers. Painting for him is let go, enjoy the creative process, letting the child have fun and play, with complete freedom, without boundaries.
Dozens of pictures projected achieve happiness, customs and traditions of Veracruz, magical content has been made to express a adventure of colors and forms, where masks are the same folk dances, the faces of destitute or pre-Hispanic gods, transfiguration plastic full of elements that emanate joy and mysticism, a riddle of the author's imagination.
His colorful paintings have inspired criticism, reviews, presentations and texts of writers and art critics such as Juan Vicente Melo, Juan Joaquín Pérez Tejada and the painter Carlos Jurado. Nestor Andrade, a man who becomes the norm in deity, the pride of art Veracruz.
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