WELLINGTON CURICHIMBA MARIN: "I was born on May 27, 1972 in the Iquitos City in the Loreto Region; my parents are Purificacion Curichimba Escobar and
Lilia Marfa Nuflez. They decided to move to live in Pucallpa when I was three years. Since I was a boy I liked to draw, I have studied my primary school without any problem and I started to
work very little when my mother was selling food on the streets and I have finished my
high school when I was 16. I did not study for not having sufficient economic resources,
then I travelled to Tarepoto working hard to live there and when I was 17, I went to the
Army for the Military Service. During that time I was in Guepi and in Iquitos. I got off
the army and I came back to Tarapoto and for second time I went to the army again
and I went to lima as a soldier and I was the a radio operator and I made some
letters and I painted some peruvian heroes. In 1992 I returned to Pucallpa leaving the
army because my mother was very ill, I started to work hard and also I was visiting
some friends. A lady Mirna Acosta Rulz told me about don Pablo Amaringo and his
school of Painting so I became also a student, drawing first and then painting. So I like
very much this teaching about humbleness, sincerity and so on. I felt myself to the
people studying here as my family. Don Pablo is a good person with much love in his
heart that encourages to people to go always ahead. I like to give knowledge about art
and the culture of this region, I am very happy making all the possible to show how
beautiful is the amazon area and to save the rain forest."
"To the young people; we must be always together working for the well-being of the society to help people over the world, because there is much poverty and hunger and with your help we will help them."
You can take a walking tour through the paintings of the young Usko-Ayar artists of the Amazon Project, or you can take a shortcut to see all the artists in the gallery. These paintings are available for purchase from The Electric Gallery. We'd also appreciate your giving us your comments on our presentation.
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