Clouds 221 - Limited Edition of 8 Photograph

Carlos Manzcera was born in Bogotá, 1958 from an early age began to develop his creativity; His great influence was the space age and his taste for modernism and the different musical currents, from rock to electronica, the latter frame all his artistic development, when he first heard Jean Michel Jarre and his great work in 1981. Oxigene 5, was a love at first ear, this musical genre has been until today a reference for his work; also the musical influence of the 70s with Disco, and then with the great musical heyday of the 80s with Dance, Trance and all the electronic evolution; He has lived through all the last cultural changes of the 20th century and now in the 21st with a great love for technology and all the evolution of the new century. It all began in 1983 when he held his first exhibition of painting with nibs and acrylics, later he entered the Central University of Bogotá, where he studied Photography, Plastic and Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Marketing among others. and he participated in various exhibitions and art sales organized in financial centers, fairs and galleries. In 1991 he created his company Decor Moda; which was initially characterized by consulting in marketing and image and photography for fashion brands. In 1995 he experimented with photography as a means of communication, seeking his own visual identity. In 2001 he created Art Manzcera Studio dedicated to his greatest passion, art, venturing into sculpture and artistic photography; in sculpture, he took as inspiration the world of fashion and women, transforming aluminum into sheets and tubes recreating women, in their different roles, and as life-giving queens of the world; with medium format sculptures. In 2014 he presented the tribute to the women of the world at the People Art Factory. Later in 2015, he joined the NGLCC International Suppliers Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. where he exhibited his sculpture work and established his Art Manzcera Studio business abroad; He developed the project Dance to life now, which is a series of 9 monumental sculptures in steel and aluminum that around a torus, represent the cycle of life, and was a participant in the first open-air sculpture competition in Bogotá February 2015 . In 2.017 she developed the project Mujeres y Madres, monumental-sized steel and aluminum sculptures that represent all women in diversity; who have fought for their rights and those of their children, this project is waiting for funding to be built.