Waldo Vinces

One of our goals is to have Mr. Vinces is paint a mural at the Grant Park Pool, hopefully in time for the 2006 season. The mural will either be installed on the pump house wall, or on the Swim/Dive wall.

Artist Statement:
Currently I am working on a series of paintings based on my experience as an immigrant. They're intended to convey a sense of reflection and loneliness. Bits and pieces of my life are collages into surfaces of drawings and notes to myself - they personalize the image and give the viewer a way into my world.

I work on wood panels, stretched canvas and paper so that I can plaster, scrape, sand, erase, remark and repaint into the surface. Texture in my work represents the passage of time and its mark.

While working, I discover meaning and truth, a personal exploration of my surroundings and myself.

Artist Biography:
Waldo Vinces was born in Lima, Peru in 1967. He grew up in Caracas, Venezuela; there he inherited from his parents a deep compromise with social work and activities related to art and culture. He returned to Lima in 1986 where he studied Archeology in the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.

Vinces returned to Venezuela in 1990, entering the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic Institute Santiago, Santiago Marino. Vinces moved to Atlanta in 1994 where he met his wife, artist Victoria Martin-Gilly and his work is part of numerous corporate collections, including King & Spalding, Delta Air Lines, Georgia Power and The Home Depot.