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Since the 1960’s, Sergio Bustamante has been internationally recognized in the world of creative arts and crafts. His work encompasses a variety of art forms, including paper mâché, ceramics and bronze. Recent innovations include distinctive lines of fine jewelry and beautifully crafted furniture, but he is primarily known for his sculpture.
Though born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, of both Chinese and Indian ancestry, Sergio Bustamante has lived in the Guadalajara area since early childhood. In his youth, he studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara, but abandoned this pursuit when his talents and interests drew him to the fine arts and crafts of his native land.
Bustamante's creations reflect a uniquely imaginative individuality, style and creativity distinct from - though often copied by - other artists, making his works much desired by art aficionados worldwide.
He began with paintings and paper mâché figures, inaugurating the first exhibit of his works at the Galeria Misracha in Mexico City in 1966. In the early 1970's, he traveled to Amsterdam, where he further developed his talents. After his return to Guadalajara in 1975, he established, along with other artists, the "Family Workshop Studio" in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
Bustamante's work is a marriage of the colors and forms of his native Mexico, with an inspiration and imagination that are entirely his own. His artistic sensibility successfully combines familiar and popular imagery with the surreal. Bustamante is an artisan - and in true artisan style, he has mastered his various mediums, as well as his chosen subject matter.
Above all, he is known for being the author of his own universe of forms and figures. He has excelled as a painter , molder and designer, without renouncing his essential thematic obsessions. With differing aesthetic intentions, he has created a uniquely wonderful iconography that is profoundly significant, beautiful, and affecting. He continues to explore uncharted paths in the New Millennium, and is considered one of the greatest Mexican artists of our time.
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