PEDRO LAVA

Italy
Biography:

Born in Rubio, Venezuela in 67, Italian-Venezuelan nationality, son of an Italian emigrant and a Venezuelan mother. In his early years, he discovered a predisposition for drawing, learned oil painting. Despite his passion for art he studied architecture. Unlike his father's journey, he immigrated to Italy in 1998. In 2011 he enrolled at the Vittorio Marusso Academy of San Donà di Piave (VE), so he joined the engraving course with maestro Ilario Minen (a pupil and after a successor teacher to Cesco Magnolato). Tod Read more...ay he dedicates all his free time to the art of engraving and to teaching traditional and experimental intaglio techniques, and forms a group of engravers called "Piave Printmakers" in San Donà di Piave, Venice, Some recent participations: 1s MiniprintPaese International 2019 Treviso(Ita), "Macao Printmaking Triennial" 2018 Macao (China); 5 International Gravura Biennial "Lívio Abramo" 2018(Brazil); "III International Printmaking Biennial 2018" Čačak. (Serbia), finalists 1st International Award for engraving "I santi di Diso" 2018, Lece (Italy), finalists "XIII International engraving Biennale" Premio Acqui "2017 (Italy) and this time he hopes it's on a one way trip ...

Skills: etching digital print