benjamin garcia
Benjamin Garcia was born in Venezuela and graduated from the Caracas Institute of Design specializing in Illustration before he began to paint full time. His in?uences came from comic artists like Moebius and Bill Sienkiewicz, and then later from Lucian Freud. His focus is mostly on portraits with an aesthetic language that is implicitly dark and subtly surreal with an approach to subjects which is often subjective and intense. The style is inspired by the nebulous and unclear images of the mind and dreams. Benjamin has worked as an illustrator in editorial, cinema and advertising projects and has exhibited his work in Caracas and Milan.