Category: Artists

One of the numerous Costa Rican artists, Jacqueline Cordoba, started her career in arts from the National University of Costa Rica. She graduated in the year 2002 with an honors degree as a bachelor in Arts and Visual Communication, specializing in painting. Throughout this time she received excellent grades in…

Francisco Amighetti, one of the most famous Costa Rican artists, was born on 1st June, 1907, in San Jose, Costa Rica. In 1924 he graduated as a bachelor from a public school of Costa Rica. In 1926 he entered the Academy of Fine Arts as a student and his artwork…

Another great artist born in San Dose, Costa Rica is Carlos Poveda. He was born in the year 1940 in this beautiful state. He was only in his sixties when he started gaining the fame other artists gain much later in life. He did one man shows all over the…

Innovation is what the renowned Costa Rican artist Ana Wien is all about. She has always played with vibrant colors and textures to make her clothes unique and beautiful. She was born in Costa Rica and has always been inspired by the natural beauty of it. She has a unique…

One of the renowned artists of Costa Rica, Manuel Zumbado, was born in San Jose, Costa Rica in the year 1964. He is not only known for his paintings but is also famous for his video installations projects. He went to a school named Castella Conservatory from 1977-81, where not…

Cali Rivera is an extraordinary artist born in Costa Rica, in the year 1969. When he was a little child, he was inspired by music and instruments that produced sound. He had some musical skills too but art was his true passion that gradually developed with time. The different shades,…

Deirdre Hyde is a marvelous Costa Rican artist born in 1953 in Somerset, England. Since her childhood she had an interest in fine arts which she pursued and studied. She did her bachelorette program from the University of Reading in Fine Arts in the year 1975 and received her certificate…

Isidro Con Wong was born in February 1931 in San Jose, Costa Rica. His parents were Chinese and had migrated from Guangdong province, Zhongshan, China. At a young age, his parents took him to visit Canton, the place of his origins, so that he could study about his ancestors and…

Elizabeth Steinvorth, a Costa Rican artist and decorator, has become a shining star in the world of colors and is known for her experimental nature that she shows in her paintings. She has this amazing ability to transform simple, useless objects into beautiful pieces of art. From objects like paper…

This very fine artist, Jeannina Blanco, was born in Costa Rica. Although she was born here, she moved to California and lived all her life there. Her reason for shifting to California was her interest in arts; she wanted to attend workshops of fine arts and painting there. These workshops…