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Marcos Luzalde

He was born in Huaral, region of Lima in 1952. He is the proud father of five children, two of his daughters are dedicated to his art. He works in woodcarvings that are used for frames, with mirrors and painted glass.

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Favio Contreras

He was born in 1974 in the city of Lima. His specialty is making masks. The material that he uses are: Paper mache, chalk, fabric and bamboo.

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Javier Ramirez

He was born in Chacas, in 1974. He graduated from San Juan Bosco School of Arts and Crafts, located in the andean city of Chacas, Ancash.

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Margarita Seguil

She was born in Huancayo in 1967. She is the daughter of the carved gourds Master, Sixto Seguil. Margarita represents the 5th generation in her family of artists of this milenary art.

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Rosa Soto

She was born in Ayacucho in 1970. She specializes in ceramics. She learned her craft from her husband. She use red clay, prepared by herself as well as natural pigments to paint her work.

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Tiberio Gonzales

He was born in Ayacucho in 1949, birthplace of master artisans. He makes jewels with semi-precious stones, like crisola (peruvian turquoise), peruvian opal, pink quartz, obsidian stone ...

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Rufina Chero

She was born in Chulucanas in 1962. Her field is pottery. She learned to work at age 14 when her cousin Max Inga, town teacher, used to make the campesinos christs, little donkeys, faces etc.

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Juan Nolasco

He was born in Ayacucho on 1964. For the last 16 years he has been dedicated to ceramics. He learned this art from the well known center of ceramic Castro in Lima.

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Teófilo Aylas

He was born in Quinua, Ayacucho in 1969. According to his own words: he learned the art of ceramics like playing. Then then he migrated to Lima for love and because he had to make a living.

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Julio Gallardo

He was born in 1979 in Lima. For the past 5 years he has been making the Ayacuchan retablos. He belongs to the School of the great Master Nicacio Jimenez.

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Inocencio Fernández

He was born in 1968 in Ayacucho. He specializes in the making of small cushions and tapestries. Inocencio inherited this art at a young age from his parents and grandparents. For the making of his tapestries, he uses a unique technique which can not be reproduced by anyone else.

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Marlene Orellano

She was born in Chulucanas in 1970. Since she was 17 years old, she has been fascinated with the Chulucanas pottery, which is heir of the legendary pottery from the Vicus Culture.

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Alejandro Velez

He was born in Cajamarca in 1925. He started his education at the Arts and Crafts Center of Cajamarca and finished at Restauration Workshop Elio Corcuera of Lima.

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Kuyanacuy Group

It is an association of 40 artisan women, living in Pamplona Alta, a very poor neighborhood in Lima. Kuyanacuy is a quechuan word meaning, "let us love each other".

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Julio Galvez

He was born in the district of Vinchos, in the region of Ayacucho in 1952. He is the best known artisan in Huamanga stone carving.

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Fredy Quispe

He was born in Cusco in 1975. This young artisan comes from one of the most prestigious and oldest families of pottery artisans in Cusco. His family initiated him in the art when he was only 6 years old....Amazing. He and his family has traveled to Europe and countries of South America to exhibit his art.

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Luis Paredes

He was born in Lima in 1947. He studied at the prestigious Catholic University of Lima, obtaining his Bachelor´s degree at the Fine Arts school and also the title of Professor at the school of education of the same University.

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Clara Pacaya

She was born in Bajo Ucayali, Pucallpa in 1980. She is the fourth generation of ceramists of Pucallpa. Her inspiration comes from the incredible world that surround her. She specializes in Shipibo Pottery.

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Alfonso Sulca

He was born in 1944 in Ayacucho, Peru. Son and artistic heir of his legendary father, Ambrosio Sulca (National Award of Great Master of 1994). His work has had such an influence in the Peruvian Textilery that it has given rise to the so called Sulca School.

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Sophie Fresneau

This gifted jeweler was born in France in 1949. Captivated by the possibilities of Peru’s silver and available precious stones, she made Peru her second country and has been residing here for more than 25 years.

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