Omar Velazquez

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico 1984. He obtained a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Puerto Rico and is currently pursuing an MFA in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute in Chicago. He has presented several individual projects at the Puerto Rico Museum of Art, and the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. He has been awarded for contemporary art and cultural institutions. His professional career includes the participation in numerous group exhibitions, biennials and triennials in Japan, Beijing, Spain, Republic of Macedonia, New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.