Juan José Barboza-Gubo

(b. 1976, Lima, Peru) Barboza-Gubo achieved a bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), after which he achieved a Master of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), then becoming a teacher at the latter. Trained in both painting and sculpture, he uses this knowledge to create intricate works with blurred acrylic and polyurethane that defy the perception of the human eye. The originality of his work awarded him the name of Artist Revelation of the Year by Artscope magazine in 2014, as well as various solo shows around the world, including Museum of Contemporary Art, Peru, Museum of Memory, Peru, The Museum of Sex, New York, French Institute of Stuttgart and Museo Colonia, Bogota, Colombia.