Julio Cesar Garcia Lopez 1965, Havana, Cuba.
Formally trained as an Acoustic Engineer (Saint Petersburg Institute of Cinema and Television, Russia ).
After graduation concentrated on Electroacoustic Music Engineering in Havana.
Arrived in the US in 2001, and started to paint in 2005.
My approach to painting is strongly influenced by many visits to The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, while attending college.
Exhibitions include:
1· ESPERANZA: Gala Corina 2006, Ybor City, Tampa, Nov. 10- Nov. 17, 2006
2· Brevard Art Museum, 2008 Juried Exhibition, July 18 – Sept. 14, 2008
3· MOSI, “Create Like DaVinci,” Feb. – May, 2010
4· Carrollwood Art Show, June – July 2010
5· Faces & Figures Exhibition, Old Hyde Park Art Center, Nov. 23 – Dec. 17, 2010
6· Faces & Figures Show Old Hyde Park Art Center, Jan. 10 – Feb. 3, 2012 (Second Place Award )
Bay Area Art Show 8 Juried Exhibition. Old Hyde Park Art Center, April 28 – May 29, 2015
7· West Tampa Center of Art, “Common Sense,” Aug. 27-30, 2012
8· Tampa Museum of Art, “ FIVE by FIVE 2014 “, October 17, 2014
9· 1894 Gallery Texarkana, AR. Heritage, Heart, & Arts “Our Heritage Through the Arts” show. Oct 26 – Nov 30, 2019
10. Invited to Monochrome Juried Exhibition. July, 2021.
311 Gallery and STUDIOS, Raleigh, NC. (Did not ship in time accepted work).
11. Femina [Woman] – 2022 (Exhibition and Publication) 3/8/22 – 4/8/22
12. Invited to 2026-2026 Black and White Grey or Monochrome in Las Lagunas Gallery’s January-February two months Exhibition, California.
Media name: Father Alexei Mechev. Acrylic.
Choose not to participate in the gallery but in the online show.