source: cdapcorg

Gabriel Mendívil Zambrano nació en Lima, Perú en 1972.

Estudió en la Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú ENSABAP, de la cual egresa de la especialidad de dibujo (1996-1999) y pintura (1996-2002). Realizo el Programa de Capacitación y Complementación Pedagógica en la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola USIL, así como estudios de diseño gráfico en la Escuela Nacional de Artes Gráficas (1995) y fotografía en la ENSABAP (1999-2002). Desde 1998, ejerce la docencia en educación artística.

Ha participado en diversas exposiciones colectivas, entre ellas Antípodas en el Museo de Sitio del Parque Reducto, Lima (2005); Light Color and Passion en Icaro Gallery, California, EEUU (2003 y 2004); en el Tercer Festival de Artes Visuales de la Municipalidad Provincial de Barranca, Lima (2003); Muestra de Pintura Escultura y Grabado de la ENSABAP en el Centro Cultural de la ENSABAP, Lima (2003); Contemporary Peruvian Painters and Los Angeles Ceramists, California, EEUU (2002); Nada Personal en el Bar Mochileros, Lima (2001); Arte en el Boulevard Caminos del Inca, Lima (2001).

Obtuvo el Primer premio en el II Salón de Arte Joven por el Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2000).
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source: icarogallery

Gabriel Mendivil Zambrano was born in Lima, Peru. He grew up in Ayacucho in the Peruvian Andes where he developed his passion for painting inspired by the beauty of the high mountains. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Lima Peru and then from the University San Ignacio de Loyola in Cuzco, Peru. He currently teaches Art at the Peruvian-Italian School, Antonio Raimondi.

Mendivil’s art has been exhibited in many galleries in Peru as well as in California, USA. In 2000 he was the recipient of the “II Young Art Award” granted by the prestigious Art Museum of the San Marcos University. Gabriel Mendivil has a unique style that does not follow any pre-established rules. He paints social, religious, and cultural themes with colors and compositions that might be shocking to some.

Mendivil remembers and paints the suffering experienced by the Peruvian people during the terrorism years. He paints to protest racial, social, sexual, economic, religious, cultural, gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination. He is a passionate artist who cannot witness a social problem without being a voice to draw attention to it. “I need to express what I see and what I think through colors, through shades and light”.