Biography
I G N A C I O M O N T A N O
I was born in lower California.
My artistic inclinations were recongnized when I was four years old by my father who saw that , to use his own words, that I was " an artist in miniature " and that I would become an artist ( this was said and written by him in a poem made it to me then) .
Attended medical school at the Autonoma University but after 2 years switch to the University Art School - just as my father had predicted.
My artistic visions did not fit in the traditional curriculum of the Art School . Shortly there after I began working on my own artistic development independently and continuosly up to today.
In 1976 with the spacecraft Viking landing in Mars. Was like an artistic epiphany : I saw as my artistic mission to capture the endless human and artistic possibilities the Cosmos offered.
My artistic sensitivities were further impacted in 2002 when I was fortunated enough to find my self in northern Mexico in an area that reminded me of an extraterrestrial landscape , the spectacular melted shapes and forms served to inspired and add a new pahase in my work up to today.
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