He born in Medellín, Colombia. He accomplished studies of plastic arts at the Fine Arts Institute of his city, he accomplished partial studies in Plastic Arts at the University Nacional of Colombia, located in Bogotá. He has claimed to one constant interchange of knowledge focused at the landscape with the North American artist Lorna Ritz, teacher of faculty of arts of The University of Boston. For close to 15 years he has maintained a focus for the contemporary landscape, whose essential worry is color. He has participated on 80 national and international expositions.