Armando Varela
BORN:
Armando Varela was born in Lima, Peru in 1933.
LIVES:
He currently livers and works in London.
EDUCATION:
He studied sculpture at the “Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes” (ENBA) Peru for eight years, graduating with the Gold Medal – the school’s highest award. He won a prestigious French Government Scholarship and spent one year at “L’Ecole des Beaux Arts” in Paris in 1963. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art in London from 1972 to 1973, and was a member of staff in the Sculpture department there from 1979 to 1998.
CAREER:
After returning to Peru, he taught sculpture at the National University of Engineering from 1964 to 1965
MEDIUMS USED IN WORK:
Bronze and Metals
Armando Varela sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below: