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Born in 1991, Madrid
Based in Glasgow.
I studied Fine Art at the Complutense University in Madrid (2009-13). The lessons in life drawing, still life and landscape painting, all from observation, were fundamental to the work I have been developing since. I continued painting and drawing when I moved to Mexico, working from life and still images. In 2017 I moved back to England, where I grew up. After spending a few months painting in Crete, I moved to Glasgow in 2021. Belfast was another important stop in 2025, painting from life during a sunny period, before moving back to Glasgow. I am currently studying Scenic Art at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Selected for the 2026 Scottish Portrait Awards to show at the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh
Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2025
Recent selected work exhibited at:
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, 2021
and
Patterns of Play's 'Football Crazy Football Mad', 2021

©2021 by Mario Cervantes
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