13 Facts About Venancio Shinki

Venancio Shinki was considered one of the most outstanding Peruvian painters.

Venancio Shinki's father was Japanese and had arrived to Peru in 1915.

Venancio Shinki was born and raised on the Hacienda San Nicolas in Supe, north of Lima.

Venancio Shinki has 3 children from his first marriage to Keiko Higa.

Venancio Shinki worked as a professor in the Architecture Faculty of the UNI, as a graphic artist in the Expreso newspaper and as a public servant in the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.

Venancio Shinki studied at the National School of Fine Arts of Peru, where he was taught by, among others, Sabino Springuett, Ricardo Grau and Juan Manuel Ugarte Elespuru.

Venancio Shinki was known to be an abstract expressionism painter.

Venancio Shinki's work was inspired partly by travels through Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, but in its symbolism it reflected his admiration for the works of Bosch, El Greco, Klee and Mir; with its subtle range of tones and textures and its undefined forms it expressed elements of his Japanese heritage.

Venancio Shinki's paintings have a mixture of Eastern, Western, and Andean themes, with a distinctive surrealism that shows an intriguing and unknown universe, set off by a purified technique and a renovated figuration.

Venancio Shinki started participating in collective expositions since 1963 in Peru and other Countries.

Venancio Shinki has participated in the VII and XII Bi-annual in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the II Bi-annual of American Art in Argentina; the I and II Bi-Annual in Havana, Cuba; the Bi-annual in Quito, Ecuador.

Venancio Shinki's "Lanzon" painting is owned by the Inter-American Development Bank.

In mid 2013, the sale of the work of artist Venancio Shinki will be the main income for a project to form a symphony orchestra for children in Iquitos, Peru.