Alex Castañeda, (June 21,1985)

Fine artist and freelance illustrator.

email: castanedaalex@hotmail.com

Bio: 

Alex Castaneda "also known as Alexxx Castaneda" is a Peruvian figurative painter and illustrator known for original oil paintings and hand-painted skateboards. His work celebrates the beauty and individuality of the human figure with a particular fondness for the voluptuous curves of the female form, an approach that has drawn comparisons to Rubens in its celebration of feminine fullness and natural beauty. He studied art in Mexico and Peru and later at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art. His career was featured in the Wall Street Journal for his classical nude oil paintings on maple skateboard decks. He has held solo exhibitions in Peru and Los Angeles and has exhibited internationally with Caurette Editions in France and the Kim Jung Gi Museum in South Korea. His paintings have appeared in HBO productions. He has over twenty years of teaching experience in figure drawing and painting.