Henry Bermúdez is a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n artist. He studied in the School of Visual Arts of Julio Árraga. After graduation he taught at this school as art teacher. In 1977 he went to Mexico

Mexico

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, where he lived for 2 years. In 1979 he returned to Venezuela and after that he travelled to New York City

New York City

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, where he lived until 1983. Meanwhile he continued development of his work, from drawing to painting and dealing with archetypal figures of -Columbian cultures

Pre-Columbian era

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. Looking for how to improve his technique, he went to Rome

Rome

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 and worked in this city between 1985 and 1986 and later he returned to Maracaibo. In 1995 he settled in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. His exhibitions were shown in 1973, 1975 and 1979 in the Actual Studies Gallery (Galería Estudio Actual), in 1972 and 1975 in Gaudí Gallery (Galería Gaudí) in Maracaibo, in 1977 in San Ángel

San Ángel

San Ángel is a colonia or neighborhood of Mexico City, located in the southwest in Álvaro Óbregon borough. Historically, it was a rural community, called Tenanitla in the pre Hispanic period. Its current name is derived from the El Carmen monastery school called San Ángel Mártir...

 Gallery, in 1983 and 1988 in Euro-American Arts Center (Centro de Arte Euroamericano), in 1984 in the New York Arch Gallery, Embassy Gallery, Miami, USA and Minotaur Gallery (Galería Minotauro) in 1993.

Rewards

• Second prize in the First National Salon of Puerto Ordaz of Bolívar
  Bolívar (state)
  Bolívar State , is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar. Bolívar State covers a total surface area of 238,000 km² and in June 30, 2010 had an estimated population of 1,620,359....
  
  in 1972
• Honorable mention on the 31st Arturo Michelena Metting in Valencia in 1973
• Second prize in the First Hall University of Los Andes in Mérida in 1975.