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Carlos Martínez León is a figurative painter and draftsman born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. His work focuses on spiritual themes, symbolism and self-knowledge. He studied Graphic Design at the Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela, graduating in 2007. His passion for art led him to apply to the Florence Academy of Art, Italy, where he studied drawing and painting from 2007 to 2010. He continued his training in painting at the Art Space in Florence, a place that brought together several talented artists under the direction of Ramiro Sanchez, Director of Advanced Painting at the Florence Academy of Art. He returned to Venezuela in 2011. During that period, he was invited to give drawing and painting workshops in Madrid, Spain and in Venezuela. In 2012 he was one of the founders of the Figure Drawing course at the Ateneo de Bellas Artes which later became the Academia Central de Maracaibo, the first figurative art academy in Venezuela. In 2014 she travels to Miami to found with Elkin Canas and Milixa Moron Chiaroscuro Atelier, an atelier project for Latin America and the world that in 2019 becomes MIFA Miami International Fine Arts a multidisciplinary space with the aim of developing culture integrating all disciplines of art. 

Carlos Martinez Leon is an ultra-contemporary a venezuelan male artist, mainly associated with Neo-figuration / New figuration born in 1984.

Carlos Martinez Leon’s first verified exhibition was Carlos Martinez Leon: El Camino at Aula Magna - Universidad Rafael Urdaneta in Maracaibo in 2013, and the most recent exhibition was Carlos Martinez Leon: Journey into the unseen at MIFA - Miami International Fine Arts in Miami, FL in 2022. 

Carlos Martinez Leon is most frequently exhibited in United States, but also had exhibitions in Mexico, Venezuela. Martinez Leon has at least two solo shows and 9 group shows over the last 9 years (for more information, see biography). A notable show was Carlos Martinez Leon: Journey into the unseen at MIFA - Miami International Fine Arts in Miami, FL in 2022. Other notable shows were at MDC Galleries of Art+ Design in Miami, FL and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Primer Depósito in Guanajuato. Carlos Martinez Leon has been exhibited with Elkin Cañas and Milixa Moron.

Carlos Martinez Leon is ranked among the Top 100,000 globally, and among the Top 100 in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic.