Artist Antonio Roybal was born (october 1, 1976) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was drawn to art from a young age. At the age of 5, he wanted to be Pope. At age 14, he traveled to Portugal on a religious pilgrimage and studied with Robert J. Fox (one of the top 100 catholics of the 20th century). At age 17 he moved from Santa Fe to Colorado to study computer animation and fine art. In 1999 he moved back to Santa Fe to study with Linear Expressionist, Jean Claude Gaugy. In 2000, he traveled to Austria, Germany, Italy, France and Monaco. During this time he had an international show and studied with Fantastic Realist Ernst Fuchs. In 2002 he was named one of the top 100 contemporary hispanic artists by The National Hispanic Cultural Center. In 2005 he had a show in Key West Florida. Today he continues to paint and develop his style which is inspired by early mannerism and symbolism.

official site:

http://www.antonioroybal.com

relevant information/artists:

http://www.ErnstFuchs.com

http://www.RudolfHausner.com

http://www.giger.com

http://www.gaugy.com

http://www.markryden.com

trivia/interesting info:

1. First starting showing his work at the coercing of Sandra Martinez, (actress of such movies as The Trial of Billy Jack etc.;also the fiancee of Lurch (Ted Cassidy) from [1]The Addams Family; he died before they could get married.)

2. Roybal began painting to communicate with his two deaf sisters.

3. Showed his work for the first time at the Oldest house in the United States on De Vargas street in Santa Fe, NM.

4. Has connections to Salvador Dali by way of Ernst Fuchs, Jean Claude Gaugy (Dali gave Gaugy his first show at the age of 15), Robert Venosa (artist who created the work for Santana's legendary abraxas album.) Also Roybal is friends with Bernard Ewell (foremost authority on appraisals pertaining to Salvador Dali.) http://antonioroybal.com/Photos.htm

5. First visited a real artists studio in 1991 by way of Dan Namingha. Roybal was good friends with Dan's son Michael. (Santa Fe, New Mexico-La Tierra/Las Campanas.) http://antonioroybal.com/Photos.htm

6. Friend of R.C. Gorman (The Picasso of Indian Art) http://antonioroybal.com/Photos.htm

7. Friend of Gil Bruvel (visionary artist from Texas). http://antonioroybal.com/Photos.htm

8. Andrew Connors (former curator at The Natioanl Museum of Art/The Smithsonian, current curator at The National Hispanic Cultural Center) gave Roybal his first major show in New Mexico.

9. His deaf sister Sara Roybal is now an artist who graduated from UNM with a BFA-summa cum laude.

source:

http://www.antonioroybal.com