PEDRO BARRETO (Santa Catalina, Venezuela, 1935 – Lechería, Venezuela, 2008). Sculptor. His first experiences as a sculptor were with wood, influenced by his place of birth in the Orinoco River delta. Between 1954 and 1958, he studies at the Plastic and Applied Arts School of Caracas. In 1957, his first one-man exhibition takes place in Tucupita, earning him a scholarship to study in Europe. He attends the School of Fine Arts of Rome until 1960, after which he travels to Paris and works in Agustín Cárdenas’ studio. In 1973, he is awarded Tokyo’s Shinsakasho Prize and Venezuela’s Salón Arturo Michelena.
