Born in 1985 in Mexico City, Mexico, Armenta started painting at 10 years old and became a student in Fine Arts at Accademia D’Arte Firenze in 2004.
Exhibitions:
Solo Expo " becoming someone" at "Museo Nazionale del Bargello" Florence. July 2007
Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie - Mexico City, October 2014.
Collective Exhibition "Irreverentes y Protocolarios" - April 2015 - Mexico City
The Other Art Fair - Brooklyn, US. 2018
The Forever Now - Playa del Carmen, MX 2021.
Recognition:
20 artists to watch in 2020 by Saatchi Art
100 artists, 100 voices of the world by Saatchi art
Artists to invest in this 2021 by Saatchi Art
For Cristian, painting is an intense experience, desirable and formidable. It's a combination of conflicting and complementary internal movements; excitement, anxiety, pleasure, vertigo, attraction, doubt, and acceleration.
