The New York-based visual artist Alfonso Muñoz started his career at the age of 13, as a studio assistant to Italian artist Antonio Loro. There he trained in various techniques ranging from woodcut to calligraphy. Afterwards, he attended the University of Puerto Rico and later transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Muñoz has spent the last 15 years working in New York, Paris and Barcelona as a visual artist. He lived in France for three years and worked as a visual specialist for the Basic Education Division of UNESCO. On his return to New York, he created Gueridon Gallery, where he organized and curates the first Roger Capron Retrospective in May of 2000. In the spring of 2002, Mr. Capron invited Muñoz to apprentice/study in Capron's unique style of ceramics, where he created a series of mobile sculptures (Vallauris, France). In his current body of work, Muñoz explores digital photography of carefully styled dolls as actors in an alternative universe created in his living room using just about anything as props for his surreal pictures. His 2004 solo debut exhibit in Fidenza, Italy, received wide coverage by the Italian Press. Since, Muñoz was chosen to be included in The (S) Files Biennial at "El Museo Del Barrio." This showcase of contemporary Latin American artists in the US received glowing reviews by the New York Times and was also on view at the Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico in San Juan. His series of “Chickens”, (Green Art) lamps made out of clear trash bags were part of the Dumbo Arts Festival last fall and was on view at the Delaware Museum of Fine Arts this October. He is an active member of O.P.Art. Muñoz's work has been featured on HGTV, New York Times, Wall Paper Magazine, among a few. He is a New York Urban Artists Initiative Fellowship 2008 recipient.