_I was born in 1952 of Puertorican parents lived 18 yrs. in Long Island New York and have lived in Puerto Rico for the last 42 yrs. I'm a self taught artist and specialize in sculpture in ceramic and fiberglass mostly life size as you can see some of my works on facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/richard.belloart

Linkedin, on the web Richard Bello Art, and Belloart.com._ here are some links to my work's

http://richardbello.blogspot.com/m=1

http://www.twitter.com/@richardbello1

Richard Bello Art on Google search

I began drawing and painting in 1970 though I did so since I was five yrs. old, and started sculpting in 1974. My first one man show ever was for the blind in P.R.1976 in the Old San Juan City Hall, also at the Fortaleza the governor's mansion,Marrozzini gallery P.R.,Botello gallery P.R.,Circle gallery N.Y.,Jack gallery SoHo _N.Y.,and had been on the Discovery channel,Univision TV Don Francisco interview, cable networks in N.Y, 41 and 47.and every TV station in P.R.,Vea magazine,Imagine magazine,Teve Guia magazine,Art in America magazine,Gallery Guide, Art Now magazine,Details magazine,and have done advertisments for Badillo Saatchi & Saatchi._and I have just recently moved from Puerto Rico to Miami Wynwood the largest art district in all of Florida there are hundreds of enormous warehouses with incredible murals all over them with international art shows I have exhibited at Kroma gallery in Coconut Grove,Brisky gallery in Wynwood and gallery 212 on 2cd Ave. the center of Wynwood and have sold at the 2014 Miami Basel international arts fair "Spectrum" and will be showing at Basel Miami art fair this December in "Red Dot" I have recently retired from the art world I really never liked business part of being in the arts but retirement is very sweet. 💜