Oscar Benítez was born in Loja, Ecuador in 1994. Throughout his life, he was surrounded by a city full of cultural warmth. He has always been fascinated by paintings, his interest was cultivated throughout his adolescence. He began to focus on people's experiences and his own, through portraits and compositions that represent emotions in their maximum expression. This allowed him to win the first honorable mention in the “Guillermo Herrera Sánchez” Hall, painting modality. This recognition motivated him to start his career in visual arts where he focused even more on his artistic practice, with themes that included life, death, fantasy. His work consists of capturing the realistic expression, letting the negatives get lost in the environment of the work and at the same time allow to focus the essence that it contains.
