Early Life and Background Born: Santiago, Chile (January 24, 1956) Samy Mauricio Benmayor Benmayor comes from a family of artists; his parents were also involved in the arts. He attended Liceo Manuel de Salas high school. His father passed away when he was two years old. Education and Artistic Development In 1976, Benmayor enrolled at the University of Chile’s Faculty of Arts, studying with Gonzalo Díaz and Rodolfo Opazo, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1982. He received scholarships to study abroad, including one year in New York City (1981) and fellowships from the United…
A chart of samy mauricio benmayor benmayor's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
