Although he started painting at the age of 16, he studied Architecture at Columbia University, where he graduated in 1991. While in New York, he worked at boutique architecture firms and continued to paint in his spare time. In 1992, he received the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Award to work and study in Venice, Italy. While in Italy, he became interested in the European Furniture Design Industry and upon returning to New York began working with the prestigious ModernAge Gallery. In 1995 he designed his own line of contemporary furniture and began manufacturing in Mexico City under the label Ole' Ink. While living in the artistic and fashionable neighborhood of La Condessa, he rediscovered his passion for painting and decided to permanently leave the furniture industry and fully dedicate himself to painting. In a matter of a few short years, he became an integral part of the new Mexican Contemporary Art Movement. He had his first important solo exhibition at Casa Lamm in 2003 and from there he has exhibited in galleries and museums across Mexico, the United States and Europe. In 2007, he began living and working in the Historic Center and more recently in San Miguel Allende and New York. He now lives and works from his studio in Austin, TX.