Edgar Guinand Caracas, Venezuela, b. 1943.

He studied at the Cristóbal Rojas School of Fine Arts, in Caracas. In 1964 he participated as a guest sculptor in the workshop given by the English sculptor Kenneth Armitage during his stay in Venezuela. From 1965 until 1970 he lived and studied in Paris, France and participates in the V Paris Biennial (1965).

He began his sculptural work with clay, later experimented with stone and wood, and worked cast in bronze with abstract and strongly expressive forms. Starting from his stay in Paris he worked with iron and aluminum, came in contact with the English school and got interested in Kinetic art.

After 1970, he studied optical games using lines; his work is stripped of its material nature and henceforth he paints parallel lines on vertical aluminum or iron sheets and irregular shapes to create a virtual volumetry.

In 1978, Guinand represents Venezuela at the XXXVIII Venice Biennial with Luisa Richter and exhibits at the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin with Carlos Cruz-Diez. Between 1980 and 1982 he directed the Maracay Art Museum, and between 1982 and 1983, the Cristóbal Rojas School of Fine Arts.

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