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Born in Madrid (Spain) in 1955, Charo Aymerich developed an interest in fine
arts very early in her life. She attended drawing and painting lessons during
her primary school and the preparation courses of the famous Fine Art Academy of
Madrid during her time at secondary school. Although painting and
history of art remained her passion, she decided to pursue a career in
marketing, obtaining her university degree in Communication Sciences in 1980 at
the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. She began her career working for an
international advertising company as junior account executive. After two years,
due to her marriage to a Dutch citizen, she took up residence in The Netherlands
where she continued career, working in the marketing department of a major Oil
Company. After nearly fifteen years involved in the business world,
Charo went back to painting attending the evening preparation courses of the
Fine Arts Academy Willem de Kooning in Rotterdam. In 1996 she was officially
admitted as a student and obtained her Fine Arts degree (painting and graphic
arts) in July, 2001. Charo Aymerich is now a full time painter and works
at her home studio in Rotterdam where she resides. Although she dedicates most
of her time to portrait commissions, Charo exhibits her oil paintings, etchings
and prints regularly. She was awarded the first prize of the annual Villa de
Madrid painting contest in 1999 and represented The Netherlands at the 2002
Florence Biennalle of Contemporary Art.
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