The child who knew he would be an artist grew into an adolescent fascinated with nature and a young man watching over his first tools in the fuzzy terrain of contemporary art, with a book cover and an early painting exhibition to show for. His move from Santander to Madrid and his time at the School of Architecture was a journey of discovery that put him in contact with Alejandro de la Sota, his first mentor, until a postgraduate grant sent him on a four-year stint at MIT under the guidance of the revered figure of György Kepes... [+]