Alejandro Colunga

Alejandro Colunga Marín was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 11, 1948. He is a Mexican painter and sculptor and studied architecture between 1967 and 1971 and music and hospitality in 1971–1973 at Conservatorio del Estado de Jalisco. Colunga's painting and sculpting abilities were self-taught. One well-know series of eight sculptures of his, La Rotonda del Mar, is a collection of bronze chairs that were created for Puerto Vallarta's boardwalk (malecon). Colunga has cited Rufino Tamayo as one artist who has influenced his work.