Talavera Ballon

Talavera-Ballón is a Peruvian-born painter based in San Francisco, CA. A disciple of acclaimed artist Luis Palao Berastain, he skillfully captures the essence of ordinary people’s lives and their surroundings across diverse regions and cultures of the Americas. He explores themes that highlight important social and cultural aspects of the people and places he has encountered. His work is also a tribute to immigrants like himself who left their home countries in search of new horizons.

Talavera-Ballon has exhibited in several art galleries, museums and universities across Perú, Chile, Argentina and the US including the U.S. Embassy, Lima, Peru; Museo Qoricancha, Cuzco; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cuzco; the Peruvian Embassy, Washington, DC; the Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA; the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, UCSF and UC Berkeley. He has has been selected for the San Francisco Arts Commission 2015-2016 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool and as a finalist in ArtSpan’s 2015 San Francisco Open Studios Guide Cover Competition. He has also participated in several live painting events such as Friday Nights at the de Young Museum and Art Beats SF. He been featured in several publications and newspapers and appeared on television and radio in California and Peru.
He works as a freelance artist and makes a living off the art he creates. He's been making masterpieces for over eighteen years... and continuing...

Selected for the San Francisco Artist Pool (2015-16)
Finalist in the ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios Guide 2015

Recent live painting demo at the de Young Museum, San Francisco.
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oil, landscape, seascape, scenes, figures and portrait , ethnic