Carlos Enríquez González (Mastermind)

Carlos Enríquez González (b. 1968, Caracas, Venezuela) is a visual artist whose practice bridges surrealism, pop, and contemporary symbolism. He studied at the Cristóbal Rojas School of Visual Arts (1989), at the Art Students League of New York (2001), and earned a Master’s degree in 'Practice and Critique of Contemporary Visual Representation Systems' from the Armando Reverón University Institute (2002–2004). Enríquez González has presented six solo exhibitions and participated in over sixty group shows. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas Sofía Imber (MACCSI) and in private collections across Asia, Japan, the United States, and Europe. His art has been featured in numerous Venezuelan publications, as well as in international outlets such as *Latin American Contemporary Art*, *Phillips De Pury*, *Juxtapoz Magazine*, *Clutter Magazine*, and BBC’s *The Man with the Golden Gavel*. He currently works between Caracas, New York, and Tokyo.