Silva Meinel, Javier

Javier Silva-Meinel was born in Lima, Peru, in 1949. Between 1969 and 1972, he studied at the University of Lima. In 1973, he began working in photography. From 1985 to 1987, he was the director of the Center for Graphic Arts Research. He is currently a member of the Peruvian Photography Council and the Latin American Photography Council. In 1990, he received a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. Since 1988, he has participated in various solo and group exhibitions, both in Peru and in several other countries. He is the author of "El Libro de los Encantados" (1988).