{"id":890,"date":"2025-05-19T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/author\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:09:34","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/en\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"890\" class=\"elementor elementor-890 elementor-85\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2418f818 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2418f818\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3d4bdc\" data-id=\"2b3d4bdc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af07ff7 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7af07ff7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> \u00c1lvaro Fr\u00edas<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ec90e3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61ec90e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who am I?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-653da18b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"653da18b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>I<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">try to make my work convey faith and devotion, being catechetical images where art and theology are combined.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-605d4af2 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"605d4af2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fecfe67\" data-id=\"7fecfe67\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ec60fb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36ec60fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57229b1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57229b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1762\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-scaled.png 1762w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-768x1116.png 768w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-1057x1536.png 1057w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-1410x2048.png 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1762px) 100vw, 1762px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42317530\" data-id=\"42317530\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5167bda2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5167bda2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1112\" height=\"1912\" src=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-367\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo.png 1112w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-174x300.png 174w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-596x1024.png 596w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-768x1321.png 768w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-893x1536.png 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13434fff elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13434fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was born in 1997 in Madrid, into a family with no brotherhood or particularly religious tradition. However, at an early age, I felt a deep sense of faith and devotion.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a relative living in San Fernando (C\u00e1diz), I developed a certain interest in Holy Week and the world surrounding the brotherhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The images that paraded through the streets of San Fernando were etched in my mind, and when I arrived in Madrid, I drew and modeled them in clay. This is how my vocation as a religious image-maker was born.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7252b8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7252b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-479e887\" data-id=\"479e887\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a410998 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a410998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1762\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-scaled.png 1762w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-768x1116.png 768w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-1057x1536.png 1057w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yo-tallando-1410x2048.png 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1762px) 100vw, 1762px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23cb7b2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23cb7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce81f29\" data-id=\"ce81f29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba573d4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba573d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was born in 1997 in Madrid, into a family with no brotherhood or particularly religious tradition. However, at an early age, I felt a deep sense of faith and devotion.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a relative living in San Fernando (C\u00e1diz), I developed a certain interest in Holy Week and the world surrounding the brotherhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The images that paraded through the streets of San Fernando were etched in my mind, and when I arrived in Madrid, I drew and modeled them in clay. This is how my vocation as a religious image-maker was born.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5fcb17 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5fcb17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1112\" height=\"1912\" src=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-367\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo.png 1112w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-174x300.png 174w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-596x1024.png 596w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-768x1321.png 768w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yo-893x1536.png 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1112px) 100vw, 1112px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fbb6649 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"2fbb6649\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75b5f50f\" data-id=\"75b5f50f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47cf7b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47cf7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cArt elevates the soul, and is a door that leads you to God.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68b02dc5 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68b02dc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67df6874\" data-id=\"67df6874\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27dd0240 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27dd0240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Training<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1701bb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1701bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, the sculptor from Ja\u00e9n, with a workshop in Madrid, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniojosemartinez.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antonio Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez Rodr\u00edguez<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> welcomed me into his workshop as an apprentice. While training with him, the following year I enrolled at the La Palma School of Art in Madrid, where I completed the Advanced Vocational Training Course in Applied Wood Arts, including subjects such as Clay Modeling, Wood Carving, Artistic Cabinetmaking, and Gilding and Polychromy. After graduating from the Art School, I continued my training at the Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Assets in Madrid, specializing in Sculpture. During this academic phase, the work carried out on the altarpiece of San Fabi\u00e1n and San Sebasti\u00e1n in Cuenca Cathedral stands out. A complete restoration process, from the structural aspect to volumetric and pictorial reintegration, gilding, and even the creation of new pieces using water-based gilding with fine gold.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a759dcc\" data-id=\"1a759dcc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e65c67 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40e65c67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1398\" src=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dorando-clase-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-853\" alt=\"Dorado\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dorando-clase-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dorando-clase-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dorando-clase-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dorando-clase-1-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3b2ec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3b2ec2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-362\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/arcangel-La-Roldana-scaled.jpg 1834w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/arcangel-La-Roldana-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/arcangel-La-Roldana-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/arcangel-La-Roldana-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/arcangel-La-Roldana-1100x1536.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/alvarofrias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/arcangel-La-Roldana-1467x2048.jpg 1467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1834px) 100vw, 1834px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-531f393\" data-id=\"531f393\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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