Julio César Osorio -Juliocésartist

being a finalist for the newcomer category of the global arts awards dubai in november 2019 for his mesmerising painting “tree of life”, the last painting he produced in prison, and now listed as an artist in the artprice database, are the latest two achievements for julio cesar osorio, an artist who discovered his talent at the lowest point of his life. his story emphasises the importance of art, the power it has to heal and transform people’s lives. before that his passion for documentary photography inspired him to return to education at the age of 27 and then pursue a career in the industry. a visit to his place of birth, colombia in the late 1990s, led to his first big project “work, play, and no rest” which was part of a university assignment. this developed into a five-year project that produced a book of 150 photographs reflecting the lives of disadvantaged children in third world countries twenty per cent of the sales went to two orphanages, one in south africa and peru.