Fernando Pinto (b. 1975) studied industrial design at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (1999), Colombia before moving to Pietrasanta in Italy to study stone sculpture with sculptors Pasquale Martini and Cesare Riva. Between 2001 and 2008, he lived and worked from his own studio in Barcelona, Spain before returning to Bogotá where he currently lives and works.
Pinto has exhibited widely in Spain and Colombia, as well as Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, Italy, Japan and Taiwan; and his monumental works are installed in public spaces in Argentina, China, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey.