Biography of carlos callejo our

Name:Carlos Callejo

City of origin: I was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1951.

How did you find yourself in the arts?People often ask whether you were born as an artist, or did you learn to be an artist, that kind of thing.

I think for me, it was an innate feature of my personality; of my being. When I was in High School, there were these learning disabilities that are now diagnosed, like A.D.D. Well, I’m pretty sure I had A.D.D. or one of those.

I had a different way of learning, and one of them was very visual. As I was growing up, I had a speech impediment that I used to be ashamed of and my self-esteem went down.

Biography of carlos callejo our

I was not very articulate. So I used to overcompensate by drawing and reflecting or representing my thoughts through visuals. I have always been an artist. I was one of those kids who would day dream a lot.

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My grades weren’t up to par. I used to doodle a lot. So, those things, early on, were attributes of artistic expression.

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