Augusto V. Guerra is a native Peruvian, born in Miraflores, Lima in 1956.  At the age of 2, his family moved to the Amazon jungle where he lived in a small village near the city of Tarapoto where he lived until he was 14 years old.  He moved to Lima and continued his education and work in tourism and teaching English.  At the age of 23, Augusto emigrated to the United States where he has lived ever since.  In the year 2000, Augusto started commuting to Peru on a regular basis and has since been living in both the U.S. and Peru.

Augusto has traveled the world extensively as well as throughout Peru.  During his travels abroad, he found the Peruvian artisan works to be equal if not superior to those found in Europe, Asia and Northern Africa.

Xavier Zuñiga was born in Arequipa, Peru.  At a young age, Xavier moved with his family to Cusco.  Xavier was raised in the San Blas district, an exclusive area above the city.  He is the son of artisans of the area specializing in the Cusco School of paintings.  He speaks both Spanish and Quechua, the native language of Peru.

During his school years, Xavier was self-taught and created his own style and technique by observing finished paintings and deducted the way in which they were composed.  He has displayed his work at numerous art shows such as Alliance Française of Peru, and in 2004 he exhibited his work at the International Fair of Peru.  His work has been sold in the USA, Puerto Rico, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and throughout Peru.

Kevin T. Shaw is from Long Island, New York.  He has lived in Southern California for nearly 20 years.  During his adolescent years, Kevin lived in Portchester, England with his family where he became interested in outdoor landscaping and interior decorating.  When he returned to the United States, Kevin opened and operated his own floral and decorating business catering special events and family functions.  He has experience working in retail establishments such as Robinsons Beverly Hills, Macy’s and smaller specialty shops, specializing in floor planning and merchandizing.  Kevin has gathered many of his decorating ideas from his numerous trips to North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia.

Jaime Angel Cruz Gomez is a native of Cusco, son of Jose Cruz a painter, sculptor, scale model artist and known as one of the most recognized gilders in Peru.  Don Jose Cruz taught Jaime everything he knew in the art techniques of the Cusco School since he was a child and Jaime started to paint on his own at the age of 12.  Jaime later became a well-known artist at the age of 18 in Peru.  At the age of 22, Jaime and his father traveled to Venezuela on an art exhibition, where Jaime remained and lived in Maracaibo.  During his years in Venezuela, Jaime entered numerous art contests where achieved significant recognition.  He was commissioned to paint murals in Maracaibo, such as:  “La Ascencion”, located at the Church of the Ascension in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and “La Virgen de Chiquinquira” mural exhibited at the Church of the Palafitos in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Jaime was commissioned to a two year project to gild the exterior and interior of the Barat Theater in Maracaibo in Venezuela.  Jaime is considered an expert sculptor and painter of the Cusco School of Art.

In Cusco, Jaime has painted several murals in places such as Maria Auxiliadora School, Carmelo School and La Merced.  In addition, he was also commissioned to perform major restoration works in Margarita Island, Venezuela and on the Dutch island of Curaçao.