Carmen Rocio de Pena

Carmen Rocio de Pena (CAROP) from Peruvian. Austria adopted home.

Freelance painter/designer born in Peru, lives and works in Lower Austria. “My art draws its strength above all from the archaic soul of Mother Nature and from the wild contradictions of life …from the rainforest of the Amazon and the Donau Au.”

Formal Studies: Painting at Bellas Artes and Archaeology at Universidad Antonio Abad Cusco.  Design at University of Applied Sciences Hamburg.  Art history/Sinology studies at University of Vienna. 

Private and public collections including Austria, Germany, USA, Japan, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Poland, Romania, Italy, Finland, France, Singapore, England, Australia, Czech Republic, Bosnia, and Switzerland.

Workshop coordinator and exhibits including UN World Environment Day, UN Model United Nations Conference, COP, Earth Charter International, World EXPO, Peace Museum Vienna. Artist and environmentalist: founder of the creative arts centre K’UYCHIPUKYU. Consultant on eco-spirituality, sustainable development and responsible consumer practices for UNESCO Club Vienna.