San Salvador, 1968 Walter Iraheta is no doubt one of the premiere artists of El Salvador's fine arts. He graduated from the National Arts Center in 1986 and then studied in the Carlos Alberto Imery School of Applied Arts at the Jose Matias Delgado University between 1991 and 1995. He was chosen Young Talent in 1992 and four years later in 1996 he grabbed the first place at the Palmares Diplomat National Young Painters' Contest.A year later, he nabbed the first place at the Central American Painting Biennial. He currently teaches in the School of Communications attached to the Jose Matias Delgado University in El Salvador and directs the National Drawing Center.Individual Expositions: • 1995 Walter Iraheta, Oleos y Acrilicos San Salvador. • 1996 Homenaje a Daguerre, Espacio Gallery, San Salvador. • 1997 Dibujos y Collages, Pinturas, Tegucigalpa, Honduras • 1998 Codigo Postal, Mexico's Cultural Center in El Salvador. Collective Expositions: • 1992 Santa Ana National Theater, El Salvador, 91 Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador. • 1994 Third Iberian American Hall of Fine Arts, OAS, Washington, USA. Young Painting Festival, Promo-Arte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Second National Drawing Sample, San Salvador, El Salvador. • 1995 Independence Day, Miami, Fla. USA. • 1998 Evolution Of The Form, New Faces In Art, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL. U.S.A. Leccion de Anatomia, Pro-Cultural Heritage Patronage, San Salvador. First Central American Painting Biennial. Ninth Latin American Painting and Sculpture Sample, Espacio Gallery, San Salvador. Sixth National Drawing Sample, National Expositions Hall, San Salvador.