About the Artist

Claudio Jimenez Quispé at International Folk Art Market Santa Fe, NM, July 2004

Claudio Jimenez Quispé at work at International Folk Art Market Santa Fe, NM, July 2004

Claudio Jimenez Quispé with his Casa de los Gatos retablo in Santa Fe. July 2005

Family member at work in Claudio Jimenez studio, Peru. 2016

Claudio Jimenez Quispé and Vicenta Flores. July, 2025
Claudio Jimenez Quispe is an internationally renowned maker of retablos. Originally from a famous family of retablo makers in Ayacucho, he now works in Lima, assisted by his wife, Vicenta Flores, and his children. His work has been exhibited all over the world, and he frequently demonstrates his exquisite technique, as at Santa Fe's International Folk Art Market. Other members of his family, such as siblings Nicario, Edilberto, Eleudora and Mabilon, and nephew and niece Luis and Julia Huamani Rodriguez are also skilled retablistas.
Claudio was featured in the Miniatures episode of Craft in America on PBS, released in December, 2023.
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