LUIS FRIAS CAVE Crafts-ore sculptural Naciun March 19, 1938 in the city of Trujillo, Peru. For his innate artistic vocation, it is considered as the creator of a new line he calls Artisan handmade sculptural in Mineral. Study their first years in the School of Fine Arts of Trujillo, his homeland, but he considers himself self-taught painter, sculptor and craftsman. As a teaching career, Professor ejercicomo the Quiruvilca mining settlement, where inspired by everyday events in the area, creates a new line based on artisanal mining waste. It mainly produces sculpture, using a variety of minerals, which are characterized both by its originality, for its social content and great expressive power. As a message of integration, usually capture the folklore of various countries Latino Americans. His works are held by collectors and institutions around the world and have been praised by art critics from Canada, USA, France and Germany. He has participated with the most top honors in multiple shows and solo and group exhibitions. And it has received important awards highlight the distinction deserving honorfica granted by the Eighth World Mining Congress, Lima, in 1974. The year 2000, won the national Grand Master of the Peruvian Crafts for his outstanding artistic and creative, as well as for his great contribution to culture.