Francisco (Paco) León Born in Santiago Chile on 04/22/1972. He currently lives and works in Cahuil, Pichilemu Chile.

At the age of 18, he traveled to the United States and studied the CIC; On his return he decides to dedicate himself to painting, spending 1 year at the Arcis University, after which he begins his self-taught stage, which is nourished by experience and interest in learning, visiting workshops such as La Brocha, a meeting and creation place in the In the 1980s and 1990s, as a godson of the Artist Hugo Marín, he received transcendental meditation, a fundamental tool in his development.

And in 1973 he traveled with his family to Stockholm, Sweden, where he began his schooling, after 5 years he returned to Chile where he lived and studied all his first stage, Sweden being his second home, a country with which he maintained contact and visits until 2005, when It is when they can bring their father to Chile.

At the age of 18, he traveled to the United States and studied the CIC;

Where he begins to paint between studies and work.

On his return he decides to dedicate himself to painting, spending 1 year at the Arcis University, after which he begins his self-taught stage, which is nourished by experience and interest in learning, visiting workshops such as La Brocha, a meeting and creation place in the In the 1980s and 1990s, as a godson of the Artist Hugo Marín, he received transcendental meditation, a fundamental tool in his development.

After a year living and painting in Valparaiso, he returns to Santiago to do his first exhibition. The one he made at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago de Chile (MAC), in 1996. A milestone that began his professional career as a Chilean visual artist.

Paco León has participated in various collective workshops, including: Taller La Brocha, El Generador, Taller Tuna and Taller Italia, in which he shares with prominent national artists and generates various activities related to national plastic arts.

He has participated in various exhibitions in Chile and abroad, exhibiting his works in countries such as China, Korea, the United States, Venezuela, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru.

His works are part of important private, corporate and public collections, including:

MAM, Museo de Arte Moderno Chiloé, UTAL, University of Talca, CCU, Compañía Cervecerías Unidas, UBS AG, Swiss Bank, Almagro, Constructora, Polincay, companies, CDC IXIS, South cone investment advisor, IDB, Inter-American Development Bank.