Adolfo Flores was born in 1967 in the city of Cuzco in Peru. He was born into a family of artisans and he studied painting at the famous Escuela Regional de Bellas Artes and also the Escuela Nacional Superior Atuonoma de Bellas Artes de Lima, from where he graduated with the Gold Medal Award. He has received numerous accolades and disctinctions for his art and he is quickly gaining vast acclaim as he exhibits at home and abroad.