Jiménez Deredia was born in Costa Rica on October 4th, 1954. In 1976 he opens his art studio in
Carrara where he remains permanently. Deredia graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in
Carrara and he attended the Faculty of Architecture at Florence University. The stone spheres
produced by the pre-Columbian civilization of the Borucas from Costa Rica are constant
inspiration of his art Works. In 1985, Deredia realized the first Geneses- his personal theoretical-
artistic ‘system,’ which are works that outline distinct phases of the transformation of matter in
space over time, thus laying the foundations of his artistic ideology: Transmutative Symbolism.
In 2000, Pope John Paul II commissioned the sculptor to produce a statue of San Marcellino
Champagnat, which was placed in San Peter Basilica in one huge scale Michelangelo niches
created between 1544 and 1564. In 2006, Deredia received the nomination of “Correspondent
Academician of the Sculpture Class” by the Florentine Academy of Art and Design. The history
of this important Academy includes nominations of academics such as Michelangelo, Palladio
and Galileo Galilei among others. He received numerous international awards, including the
"Vita D'Artista" prize awarded by the city of Montecatini Terme in Italy. The Republic of Costa
Rica granted to Jiménez Deredia “Honorary citizenship” for his artwork and for representing the
country's culture in the world. In 2009 the Roman Forum for the first time in history opens his
doors to contemporary creations hosting in the Via Sacra (Sacred Way) monumental sculptures
of Jiménez Deredia. The one man show in the city of Miami is the continuation of an exhibition
trajectory started in 2003. Deredia’s international exhibitions has crossed places like Florence, Rome, Valencia, Trapani, Boca Raton, La Baule, Genoa, San José, Mexico City and much more.