Aurelio del Muro is a visual artist, an amateur cello player, and an educator.  He began his art studies with sculptor Tom Doyle in 1983 in Queens College, CUNY.  Soon after, he continued his art studies at the Art Students League of New York. For many years he was studio assistant to New York sculptor Philip Pavia.  In 2004 he was awarded The Mc Dowell Travel Grant for Sculpture. He’s had solo shows in 1994 at the Mexican Consulate, The White Box Gallery in Philadelphia (now in New York) in 1998 and most recently in November 2006, at the Art Students League.  He has taught sculpture and stone carving at the Educational Alliance since 1998 and also teaches drawing to a home schooling group. Being an amateur Cello player, he also incorporates music and poetry to his teaching. In the past he has also worked as a counselor and a social worker.