“Julio Nieto, a self-proclaimed multifaceted artist, breaks the mould of academic formalism, making a statement of principles and, with resolute irony, challenges the arbitrariness and conventionalism of systematic art. The style of his exterior and interior pieces as well as his forged sculptures conjures a spirit of discovery and magical enlightenment that deliberately impregnates the materials with an air of the theatrical. The spaces in which the pieces stand only serve to add dramatic quality. Iron or bronze, forged or sculpted, miniature or life size, the artist deftly evokes suggestion, invitation and discovery.” — Carlos Brito