Miguel Tió, a native of the Dominican Republic, began his painting studies with the artist Elias Delgado while also attending the "Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo. His interest in Publicity and Graphic Design led him into continuing studies at the “Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo”. He worked as in-house draftsman and sketch artist for “Teleantillas TV” and as an illustrator for the “Secretaria de Estado y Educacion, Bellas Artes y Culto” in his native Dominican Republic.
His eventual move to New York City in 1994, led him to Izquierdo Studio, he where worked as a painter and silk screener for a variety of projects, such as the feature films Spiderman 1 & 2, and The Woods: the Broadway shows Beauty and the Beast, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Rent, Miss Saigon: the operas Four Saint in Three Acts, Madame Butterfly; commercials for Hershey’s Kit Kat, Old Navy; window displays: for Wathne, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Victoria‘s Secret, Nautica and special events such as Bette Midler’s fundraising galas Hoolaween I and II at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
