iñigo manterola was born in orio in 1973. he was born in a familiar core of sailor tradition. since he was little showed a lot of interest by the drawing and the painting. when he had only 8 years old, his teacher spoke with his mother and aimed him to extracurricular classes of painting. because of this passion by the art , iñigo starts his studies of painting in the faculty of fine arts in bilbao between 1993 and 1998, licensing in the speciality of painting.