Jose Luis Campuzano was born in Bilbao, Spain in 1918. He studied at the School of Arts and Functions and later entered the University of Victoria where he majored in philosophy. In 1955, he left Spain for South America. For the next decade, he worked as an artist, moving to Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. At the urging of a well known South American artist who had moved to the United States, Campuzano moved to New York. Since moving to New York, Campuzano has built a reputation for romantic street scenes and soaring abstracts. His works have been featured in galleries from coast to coast.