Vicente Pimentel was born in Santo Domingo in 1947. He studied at the National school of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo and at L’ecole d’Art and Architecture in France.

He plays the role of the middleman while he communicates memories of his native land and historical grounds onto a canvas. By creating his own natural inks from different soils he has collected throughout the world, he is able to literally make his work from scratch. These unique inks are used to create layers of textured stains on paper and canvas. Giving each piece an organic connection that meets an aesthetically pleasing nature. 

In 1982, Pimentel obtained the “Ville de Vitry” award in France. He has public collections in several places such as the Museum of Art & Technology in Florida, the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain in Paris, The National Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, and the Pompidou Collection in France. 

He has individual exhibitions in New York, Chicago, Paris, Stockholm and his hometown, Santo Domingo. Collectively, Pimentel has shown in place like Madrid, Paris, Stockholm, Canary Island, London, Havana, Rijeka (Yugoslavia), Nice and Copenhagen. 

Vicente Pimentel passed away at the age of 76 in 2023.