Enric Aromí Masriera was born in in Barcelona in 1955, into a family of artists and artisans. His family includes Lluís Masriera, a well-known painter and jewelry designer of the Modernista Movement of Barcelona. Aromí always felt an attraction for the arts, and when he was only 7 years old he began to study drawing, painting and music. When Aromí was 16, he started to work as a photographer. One year later, he worked for two months with Salvador Dalí in his studio at Port Lligat. Dalí influenced Aromí and his work deeply. From 1971 to 1975 Enric worked together with some of the most prestigious painters and photographers in Spain. He also worked with Robert Llimós, and some of these works are currently displayed at the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA). In 1975 Aromí went for the first time to the United States, traveling from New York to Los Angeles by Greyhound bus, and returning to New York driving a Harley Davidson. This trip profoundly influenced his view of America and his art. By the age of 20, Aromí already had studied a variety of art disciplines, including illustration, painting, architecture, furniture design, logos, publicity campaigns, radio programs, radio advertising, cinema, fashion design and the basis of his inspiration, photography. In 1977 Aromí opened his first studio as a photographer and started to work doing advertising for very well-known clients including Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, Chanel, Max Factor, Revlon, Kodak, BMW, Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Bic, Bacardi, Coca-Cola, Nescafe, Danone and Goodyear. He has worked with some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Young & Rubicam, McCann Erikson, Lowe Lintas and Ogilvy & Mather. Aromí has worked with top models and actresses such as Ursula Andress, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Shiffer. His advertising campaigns won prizes at the New York Advertising Festival, Clio Awards and Cannes Advertising Awards several times. In 1999, working under a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Aromí and other well-known artists recovered and restored an Art Deco era boat in Kodiak Alaska, ultimately sailing the boat to Seattle. Since 2000, Enric has fully devoted his time to his other two great passions: painting and writing. He is the author of two books, On-i-On and L´abric. Aromí's artworks have been exhibited with great success in galleries in the United States, France, Spain, Austria, Germany and England, and are held in private collections throughout the world.