Esmeralda Salgado was born in Venezuela.

At the age of 12, after participating in several youngster exhibitions, she won a scholarship with her painting “The Mother and The Child”.  This scholarship let her study at the School of Art in Santiago, Chile for three years, in the areas of drawing, ink, and oil painting.  She moved back to Caracas, Venezuela and graduated in 1977 at the prestigious Cristóbal Rojas Art School, with Professor and National celebrated Artist Omar Carreño and other outstanding artists. After that she continued her Masters taking advanced art classes of Landscaping and Impressionism with Master Luis Alvarez de Lugo and Professor Janusz Machnnowski.

Since 1990 Esmeralda is the Director of “Atelier Eda Semlar” in Caracas, Venezuela.  Based on her knowledge and years of experience, her objective is to help the new artists to achieve their own goals and purposes, without losing their individualism and initiative, while they develop their passion for art. 

She has participated in many art exhibitions in different countries like Chile, Venezuela, and Florida (U.S.A.).

The last show was in 101 Gallery, in Fort Lauderdale.

Currently she lives in Boca Raton, Florida and still painting successfully.