Rodney Zelenka Born in Panamà, 1953. Jewish Austrian-German parents who migrated from Europe to Panama in 1939. Lives and works in Panamà. 1962/1969: Escuela de Bellas Artes, Panamà. Courses with Panamanian masters, Alfredo Sinclair and Guillermo Trujillo. 1971/77: Graduated Cornell University, Ithaca N.Y., with a major in Economics and at minor in Latin American Politics. Took art courses at the Fine Arts department during his studies at Cornell University. 1979/89: Zelenka