Huallpa was born in the 1970's in Peru. As a young artist he surprised many people in the art field with his talent and the amount of success that he achieved. He was in fact doing so well that he was able to temporarily reverse the trend in his home country by being able to go from being a successful artist to becoming an art teacher. After graduating from the Peru School of Arts with a degree in Art Instruction he had a chance to practice his craft at the renowned art school Maria Parado de Bellido. After teaching for a period of time Jose began to become aware that he could not continue to work on an art professor's salary when he could be selling his paintings and making a much more substantial income. While watching many of his art colleagues starve to death he has prospered, selling his paintings as quickly as he can paint them. While he still holds on to his love of teaching he has decided to devote himself to painting full time. His paintings can be found in galleries all over the world as well as in the collections of fine art collectors.