Samy Benmayor was born in Santiago, Chile, and came from a family of Sephardic Jewish origins.

He grew up in a house in the central Santiago highway of Alameda and attended the Liceo Manuel de Salas high school.

After his time at university, he was offered scholarships by several institutions to continue his education abroad.

[2] Benmayor belongs to the '80s Generation movement, primarily made up of artists originating from the art school at the University of Chile and linked to the German Neo-expressionism style.

Benmayor used traditional materials like oils and watercolours as media to represent childish and playful images.