Francisco Sepulveda

FRANCISCO SEPULVEDA (view gallery)

Exuberant, mysterious, and magical at the same time, the polymorphic work of Francisco Sep├╣lveda, a Chilean contemporary artist, abounds with references to its South American roots and the different cultures to which it has been exposed during its numerous and incessant voyages. The critics look at this work and talk about the ÔÇ£Sepulveda GalaxyÔÇØ, the palette of gods and compare it with a merry ogre with thunderous laughter, a voracious and insatiable giant, devouring universes. With his first exhibition dating back in 1995, he now regularly displays his works in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States of America. The artist has studied drawing, painting, and engraving at the School of Fine Arts in Santiago and then at the Atelier Wilfredo Lam, who was a friend of Picasso, Mir├│, Matise, Hemingway and others. There at Wilfredo’s atelier Francisco has explored the experimental techniques of Engraving.

The Chilean artist lives and works between France & Mozambique. His work is full of poetry and surrealistic characters that question history and the contemporary society where he lives. He is one of the most significant young Latino-American artists in the French art scene. Last solo shows: 2017 Galerie Claudine Legrand, Paris; 2014 Galerie Le soleil sur la place, Lyon. Last group shows: 2015 Galerie Chantal M├¿lanson, Annecy and Galerie 22 contemporain, Coustellet, both France. Public collections i.a.: The New York Public Library; Museo Nacional del Grabado, Buenos Aires; Instituo de Artes Gr├áficas de Oax├áca, Mexico; Graphic Collection ETH, Zurich; Biblioth├¿que Royale de Belgique, Brussels ; Biblioth├¿que de Catalogne, Barcelona; Biblioteca Nacional de Espa├▒a, Madrid; Biblioteque National de France, Paris; Biblioth├¿que de la Part-Dieu, Lyon; Mus├®e du dessin et l’estampe original, Grav├®lines; Mus├®e Jenisch-Vevey-Suisse. 2009 and now at Louise Gallery 2018.
“Artist of the year”, French magazine Azart. 2014
“One of the 50 bigger living painters in the world”, French magazine Miroir de l’Art.