John "Paul" Fauves is a Costa RicanJohn Paul Fauves: "He estado muy cerca de la muerte, pero la luz me guió hacia un nuevo camino", by Victor Jorge; at The Cultural; published 29 October 2018; retrieved 2 November 2018 visual artist who lives and works in San José.
Fauves has exhibited his work in galleries in the United States and across Europe including Krause Gallery in New York City, Guy Hepner gallery"A Loss of Innocence" by John Paul Fauves, by REDAZIONE, published 1 March 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018 in New York City, Imitate Modern in London, and the Meir galleryJohn Paul Fauves by Sarah Jones, at Metal Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2018 in Belgium. His paintings have also been featured in Vogue Italia and Dansk.John Paul Fauves: "A Loss of Innocence" Dansk Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2018
Education and early life Fauves began painting at an early age as a student under the instruction of the influential modern artist Joaquin Rodriguez del Paso.John Paul Fauves at WideWalls. Retrieved 13 May 2018 In 2017, after a hiatus from the arts to train in business, he began exhibiting internationally.
Artistic style In his paintings, Fauves engages questions of identity as they relate to art history, as well as our everyday interactions with mainstream culture and social media.L'arte contemporanea di John Paul Fauves tra social media e icone pop by Marco Rubino; at FORBES; published on 25 July 2019; retrieved on 14 November 2019 Greatly inspired by modernist masters as well as pop-artists,John Paul Fauves: cuando Basquiat romanceó con el fauvismo by Clara Loperz; at Creators VICE; published on 22 January 2018; retrieved on 2 November 2018 Fauves mixes fragments of different iconic images in vivid and colorful compositions. Fauves' paintings take on a disorienting effect due to his technique of layering, cutting out, and collaging elements of pop-cultural images to a point where they become, not unrecognizable, but perversions of the familiar that ask the viewer to question what they think they know.
Notable exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions 2019: Alts Iz Farloyrn pop up exhibition in Los Angeles, CA, curated by JM Art ManagementJohn Paul Fauves - Where Picasso meets Homer Simpson, by Arnau Salvadó, at Metal Magazine; retrieved 28 May 2019 2018: MI ME at DOPENESS ART LAB in Taipei, Taiwan;Trend News Mix Fit Magazine; retrieved 4 Jan 2019 2018: w22 Galeria in San José; 2017: A Loss of Innocence and The Mickey Me Collection (2017) curated by The Tax CollectionMarilyn and Mickey transformed by artist John Paul Fauves at PLEASE magazine at Guy Hepner gallery,Glass meets Costa Rican artist John Paul Fauves, by Felicity Williams, published 2 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018 New York City; 2017: A Loss of Innocence at Meir Gallery, Belgium John Paul Fauves Loses His Innocence, by Felicity Carter, at Forbes, published 10 July 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018
Selected group exhibitions 2019: Portraits of Someone duet show with Vera Kochubey at Rhodes Contemporary, London, curated by The Tax Collection;Portraits of Someone The Art Rabbit 2019: Artists are the New Athletes at The Edit Gallery, LimassolNew gallery opens its doors by Eleni Philippou; at Cyprus Mall; published on 18 January 2018; retrieved on 2 February 2019 2018: Arte de La Peer at Kimpton La Peer Hotel, curated by JM Art Management; 2018: Down the Rabbit Hole at Imitate London 2018: Papi Chulo show curated By Myartisreal group exhibition at the Krause Gallery in New York City; 2017: participated in FACES, a group show at HOMME gallery Los Angeles curated by JM Art Management.
In 2018, he participated in Scope Basel, ARCOTres artistas ticos presentes en una de las ferias de arte contemporáneo más importantes del mundo by Jeorge Arturo Mora; at La Nacion; published on 21 February 2018; retrieved 27 October 2018 Madrid, Art BaselDistorting Hollywood icons to reveal society's loss of innocence, by Felicity Carter, published 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018 and Art Palm Beach in Miami.
New body of work 'WE ARE ALL ENCAGED' was released at SCOPE Art Show New York 2019 together with Imitate Modern gallery.
Other projects In 2017, Fauves, together with Popovy Sisters, did art installation at Style Fashion weekLA Fashion Week 2017 by Carley Schumann, at Fine Magazine; retrieved on 29 January 2018 in Pacific Design Center, curated by JM Art Management.Quand la spiritualité rencontre l'art at Bab Firdaus; retrieved on 29 December 2018
References
External links Artsy