Nationality Spanish Name Juan Casas | Role Artist | |
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Awards ABC PrizeAward of the Royal Academy of Spain in RomeAward of the Colegio de Espana en Paris Similar People Paul Cadden, Hubert de Lartigue, Roberto Bernardi, Gottfried Helnwein, James Mylne | ||
Presentacion auto pic de juan francisco casas
Juan Francisco Casas (born September 21, 1976 in La Carolina, Jaén, Andalusia) is a Spanish artist and poet. Casas recreates photographs he's taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. The drawings and paintings are created in photo realistic style most of them as large as 10 feet. He is considered one of the more influential young painters in Spain.Casas lives and works in Paris and Madrid.
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- Presentacion auto pic de juan francisco casas
- AS Juan Francisco Casas a master of pen art creating hyper realistic and erotic works
- Education
- Group exhibitions
- Solo exhibitions
- Other solo exhibitions
- Awards
- Personal
- References
AS Juan Francisco Casas, a master of pen art creating hyper-realistic and erotic works
Education
Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz graduated with a B.A. and a M.F.A. from the University of Granada. He subsequently completed his PhD at the university in 2004, while also holding a teaching position there. During his studies he won the National Award of the Ministry of Education and Science for the best graduate qualifications in Spain, presented by Culture Minister Pilar del Castillo.
Group exhibitions
Juan Francisco Casas has exhibited artwork in a number of group exhibitions in Europe and internationally, beginning in the early 2000s. They include:
Casas has also participated in art fairs worldwide, including New York, Miami, Singapore, London, Paris, Rome, Mexico and Basel.
Solo exhibitions
At Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid:
Saturdaynigthbathroom, 2005.
Bare(ly)there," 2008.
Foreignaffairs, 2010.
Other solo exhibitions
Sacrebleu! Sandunga Gallery, Granada, 2006.
Mis(s)behave (Sala Rivadavia, Diputación Provincial de Cádiz, 2006.
MyLovingNation, Galería Ferran Cano, Palma de Mallorca, 2007.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Madrid), 2008.
Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, 2008.
After(h)ours, Galería El Museo, Bogota, 2011.
Awards
2002 Won the prestigious ABC Prize of Painting, the president of the jury being the artist Luis Gordillo. Culture Minister Pilar del Castillo presented the award.
2007 Received the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Spain, Rome, where he'd lived for one year. In Rome he collaborated with the artist Joseph Kosuth, and Kosuth's installation of his exhibition at La Casa Encendida in Madrid.
2010 Awarded the Fellowship of the Colegio de España, Paris, where he'd lived for one year.
Personal
Since 2002 Juan Francisco Casas is represented by Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, and Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia. His artwork is included in collections at the Museum Artium and the ABC Museum.
Casas has also published books including poetry such as Thesummerhaikus and A and Other Poems at [Editions Alea Blanca].