Diptych. Black and white leaf shapes
Fernando Daza
(Seville, Spain 1979)
130 x 97 cm./u. (51,18 x 38,18 in./u.) Handmade torn paper and laid on linen. 2019.
His work reveals the fruit of a process of personal meditation based on the exercise of mental observation. It turns artistic work into another practice for the evolution of consciousness, just as, in the opposite sense, it makes the contemplative experience an exceptional resource at the service of the creative process.
The result is a work of meticulous realization, very stealthy and precious, where, in meditative attitude, cut and cut the paper manually and then paste it on the raw cloth or cardboard, as a three-dimensional coating. The light projected in a zenithal manner reveals a surface where the play of the cast shadow makes the work vibrate in a spectacular amalgam of visual textures.
As for the structural aspect, his compositions usually involve a methodical and Cartesian scheme, which denotes his preference for calm, order, sharpness, purity and accuracy. The plastic work reflects the purity and calm of the original white of the papers, free of the noise of the colors, in a collection of monochrome and three-dimensional works, where the maximum aesthetic importance is in the subtle vibration of the visual textures caused by the contrast between light and shadow.
Daza’s work is characterized by monochrome. Persists in the use of only one color. It only craves to use light and its incidence on the three-dimensional surface to create a fascinating vibration of visual textures. The paper that he uses plays in his favor, his matte finish and slightly rough, helping to achieve the effect that he insistently seeks, to capture the light and reflect it in a myriad of tones within the same chromatic field.
He uses the colors of paper and faces with special interest black and white in the diptychs, works of adverse halves that provide great strength, which contrasts with the subtlety and simple nature of paper. It focuses on the one hand on strictly Cartesian compositions where the lines are purely defined by the clean cut of the cutter and ruler. And on the other hand, in other compositions he tears the papers by hand and sticks them in an orderly manner on the canvas, following a monotonous and repetitive methodology, which justifies the result of the process. These irregular lines produced by manual cutting, make up the three-dimensionality that characterizes mainly these works.
EDUCATION
2003 – 2008 Honorary Assistant Collaborator in the subject Introduction to the coloring of the first course of the Bachelor of Fine Arts. Faculty of Fine Arts – University of Seville.
2003 – 2004 Engraving course under the supervision of Professor Vasilis Kazakos. Aνωτατή Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών – Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνόν · Faculty of Fine Arts – University of Athens. GREECE
2003 – 2004 Teaching Courses of the Doctorate Painting and Conservation – Restoration program. Faculty of Fine Arts – University of Seville.
1998 – 2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts. Faculty of Fine Arts – University of Seville.
Member of the research group GIACEC (Interdisciplinary Group in Collective Arts and Cultural Spaces) attached to the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Seville and directed by Professor Inmaculada Rodríguez Cunill.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2018 9 Artists, 9 Mundividências. Palácio dos Marqueses of Praia e Monforte. Estremoz, PORTUGAL
2017 Bassat Collection – Contemporary Art. Lienzo Norte Exhibition and Congress Center. Municipality of Ávila, Carmen Foundation and Luís Bassat. Ávila
2017 XXIV Premi Ciutat de Manacor d’Arts Plàstiques. Room of the Complex S’Estació. Ajuntament de Manacor (Mallorca)
2017 RECYCLE ART V Andalusian Art and Recycling Contest. ECCO, Contemporary Culture Space. Cádiz
2017 Fernando Daza – Pierre Louis – Pepe Puntas. L’Arcada Galeria d’Art. Blanes (Girona)
2017 Infinite paths. Exhibition space of the Portuguese Foundation of Communications. Rotary Clube Lisboa Norte and Portuguese Communications Foundation. Lisbon Portugal
2016 LXIX José Arpa National Painting Prize. Exhibition and Conference Rooms City Council of Carmona (Seville)
2016 Col.lectiva d’Estiu. L’Arcada Galeria d’Art. Blanes (Girona)
2016 Coletiva de Verão. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisbon Portugal
2012 Between Valleys. Collective of Spanish Artists. Artistic-Cultural Cooperation Project between Spain and Serbia. Cervantes Institute. Belgrade, SERBIA
2011 Novos Trabalhos na Trema. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisbon Portugal
2011 LXIV José Arpa National Painting Prize. Exhibition and Conference Rooms City Council of Carmona (Seville)
2011 Proyecta’11. Artists awarded FRONTERASUR 2010. Manolo Alés Gallery. The Line of the Conception (Cádiz)
2011 Proyecta’11. Artists awarded with FRONTERASUR 2010. Sala Kursaal. Dos Orillas Foundation. Algeciras (Cádiz)
2011 Proyecta’11. Artists awarded with FRONTERASUR 2010. Exhibition Cloisters of the Provincial Palace. Provincial Culture Foundation – Diputación de Cádiz. Cádiz
2011 Young National Prize of Plastic Arts Complutense University of Madrid. Room of the Province. Leonés Institute of Culture – Deputation of León. Lion
2011 Young National Prize of Plastic Arts Complutense University of Madrid. Municipal Museum of Valdepeñas. City Council of Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real)
2010 Young National Prize of Plastic Arts Complutense University of Madrid. Museum of America. Ministry of Culture – Government of Spain. Madrid
2010 Unlocks O.1, Art and Young Creation. EUTOPIA 2010, International Festival of Young Creation. Exhibition Hall of the Provincial Council. Cordova.
2010 Malagacrea. CACMA, Contemporary Art Center of Malaga. Malaga’s town hall
2010 Bienali 15 Ndërkombëtar i Vizatimit · 15 International Drawing Biennial. Dërkombëtar e Arteve e Kosovës Gallery · National Art Gallery of Kosovo. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports – Republic of Kosovo. Pristine, KOSOVO
2009 National Prize of Plastic Arts Fernando Quiñones. Baluarte de La Candelaria. Cádiz City Council
2009 Andalusian Visual Arts Contest Disengages 09. Exhibition Hall of the Rectorate Building. Malaga University
2009 XIV Биенале на Млади Уметници од Европа и Медитеранот · XIV International Biennial of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean. Националната Уметничката Галерија на Македонија · National Art Gallery of Macedonia. Ministry of Culture – Republic of Macedonia. Skopje, MACEDONIA – FYROM
2009 XIV Биенале на Млади Уметници од Европа и Медитеранот · XIV International Biennial of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean. Националниот Mузеј на Cовремена Уметност · National Museum of Contemporary Art. Ministry of Culture – Republic of Macedonia. Skopje, MACEDONIA – FYROM
2009 Young Art Awards. Old Convent of Santa María de Los Reyes. Junta de Andalucía. Seville
2009 Villa de la Rinconada Painting Prize. Cultural Center of the Villa. City Hall of La Rinconada (Seville)
2009 Paper Borders. Santa Ines Room. City of Seville
2009 L’Atelier d’Alexandrie · Atelier of Alexandria. Alexandria, EGYPT
2008 Oltre i Murales. Paese Museum. Comune di San Sperate (Cagliari), Sardinia, ITALY
2008 I Калеидоскоп Међународни Уметнички Фестивал · I International Kaleidoscop Art Festival. Музеј Војводине · Museum of Vojvodina. Government of Vojvodina.
Novi Sad, SERBIA
2008 VI Међународна Ликовна Колонија · VI International Painting Cologne.
Јован Поповић Галерија · Gallery Jovan Popović. Belgrade, SERBIA
2008 Villa de la Rinconada Painting Prize. Cultural Center of the Villa. City Hall of La Rinconada (Seville)
2008 La Almona Cultural Center. City Council of Dos Hermanas (Seville)
2008 ARTÍFICE National Prize for Painting on Paper. CIC El Pósito. City Council of Loja (Granada)
2007 Young Art Awards. Old Convent of Santa María de Los Reyes. Junta de Andalucía. Seville
2007 Collective of inauguration. Álvarez Quintero Gallery. Seville
2007 National Prize of Plastic Arts Fernando Quiñones. Baluarte de La Candelaria. Cádiz City Council2007 Young Art Awards. Old Convent of Santa María de Los Reyes. Junta de Andalucía. Seville.
2007 Colectiva of inauguration. Álvarez Quintero Gallery. Seville
2007 National Prize of Plastic Arts Fernando Quiñones. Baluarte de La Candelaria. Cádiz City Council
2007 National Painting Prize Entre Valles. Exhibition Hall of Torrearte. City Council of Torremocha del Jarama (Madrid)
2006 51 Saló Nacional de Fotografia Ciutat de Xàtiva. House of Culture. Ajuntament de Xàtiva (Valencia)
2005 From Messina to Piraeus, Eva Guil Walls and Fernando Daza. Ánima Gallery. Seville
2005 Arte-Sevilla Forum Awards. Palace of exhibitions and congresses. City of Seville
2004 Room San Hermenegildo. City of Seville
2004 Arte-Sevilla Forum Awards. Palace of exhibitions and congresses. City of Seville
2003 High Contrast. Garduño Gallery. Seville
EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES
2018 L´Essence de la forme. Galerie Éduard de la Marque. París, FRANCIA
2017 Papel rasgado. Galería Estampa. Madrid
2016 Bicromias II. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisboa, PORTUGAL
2016 Monocromías y Bicromías. Galeria d´Art L´Arcada. Blanes (Girona)
2015 Bicromias. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisboa, PORTUGAL
2014 Rasgado à mão. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisboa, PORTUGAL
2013 As Cores do Papel. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisboa, PORTUGAL
2011 O Branco do Papel. Paços Galeria Municipal de Arte. Câmara Municipal de Torres Vedras. Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL
2011 O Branco do Papel. Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Lisboa, PORTUGAL
2008 Pintura sobre Papel. Galería Álvarez Quintero. Sevilla
2007 Grecia Magna. Espacio Zona Joven. Delegación Provincial del Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, Junta de Andalucía/ Fundación Cajasol. Huelva
2007 Onions’ Collages. Galería Del Corral. Sevilla
AWARDS, MENTIONS, SELECTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, PROJECTS, PARTICIPATION IN FAIRS AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
2018 JustLX, International Contemporary Art Fair. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Museu da Carris. Lisbon Portugal
2018 Justmad / 9. International Fair of Emerging Art. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Núñez de Balboa 32. Madrid
2017 10th Route de L’Art. Festival d’Art Contemporani. Stand L’Arcada Galeria d’Art. Capella Convent de Santa Clara. Castelló d’Empúries (Girona)
2017 MENTION OF HONOR XXIV Premi Ciutat de Manacor d’Arts Plàstiques. Delegació de Cultura – Ajuntament de Manacor (Mallorca)
2017 Estampa, XXV International Contemporary Art Fair. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Slaughterhouse. Madrid
2017 2nd ART RECYCLING AWARD V Andalusian Art and Recycling Competition. RECAPCICLA, Environmental education program on waste and recycling. Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Planning – Junta de Andalucía, Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Ecoembes and Ecovidrio.
2017 Justmad / 8. International Fair of Emerging Art. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Edifio COAM Official College of Architects of Madrid. Madrid
2016 9th Route de L’Art. Festival d’Art Contemporani. Stand L’Arcada Galeria d’Art. Capella Convent de Santa Clara. Castelló d’Empúries (Girona)
2016 SWAB BARCELONA. International Fair d’Art Contemporani. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Pabellón Italiano – Fira de Barcelona. Barcelona
2016 MENTION OF HONOR LXIX José Arpa National Painting Prize. Delegation of Culture – City Council of Carmona (Seville)
2016 Art & Breakfast. Emerging Art Fair. Stand MAS Millano Art Studio. Hotel Room Mate Larios. Malaga
2016 We Are Fair. International Fair of Emerging Art. Stand MAS Millano Art Studio. Hotel EXE Central. Madrid
2016 Justmad / 7. International Fair of Emerging Art. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Edifio COAM Official College of Architects of Madrid. Madrid
2015 SUMMA, International Contemporary Art Fair. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Slaughterhouse. Madrid
2015 BLUR FAIR, Emerging Art Fair. Colectivo Feriantes Stand. The central. Seville
2014 Justmad / 6. International Fair of Emerging Art. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Edifio COAM Official College of Architects of Madrid. Madrid
2013 CASA // ARTE, International Contemporary Art Fair. Stand Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Madrid
2010 Bienali 15 Ndërkombëtar i Vizatimit · 15 International Drawing Biennial. National Art Gallery of Kosovo, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports – Republic of Kosovo. Pristine, KOSOVO.
2010 FINALIST Cultural Exhibitions MALAGACREA 2010. CACMA, Contemporary Art Center of Málaga / Youth and Culture Areas – Malaga City Council
2009 1st PRIZE X National Contest of Plastic Arts Fernando Quiñones. Delegation of Culture – Cádiz City Council
2009 PREMIO ACQUISITION of work MMXIX Andalusian Contest of Plastic Arts DESENCAJA 09. Andalusian Institute of Youth – Council for Equality and Social Welfare of the Junta de Andalucía / University of Málaga. Malaga
2009 Selected for exhibition V Contest Andalusian Young Art. Ministry of Public Works and Transport – Junta de Andalucía. Seville
2009 FINALIST XVII Andalusian Painting Competition of La Rinconada. Department of Culture – City Hall of La Rinconada (Seville)
2009 XIV Биенале на Млади Уметници од Европа и Медитеранот · XIV International Biennial of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean. Association for International Youth Cooperation of Skopje, Ministry of Culture – Republic of Macedonia. Skopje, MACEDONIA – FYROM.
2009 National Pre-Biennial of Young Creators. Exhibition of the Selected Artists to represent Spain in the XIV International Biennial of Young Creators of Europe and the Mediterranean. Delegation of Youth and Sports Seville City Council / Junta de Andalucía. Seville
2009 1st PRIZE XII Creation Contest “Frontiers of Paper” .Delegation of Youth and Sports. City of Seville
2009 L’Atelier d’Alexandrie. Groupement d’Artistes et d’Ecrivains. Salon International d’Art Jeune · Atelier of Alexandria. Assembly of Artists and Writers. International Young Art Exhibition. Alexandria, EGYPT
2008 Oltre i Murales, Workshop Internazionale di Arte Urbana · International Workshop of Urban Art. Artistic direction Pinuccio Sciola. City Hall of San Sperate, Cultural Association Noarte Paese Museum, Siqueiros Foundation of Mexico, Embassy of Mexico in Rome. San Sperate (Cagliari), Sardinia – ITALY
2008 BECA INICIARTE, Aid to the Creation and Diffusion of Contemporary Andalusian art. Andalusian Institute of Arts and Letters. Ministry of Culture – Junta de Andalucía. Seville
WORKS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
María de Corral López-Dóriga Collection. Madrid
Collection Ignacio Vicens de Hualde. Madrid
Juan Carlos Maldonado Collection. Art & Art Collection Foundation. Miami, USA
Enrique Sarasola Collection. Room Mate Hotels. Madrid
Carmen Foundation and Luís Bassat.
Bassat Collection – Contemporary Art of Catalonia. Nau Gaudí Mataró (Barcelona)
Banco Sabadell Foundation. Barcelona
Art Foundation at the Limit Magazine. Santiago, Chile
Provincial Culture Foundation. Diputación de Cádiz
Cajasol Foundation. Seville
Estampa Gallery Work in deposit. Madrid
L’Arcada Galeria d’Art. Work in deposit. Blanes (Girona)
Galerie Éduard de la Marque. Work in deposit. Paris France
Metro Gallery. Work in deposit. Santiago de Compostela
MAS Millano Art Studio Gallery. Work in deposit. Guadalajara
Trema Galeria de Arte Contemporânea. Work in deposit. Lisbon Portugal
Gallery Jovan Popović – Јован Поповић Галерија. Belgrade, SERBIA
Álvarez Quintero Gallery. Seville
National Museum of Contemporary Art – Националниот Mузеј на Cовремена Уметност. Skopje, MACEDONIA – FYROM
National Art Gallery of Macedonia – Националната Уметничката Галерија на Македонија. Skopje, MACEDONIA – FYROM
National Art Gallery of Kosovo – Dërkombëtar e Arteve e Kosovës Gallery Pristina, KOSOVO
Museum of Vojvodina – Музеј Војводине. Novi Sad, SERBIA
City of Seville
Cádiz City Council
City Council of Torremocha del Jarama. Madrid
Comune di San Sperate. Cagliari, Sardinia – ITALY
Junta de Andalucía
Andalusian Institute of Youth
Junta de Andalucía
University of Seville
University of Athens – Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνόν. Athens, Greece