Lola_Del_Fresno

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Yo-Yo
59” x 77”
Acrylic, Ink, Graphite, Water-color on paper mounted
on canvas fixed on wood

Blessing Mudra (Diptic)
11” x 17”
Graphite, ink, acrylic, watercolor on paper mounted on wood

Survival

48x96 inches
Acrylic, Ink, Graphite, Water-color on paper mounted
on canvas fixed on wood

Feet
10" x 8"
Ink, graphite, acrylic, water-color on paper mounted
on wood.

Flower Panel
96x72 inches
Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas and wood.

Ancient tree in a city park
33x45 inches
Acrylic, Ink, Water-color, graphite on paper mounted on
canvas and on wood

Lola Del Fresno

Branches (4 pieces), 11” x 44”, Acrylic, Ink, graphite, watercolor on paper mounted on panel.

I am an artist from Madrid, Spain. I came to the United States after receiving a grant to attend Cooper Union in Manhattan and remained in New York for three years. For the past six years, I have been sponsored by Andrew Weissman, a collector from Washington, D.C. He discovered me during my solo show at Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco. I now live in Sausalito and Santa Monica.

My works are usually life-sized figures ranging from 10"x10" to 103"x61". I work on paper laid over canvas and mounted on wooden frames. I then use acrylic, graphite, inks and resins to create my images. I would define my work as Abstract Realism with a Conceptual emphasis.

I focus on humanism, inspired by the Renaissance, with principal attention on the figure. My subjects are usually naked in order to minimize social references while emphasizing existential issues to which anyone can relate.

By painting people, I magnify their existence and their values. I treat these images as sacred forms, almost as icons. I try to avoid any social element in order to make a more universal statement. The finished pieces confront the viewer with an experience of the inner self.

The work describes the constant battle of the senses, a tension existing in our physical selves between the spirit and the material, the perishable and the eternal. Sometimes I trace an actual figure on paper to reproduce an almost exact image. The individual and the sense of individuality appear and then disappear with the loss of identity. The head remains open, without a limit line, in order to integrate the abstract nature of the mind within the image.

My figures reside in a timeless space. Even so, one can feel the constant motion of time through them. With every moment comes death and also renewal. I think of infinities and limits.

I progress from the very minimal to the more detailed and complex. I use very few elements to create my work. I avoid excess by constructing and washing out the image.

E D U C A T I O N

1997 The Cooper Union School of Art - New York City (Grant)

1996 School of Fine Arts - Lisboa, Portugal (Grant)

1990/95Complutense University (Bachelor of Fine Arts) - Madrid, Spain

1990/95 Arjona School of Art - Madrid, Spain

1989 ENP Graphic Design School - Madrid, Spain

S E L E C T E X H I B I T I O N S

2007

Tracy Park Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca

2006
LA Art Show International art fair- Los Angeles, CA

http://www.laartshow.com
Gallery C. “Drawings” – Hermosa Beach, CA
Tracy Park Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca

2005
Epoxy-box Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
Flash Art Fair – Bologna, Italy

http://www.flashartonline.it
Intergallery Milan – Bologna, Italy
Tracy Park Gallery - Los Angeles, Ca

2004

Hamilton Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
2003
XI Estampa Art fair. Tentaciones – Madrid, Spain
http://www.estampa.org
Premio Adaja de Pintura. Palacio los Serranos – Avila, Spain
Jorge Albero Gallery – Madrid, Spain
Dolbi Chadwik Gallery. Auction - San Francisco, CA

2001
Juan Manuel Lumbreras Gallery - Bilbao, Spain

P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S

Ayllón Museum – Segovia, Spain

Arenas de San Pedro Museum - Avila, Spain

A W A R D S

2000/07

Sponsorship in California – Andrew Weissman, Washington, DC

1997

Grant - Cooper Union School of Art – New York City

1996

Grant - Art School of Fine Art – Lisboa, Portugal

1995

Grant - painting - Ayllon, Segovia

First Prize Gredos de Pintura - Avila,