1999, Lives and works in Priego de Córdoba, España.
Fran Baena (Priego de Córdoba, 1999) tries to establish a link with the adolescents of today and the dire tomorrow that seems to be coming, constructing a work that embodies a friend to cry with and laugh, in this way creating evidence of the aftermath of contemporary sadness, in the same way that rock and alternative music bands have done since the 80s.
His painting is particularly linked to the post-internet world, highlighting the poetic politics that implicate painting and the images consumed on the web. Paying special attention to the irony currently used to laugh at our misfortunes as a last resort, he does this through the analysis of sad and cynical memes and songs. His work is a record of the uncertainty of our contemporary tragicomedy, together with a deeply existentialist philosophy: Of being so alive that one only thinks of death.
Because no depressed person wants to die, they merely wish to escape from life.
EDUCATION
| 2017-2021 | GRANADA | Grado universitario en Bellas Artes. Facultad Alonso Cano |
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
| 2021 |
Salon Brand New. Centro Cultural Conde Duque. Madrid. Identidad en la sala. Palacio de Condes de Gabia. Granada. 3×4. Fundación Rafael Botí. Córdoba. Variaciones sobre el Bodegón del Cardo de Sanchez Cotán. Galería Fúcares. Almagro, Ciudad Real. Exposición_1. Colectivo Acta. Palacio del Almirante. Granada. Under 35 #5th edition. Galería GACMA. Málaga. Post-Pandemónium. Colección Museográfica Gilena. Sevilla. |
| 2020 |
Premios Alonso Cano a la Creación Artística 2020 de la Universidad de Granada. Palacio del Almirante. Granada. Plantas de Interior. FACBA’20. Hospital Real de Granada. |
| 2019 |
Valientes Gamberros. Estudio22. Logroño. 2019- Las líneas del destino. Sala de exposiciones facultad Alonso Cano, FACBA’19. Granada. |
| 2018 | Arte Aparte X. Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Francisco Casas. La Carolina. |
| 2017 | Festival de Arte Wasqha. Sala Albayate. Almedinilla. |
COLLECTIONS
Premio Adquisición Colección de Arte Contemporáneo de la Universidad de Granada
Yusto/Giner participa en Urvanity 2019
URVANITY 2019 27.02 - 01.03.2019 Yusto/Giner participa en Urvanity con los artistas: Fabrizio Arrieta Eduardo Balanza Katsumi Hayakawa Daniel Solomons COAM: C/ Hortaleza 63, 28004 Madrid URVANITY FAIR 2019
Yusto/Giner participa en Drawing Room Madrid
DRAWING ROOM MADRID 2019 26.02 - 01.03.2019 Yusto/Giner participa en Drawing Room Madrid con los artistas: Emmanuel Lafont Beatriz Ros Victoria Maldonado PALACIO SANTA BÁRBARA C/ Hortaleza 87 – 28004 Madrid
ZONAMACO 2019
YUSTO/GINER participa en ZONA MACO 2019 Del 6 al 10 febrero, 2019. Emmanuel Lafont Centro Citibanamex, Hall D AV. Conscripto 311 Lomas de Sotelo CDMX, 11200 ZONA MACO 2019
PALACE
Daniel Núñez 13NOV / 14EN · 2022 Inauguración: sábado 13 de noviembrePALACE
Expo Chicago 2022
7/10APR · 2022 The proposal for Expo Chicago is presented as a dialogue between two of the most original and promising voices on the emerging Spanish art scene: Victoria Maldonado (Málaga 1989) and Los Bravú (Dea Gómez, Salamanca 1989 & Diego Omil, Pontevedra...