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
La casa encendida. Generación 2019
La Casa Encendida presenta la exposición Generación 2019, una convocatoria de la Fundación Montemadrid destinada a promover a artistas menores de 35 años. Este año las salas de La Casa Encendida presentan los ocho proyectos de los artistas ganadores: Saelia...
ABC Cultural / El «corazón monstruoso» de la pintora Ana Barriga
Exposición de Dionisio González en el CAC de Málaga
El próximo 14 de diciembre, el Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga presentará Parresia y lugar, la exposición individual más importante de Dionisio González (Gijón, 1965) en España en los últimos años. La muestra, comisariada por Fernando Francés, estará compuesta...
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2021
11-14NOV · 2021 Yusto/Giner has set clear targets in its mission as a private platform for the promotion of Spanish artists in contemporary art within an international context. It is our view that social media is quickly becoming the go-to platform for protest and...
I awoke with this marble head in my hands, which tires my arms and I do not know where to leave it.
Los Bravú 17SEPT / 5NOV · 2021 Opening: Saturday 18 of September from 12h to 14:30h and from 19h to 21h I awoke with this marble head in my hands, which tires my arms and I do not know where to leave it. * “(...) It is about approaching with stealth, like...