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
UNDERGROUND SPIRITUAL UNIT
Pow Martinez: Underground spiritual unit Exhibition: 25th February – 9th April, 2022 Opening: Friday 25th February, from 7 to 9pm. Yusto Giner Gallery, C/ Barquillo 25, 28004 Madrid. The Yusto / Giner Gallery presents the first individual exhibition of Pow Martinez...
New monograph by Angeles Agrela
Yusto / Giner Gallery is thrilled to present the monograph Ángeles Agrela, the first book published by the gallery With an essay by Anna Stothart Design by Manigua Printed by Brizzolis Ángeles Agrela, 2021 30.50 x 24 x 3.30 cm 312 pages English, Spanish and...
PAC// El Safari de Yann Leto en el IAACC
UVNT 2024
7/10 MAR · 2024 UVNT 2024 NEW CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR March 7 - 10, 2024Booth A1 Showing: Alli conrad Ant Hamlyn Daniel Núñez Los Bravú Madison Skrivers Ramón Muñoz Yann Leto fair...
EL GUATEQUE
23FEB / 30APR · 2024 EL GUATEQUE Carlos Pesudo The best place to have an artistic epiphany is, without a doubt, the atmospheric synesthesia of a good party. Nothing more intoxicating and suggestive than a few acquaintances and strangers in...