 In Contemporary Fine Art Farías is without any doubt one of a kind, from his marvelous acrylics full of details to his spectacular Digital Paintings of the last years.
Arizona resident, born in Mexico City in 1947 with a remarkable free spirit and a passion for art.
He makes images compulsively since grammar school, therefore, self-taught.
Impressed by the human concentrations in Mexico City and New York City and the contrast with the vastness of Arizona’s landscapes where the magic of the territory is mesmerizing, he finds great inspiration in this paradoxical equation. In one side the concentration of individuals blending in one way or another and in the other the beauty and dramatism of the landscape with the miraculous eloquence of the skies. Two extreme poles.
Any media is good; any tool too. From pencil and paper to brushes and canvas, oil, acrylic or spatulas or syringes or combs or icepicks, cameras, darkroom and obviously nowadays digital painting. He creates impressive digital art.
As he sustains; "The only real rule in Art is that... there are no rules". So he dares with media and tools and with images and ideas as well. The results are amazing, astonishing. Colors, compositions, subjects, perspective, depth.
His pictures are so pleasant, that are at restaurants, hotels' lobbies, corporate offices, collectors and architects' homes, lawyers and doctors' offices. Being a favorite of many decorators in their residential designs.
He keeps producing. And this is the essence of his biography and his philosophy: an efflorescence of images and ideas.
Si de Arte Contemporaneo y fino se trata, Farías es sin duda único en su tipo, desde sus maravillosos acrólicos llenos de detalles hasta sus espectaculares Pinturas Digitales de los últimos años.
Residente de Arizona, nacido en la ciudad de México en 1947 con un extraordinario espíritu libre y pasión por el arte.
Hace imágenes compulsivamente desde la escuela primaria por tanto, autodidacta.
Impresionado por las concentraciones humanas de la ciudad de México y la de Nueva York y en contraste, la vastedad de los paisajes en Arizona en donde la magia del territorio es hipnotizante, no puede encontrar en esta paradójica ecuación mas que una gran inspiración. Por un lado la concentración de individuos fusionándose y por el otro, la belleza y el dramatismo del paisaje con la milagrosa elocuencia de los cielos. Dos polos opuestos.
Cualquier medio se vale; cualquier herramienta también. Desde lápiz y papel a pinceles y lienzos o espátulas o jeringas o peines o picahielos, cámaras, cuarto obscuro y hoy en día pintura digital.
Produce impresionante arte digital.
Sus pinturas son tan agradables a la vista que las vemos en restaurantes, lobbies de hoteles, oficinas corporativas, casas de coleccionistas y arquitectos, oficinas de abogados y doctores. Siendo el favorito de muchos diseñadores en sus diseños residenciales
Como el mismo sostiene: “La única regla en el arte es que... no hay reglas”. Así que se atreve con medios y herramientas y con imágenes e ideas también. El resultado es asombroso. Colores, composiciones, sujetos, perspectiva, profundidad.
El sigue produciendo y esta es la esencia de su biografía y su filosofía: Una eflorescencia de imágenes e ideas.
SINGLE EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES 1993 THE CREATION El Caldero. Mexico City. MEX 1993 CAPTURES Victor Navarro Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City. MEX 1994 ATTEMPT "José María Velasco Museum". Modern Art. Mexico City. MEX 1996 INTERIOR LANDSCAPES El Chisme Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City. MEX 1996 IN FRACTAL REALITY Acá Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City. MEX 1997 MULTIDIMENSIONAL COSMIC PAINTING Acá Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. City. MEX 1997 FRACTAL AND MUTATIONS Centro de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Mexico City. MEX 1997 YING-YANG AND FRACTALS Acá Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City. MEX 1997 RUNAROUND Leonora Vega Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. SOHO New York. USA 1998 ROUND PICTURES Acá Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City. MEX 1999 A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR Casa de León Trotsky Museum. Contemporary Art.Mexico City. MEX 2000 DARE TO TRAVEL Piazza Gallery. Modern Art. Mexico city. MEX 2000 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR Jeanine Meijers Fine Art. Contemporary Fine Art. Scottsdale Arizona. USA 2000 SUMMER IN THE CITY El Presidio Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Tucson Arizona. USA 2000 DETAILS Acá Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City, MEX 2001 FROM HERE Piazza Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City. MEX 2001 ROYAL FEATHERS La Llorona Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Chicago Illinois. USA 2002 INSIDE OUT Klinge Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Mexico City, MEX 2003 NOCTURNAL Macroncio. Mexico City. MEX 2004 HORIZONS Photography. Macroncio. Mexico City. MEX 2005 IMPOSTERS Advertising posters. Macroncio. Mexico City. MEX 2006 SALUD (Cheers) Beer & Spirits Posters. Macroncio. Mexico City. 2008 DIGITAL PAINTINGS Contemporary Fine Art. Museo Chicano. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. 2008 EYES From the collection "EYES OF A WOMAN". Pita Jungle. Gilbert, Arizona, USA. 2009 BARRAGANESCO From the collection "BARRAGANESCO". Pita Jungle. Chandler, Arizona, USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1994 WINTER COLLECTIVE José María Velasco Museum. Institute of Fine Arts. Mexico City, MEX 1995 COLLECTIVE Gallery del Angel. Abstract Art. Mexico City. MEX 1996 COLLECTIVE 45 YEARS José María Velasco Museum. Institute of Fine Arts. Mexico City. MEX 1997 LATINAMERICAN ARTISTS Leonora Vega Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. SOHO New York. USA 1998 ANNUAL EXHIBITION La Llorona Gallery. Contemporary Fine Art. Chicago Illinois. USA 2000 OBRA NEGRA Underground Museum. Mexico City. MEX 2004 COLECTIVA DE INVIERNO José María Velasco Museum. Modern Art. Mexico City. MEX 2008 MANDALAS Tempe Public Library. Tempe, Arizona. USA 2009 FASCINATING CITY Tempe Center for the arts. Contemporary Art.Tempe Arizona, USA. Contemporary fine art for collectors, decorators, architects, corporate, residential. |