Francisco Sierra (artist)

Francisco Sierra (born 1977, Chile) is a contemporary artist known for his use of irony and humour in his photorealistic drawings and paintings.[1]

For the Mexican boxer, see Francisco Sierra.
Francisco Sierra, as sketched by Stephen Crowe

Early life

Sierra was born in Chile in 1977 and moved with his family to Switzerland in 1986.[2]

Awards

He has received several Swiss grants[3][4][5] and the Manor Art Prize, for which he was given a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen.[2][6][7]

Exhibitions

Monographs
  • Francisco Sierra. With texts by Christoph Vögele, Raphael Gygax, Roland Wäspe and an interview by Nadine Wietlisbach, edited by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen and Kunstmuseum Solothurn. Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2013 - ISBN 978-3-86984-057-4 at Google Books
  • Cahier d’Artiste. Text by Giovanni Carmine, edited by Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Edizioni Periferia, 2009 - ISBN 978-3-907474-59-4
  • A Parallel Universe. Text by Fanni Fetzer and Reinhard Spieler, edited by Kunsthaus Langenthal und Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 2009 - ISBN 978-3-905817-18-8
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References
  1. "Francisco Sierra". frieze.com. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  2. St.Gallen, Kunstmuseum. "Francisco Sierra – Kunstmuseum St.Gallen". www.kunstmuseumsg.ch (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  3. "SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz". www.sikart.ch.
  4. "SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz". www.sikart.ch.
  5. "SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz". www.sikart.ch.
  6. de:Liste der Preisträger des Manor Kunstpreises
  7. "Francico Sierra - Spiel mit der Wirklichkeit". Schweizer Illustrierte.
  8. "Kunst - Frech, frivol, fantastisch: Francisco Sierra in Solothurn".



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