Francisco Sierra (artist)

Francisco Sierra, as sketched by Stephen Crowe

Francisco Sierra is an award-winning contemporary artist.^[1][2][3][4] He was born in Chile in 1977 and moved with his family to Switzerland in 1986.

Sierra is noted for humorous, often bizarre, photorealist oil paintings of "breath-taking perfection".^[5] His work has been noted in international publications such as Frieze (magazine) which pointed out with demure understatement that he "can paint rather well".^[6] He is also a sculptor.

Solo shows

• Caravan I/2009, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau (2009)
• The Universe, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (2009)
• La Girafe et Le Temple, Edizioni Periferia (2010)
• Galerie Gregor Staiger (2011)
• fritto misto, Etage Bern (2012)
• Arbeiten auf Papier, Kunstmuseum Solothurn (2013)
• Avalon, Manor Kunstpreis St Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2013)^[7]

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

References

External links

• Official Website