Xavier Robles de Medina
Overview
The figurative paintings of Xavier Robles de Medina always begin from the image. Taken from an extensive personal archive, the moments chosen are emblematic in our political and cultural memory or, alternatively, deeply personal private moments. Robles de Medina's fascination with painting is present in his diligent application of pigment to create simulacrum. The surface of the painting is textured with evenly-spaced yet voluminous strokes of the brush that are divisible into unique individualities. It is in these breaks of the image that are also its base and composition that the surface reveals the fabrication of its content.
Biography
Xavier Robles de Medina (b. 1990, Paramaribo, Surinam) graduated from BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, US, 2012; MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 2019. Selected solo exhibitions: What if the tongue is cut out?, 27-29 May, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Art Basel Hong Kong, CN; catalogue ,2022; Ți-a ieșit iepurele în cale, Another Mobile Gallery, Grădina Verona, Pictor Arthur Verona 13-15, Bucharest, RO, 2020; Wan Destination Wanhoop, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, US, 2020; etc. Selected group exhibitions: Trust in Mortals, Brigade, Copenhagen, DK, 2022; NADA Curated: Reduction to Satire (Reductio ad Satura), 9 August-16 September, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, The New Art Dealers Alliance (curated by Fatoş Üstek; online),2022; etc. Selected residences/grants:CTG(R): Bucharest, RO,2020; CTG-R at the Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, FI,2019;CTG-R w/ Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions Residency Collaboration, Harare, ZI, 2018, etc. Selected publications: Ĩ'NDAFFA FORGER / OUT OF THE FIRE, 14th Dakar Biennale, exhibition catalogue, Secrétariat general de la Biennale de l'Art africain contemporain, Dakar, SN, 2022; Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021.
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