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BIO

B.1966 in NYC, USA.  Lives and works in Nîmes, France.

Robert pursued his studies at Emily Carr University, Vancouver and Art Students League, NYC. His subtlety surreal figurative painting and sculpture explore the complexities of contemporary culture. Ensuing a career in fashion design, his practice naturally examines social issues of consumerism, the digital world, identity, intimacy, vanity, technology, civil unrest, and transformation.  The layered, moody figurative works draw from past, current events and possible futures, myth, popular culture, and art history. 

ARTIST STATEMENT

My practice draws on historical, personal, and contemporary culture in order to explore identity through the prism of the digital age on our collective human condition. 
Inspired by both historical masters and contemporary culture, I try to create pieces that are at once timeless and contemporary and above all, contemplative
My paintings are characterized by a subtle colour palette, disparate brushwork and technique, capturing a moment of fleeting grace or volatile energy.  Sculptures are characterized by organic forms and fluid lines in clay, resin, wood, or marble. I use layered techniques, digital disruption motifs, and various methods to create a paradox within the work, fusing chaos vs order, fragility vs strength, or ephemeral vs eternal. This reflects the complexities and contradictions of human nature and what connects us all, regardless of power, politics, or status.

Robert Inestroza

Born 1966, NYC.

Lives and works in Nîmes, France

Education

Group Exhibitions

Bibliography

Publications

2023

Gallerium Gallery

2022

FAD magazine

Manchester, UK

2021

Prisma Roma Prize

Art Fluent Gallery

AQUA, "Narcissus" 

Manchester 2021, "Les Rêveurs".

PRISMA ROMA PRIZE finalist. "Manifest"

STAND exhibition. "Fuse"

2019-2020

Art Students League NY, NY USA

2019

Emily Carr University

Vancouver, BC Canada

Contemporary Narrative painting (Marshall Jones), Studio Atelier Painting (Max Ginsburg), Figurative Sculpture (Dionisio Cimarelli).

 

Intermediate Oil Painting. 

1984-1986

University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC Canada

Associate degree, Fashion Design.

1983

Parsons at the American College in Paris, France

Foundation Art.

2020

Art Fluent Gallery

ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA/ A Global Art Project

"Mr Grey XXMMI"

2023

ArtMajeur Magazine

April 1,2023

2023

*Prisma Prize, 2nd Edition by Il Varco editore publishers

2021

*Quay Street Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, (2021)

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