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
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.
2023
Gallerium Gallery
AQUA, "Narcissus"
2022
FAD magazine
Manchester, UK
Manchester 2021, "Les Rêveurs".
2021
Prisma Roma Prize
Art Fluent Gallery
PRISMA ROMA PRIZE finalist. "Manifest"
STAND exhibition. "Fuse"
2023
ArtMajeur Magazine
April 1,2023
The fusing of paint and sculptural elements, Olimpia Gaia Martinelli
2020
Art Fluent Gallery
ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA/ A Global Art Project
"Mr Grey XXMMI"
2024
SEAS Brighton UK Gallery
The Coast is Queer"Summer's End / Lull"
2023
*Prisma Prize, 2nd Edition by Il Varco editore publishers
2021
*Quay Street Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, (2021)
2024
Salon d'Automne
Paris, France
121è Edition Salon, Pavillons Éphémères
Champs Élysées