John "Paul" Fauves is a Costa Rican[1] visual artist who lives and works in San José.

John Paul Fauves
"Portrait of the Artist"
Born
Other namesFauves
OccupationVisual artist Painter
Websitewww.johnpaulfauves.com

Fauves has exhibited his work in galleries in the United States and across Europe including Krause Gallery in New York City, Guy Hepner gallery[2] in New York City, Imitate Modern in London, and the Meir gallery[3] in Belgium. His paintings have also been featured in Vogue[4] Italia and Dansk.[5]

Education and early life

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Fauves began painting at an early age as a student under the instruction of the influential modern artist Joaquin Rodriguez del Paso.[6] In 2017, after a hiatus from the arts to train in business, he began exhibiting internationally.

Artistic style

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In his paintings, Fauves engages questions of identity as they relate to art history, as well as our everyday interactions with mainstream culture and social media.[7] Greatly inspired by modernist masters as well as pop-artists,[8] Fauves mixes fragments of different iconic images in vivid and colorful compositions. Fauves' paintings take on a disorienting effect due to his technique of layering, cutting out, and collaging elements of pop-cultural images to a point where they become, not unrecognizable, but perversions of the familiar that ask the viewer to question what they think they know.

Notable exhibitions

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Selected solo exhibitions

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Selected group exhibitions

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In 2018, he participated in Scope Basel, ARCO[27] Madrid,[28] Art Basel[29] and Art Palm Beach in Miami.

New body of work 'WE ARE ALL ENCAGED' was released at SCOPE Art Show New York 2019 together with Imitate Modern gallery.[30][31]

Other projects

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In 2017, Fauves, together with Popovy Sisters, did art installation at Style Fashion week[32] in Pacific Design Center, curated by JM Art Management.[33]

References

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  1. ^ John Paul Fauves: "He estado muy cerca de la muerte, pero la luz me guió hacia un nuevo camino", by Victor Jorge; at The Cultural; published 29 October 2018; retrieved 2 November 2018
  2. ^ "A Loss of Innocence" by John Paul Fauves, by REDAZIONE, published 1 March 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018
  3. ^ John Paul Fauves by Sarah Jones, at Metal Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2018
  4. ^ "SOLO GOOD – Montserrat Masalles, John Paul Fauves and Aimée Joaristi". 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ John Paul Fauves: "A Loss of Innocence" Dansk Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2018
  6. ^ John Paul Fauves at WideWalls. Retrieved 13 May 2018
  7. ^ L'arte contemporanea di John Paul Fauves tra social media e icone pop by Marco Rubino; at FORBES; published on 25 July 2019; retrieved on 14 November 2019
  8. ^ John Paul Fauves: cuando Basquiat romanceó con el fauvismo by Clara Loperz; at Creators VICE; published on 22 January 2018; retrieved on 2 November 2018
  9. ^ John Paul Fauves - Where Picasso meets Homer Simpson, by Arnau Salvadó, at Metal Magazine; retrieved 28 May 2019
  10. ^ "Alts iz farloyrn | John Paul Fauves | JM Art Management".
  11. ^ Estiler, Keith (8 August 2018). "Artist John Paul Fauves Remixes Classic Cartoon Characters for Taipei Exhibit". hypebeast.com. Hong Kong: HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  12. ^ "哥國IG紅人來台開展!蒙面藝術家John Paul Fauves:最大的敵人是自己 | 台灣英文新聞 | 2018-08-17 19:44:00". 17 August 2018.
  13. ^ "John Paul Fauves的異想世界:「當你戴上面具時,那些無形的面具才會真正消失」". 12 August 2018.
  14. ^ Trend News Mix Fit Magazine; retrieved 4 Jan 2019
  15. ^ a b "W22 Galería hosts 'Escazú Project' exhibit". 19 April 2018.
  16. ^ "A LOSS OF INNOCENCE // JOHN PAUL FAUVES – Fused Magazine". 13 March 2017.
  17. ^ Marilyn and Mickey transformed by artist John Paul Fauves at PLEASE magazine
  18. ^ "Guy Hepner | Art Gallery". GuyHepner.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  19. ^ Glass meets Costa Rican artist John Paul Fauves, by Felicity Williams, published 2 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018
  20. ^ John Paul Fauves Loses His Innocence, by Felicity Carter, at Forbes, published 10 July 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2018
  21. ^ Portraits of Someone The Art Rabbit
  22. ^ New gallery opens its doors by Eleni Philippou; at Cyprus Mall; published on 18 January 2018; retrieved on 2 February 2019
  23. ^ "John Paul Fauves – The Face of Destruction – KALTBLUT Magazine". 5 June 2018.
  24. ^ "Down The Rabbit Hole". 21 February 2018.
  25. ^ "CB Hoyo, John Paul Fauves and Revolue "Papi Chulo"". nyartbeat.com.
  26. ^ "John Paul Fauves – Artravel Magazine". 18 April 2018.
  27. ^ Tres artistas ticos presentes en una de las ferias de arte contemporáneo más importantes del mundo by Jeorge Arturo Mora; at La Nacion; published on 21 February 2018; retrieved 27 October 2018
  28. ^ "SoloGood. Artistas costarricenses en Arco Madrid – Pura Vida University. Turismo de Costa Rica". March 2018.
  29. ^ Distorting Hollywood icons to reveal society's loss of innocence, by Felicity Carter, published 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018
  30. ^ "Armory Arts Week 2019 Wrap-Up: SPRING/BREAK, Independent, Art on Paper and SCOPE". 14 March 2019.
  31. ^ "12 Artworks for Your Art-Obsessed Kids - Art Zealous". 12 March 2019.
  32. ^ LA Fashion Week 2017 by Carley Schumann, at Fine Magazine; retrieved on 29 January 2018
  33. ^ Quand la spiritualité rencontre l'art at Bab Firdaus; retrieved on 29 December 2018
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