Fernando Otero
Bio
Fernando Otero (Vigo, Spain, 1972)
Interdisciplinary artist. Lives and works in Lima, Peru.
Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Faculty of Arts, specializing in Painting, Lima (1990–1994); National School of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, Lima (1992).
His work encompasses painting, sculpture, objects, and installation.
His central interests lie in construction, geometry, and the collection of objects.
He has held 19 solo exhibitions in England, Peru, Mexico, the USA, Brazil, and Italy, as well as numerous art fairs and group exhibitions, including “What’s Up - The Americas,” curated by Laurence Van Hagen, and “Sorry It’s a Mess,” curated by Roya Sachs.
Statement
Fernando Otero
Fernando Otero's work spans painting, sculpture, objects, and installation, with construction, geometry, and the collection of objects being his primary interests.
His painting has addressed architecture through the themes of the house and the urban journey; likewise, the archetypal sign has been extensively explored in other works.
On the other hand, in his three-dimensional work, using collected objects, Otero generates poetic rhythms laden with meaning and memory, which he transforms into narrative structures. These include series of "rules" with which structural tensions are constructed, and "boxes," where groups of disparate objects coexist, the product of territorial explorations.
The artist comments: "The entire period of geometric and architectural painting sought to generate a protective/organizing space; then, as the next logical step, the stage of objects containing memory began..."
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
