Fernando Canovas
Bio
Born in Argentina in 1960 to an inventor/sculptor father, it was always clear that Fernando Canovas was destined to be an artist. Impressed by the personality,
originality and impeccable execution of his earliest works as a child in Buenos Aires, his teachers encouraged him to further his artistic studies in Europe or
the United States. Following his arrival at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Canovas began to win accolades. He was chosen from among hundreds of
applicants to study with Pierre Alechinsky and was also chosen as a student by surrealist Roberto Matta.
Statement
Traveling constantly between the second and three- dimensional world, Canovas ́s painting shows a deep concern about space and time, themes that
remain central in his work despite his radical changes of style and media at the beginning of every new series. There is also a permanent struggle between
flatness and volume, a tension that is almost programmatic in his production. His obsessive interest to go beyond two dimensions is reflected at two distinct
levels.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
