Los Angeles California, USA
E-mail: faustofernandezpaintings@hotmail.com
Website: www.faustofernandez.blogspot.com
Born: El Paso TX / Ciudad Juarez MX, 1975
STUDIES
2001 Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Texas in El Paso
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, University of Texas in El Paso
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2012 • Selected to Design a floor at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport SkyTrain 44th street Station Platform. Terrazzo Floor Public Art Project. Phoenix, AZ
2010 • Flowing Overlapping Gesture 2010. Three-dimensional floating painting
Site-specific artwork for Scottsdale Waterfront Canal.
Commissioned by Scottsdale Public Art. Scottsdale, Arizona January 9-22
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 • “The virtue of wisdom” Gebert Contemporary, Nov4-Nov28, Scottsdale, AZ
2007 • Modified Arts Gallery, Nov16-Dec 16, Phoenix, AZ
• The Latin American Art Gallery, July 14-Aug 14. Scottsdale, Arizona.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
•“The border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes, and Lifescapes” The university of Arizona Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ. November 17- March 11, 2012
•“Arizona Biennial 11” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ Jun 25- Oct 2
• PostPop! Group show at The Ice House in conjunction with The Heard Museum. Phoenix, AZ June 3-June 30.
• Gebert Contemporary On Main Group show featuring: Dirk DeBruyker,Gloria Gaddis, Fausto Fernandez, Betty Merken, John Randall Nelson, Christopher Makos. Scottsdale Arizona May 17
• Zombie piñata: launch of the game. Monterrey Nuevo leon, Mexico
• “Xico Inks: The Art of Printmaking” The Tempe Youth Library. Tempe, AZ March 18-July 14
2010
“Fusion” Heard Museum, Nov 11. Scottsdale, AZ
• “Chaos Theory 11” Legend City Studios, Oct 1. Phoenix, AZ
• “I didn’t cross the border, the border crossed me” Lloyd Kiva New Gallery,
Museum for contemporary native arts, a center of the Institute of American Indian Arts. April 16 - May 23, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• The 11th Annual Postcards From the Edge; A Benefit for Visual AIDS. Metro Pictures Gallery, Jan 9. New York, NY
2009
• “50/50 Fifty gifts celebrating fifty years” Phoenix Art Museum, Dec 4– Jan 3, 2010 Phoenix, AZ
• First Annual 10x10 Benefit show, Mesa Contemporary Arts. Oct 10. Mesa, AZ
• "Chaos Theory X" Legend City Studios. Oct. 2- Nov 8, 2009 Phoenix, AZ • “Conexiones” Contemporary works by Mexican Artists. Mesa Contemporary Arts at Mesa arts center. Sep 11- Jan 3. Mesa, AZ
• “Deck III” Pravus Gallery, Sep 4-Oct 4
• “602/480/623: Locals Only” Phoenix Art Museum, July 11- Sep 20. Phoenix, AZ
• “Arizona Biennial 09” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ July 11- Sep 26
• “Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World,” spring 09, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.
• “Fresh Start 2009” Feb 7, 2009Santa Monica, CA.
2008
•Tempe Center for the Arts “2008 Biennial: Paper” Sep 6-Jan 10, 2009 Tempe, AZ.
• “Chaos Theory 9” Legend City Studios, Oct 3. Phoenix, AZ
• “Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World,” National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution), June 7- Sep 21. New York, NY.
• Fausto Fernandez, Chris Miller, Tawni Shuler and Promise Tangeman. Bragg’s Pie Factory, May 2-May 17. Phoenix, Arizona
• Phoenix in Milwaukee / Art Exchange, Brooks Barrow gallery, Jan 18-Feb 16. Milwaukee WI.
2007
•Solo Show at MODIFIED ARTS, Nov16-Dec 16, Phoenix, AZ
• “REMIX: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World,” Heard Museum, October 6- April 27, Phoenix, AZ
• “CHAOS THEORY 8” Legend City Studios, October 5-December 6. Phoenix, AZ.
•”Arizona Biennial 07’”, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. May19-August19
•“The Latin American Art Gallery, Artist Reception for Fausto Fernandez” July 14-Aug 14. Scottsdale, Arizona.
•“The Latin American Art Gallery, Grand Opening” April 21. Scottsdale, Arizona.
•”Fausto Fernandez, Hector Ruiz, Glenn Allen, Collin Chillag and Pete Deice” The Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, AZ. March 2-March 31
•Fausto Fernandez and Abbey Messmer, Pravus at Anti-Space, Phoenix, AZ. Feb2-Feb 28
2006
•“CHAOS THEORY 7,” Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ. August 6- November 13
•“ARCHI-Textures: Works by Fausto Fernandez, Toni Gentilli, Scott Murphy,” Rancho Linda Vista (RLV) Gallery, Oracle, AZ. August 1- 30
2005 •“Works by Fausto Fernandez, Hector Ruiz, Glenn Allen, Mykil Zep and Rachel Bess,” The Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, AZ. March 24-26
2004
•“Isn’t it Grand,” 3 carpileup, Phoenix, AZ. January 2
•“Valentines Day Exhibition,” Ice House, Phoenix, AZ. February
•“Art Detour Group Show,” Paulina Miller Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. March 5
•“Mis.ceg.e.na.tion: A mixture of different races,” The Chocolate Factory, Phoenix, AZ. December 3
•“Fausto Fernandez, Luis Gutierrez, Kyllan Maney and Ann Tracy-Lopez,” Paulina Miller Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. February 4
2001
•“Small Sculpture Exhibition and Competition,” University of Texas in El Paso, TX.
February 15
Juried by: The National Society of Arts and Letters
•“Juried Student Exhibition 2001,” Main Gallery, The University of Texas in El Paso, TX. April 12
•“Litografia y Pintura por Fausto Fernandez,” Centro Municipal de Las Artes, Cd Juarez, Chihuahua, MEXICO. July 20- August 24
2000
•“Juried Student Exhibition 2000,” Main Gallery, The University of Texas in El Paso, TX. April 6. (Studio Award)
•“Revelation Texas,” University of Texas in Houston, TX. May 28-June 4
•“Emerging Artist Show,” Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, TX. May 30
1999
•“Images of Prozac: Paintings by Fausto Fernandez and Sergio Chacon,” The University of Texas in El Paso. March 25- May 12
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2009 • Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Fausto Fernandez workshop for the VISIONS educational program for high school students. Scottsdale, Az Jan 27
2006 •Open Portfolio Review- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
Panelists: Marilu Knode, Lara Taubman, Gregory Sale
HONORS/AWARDS
2011 Erni Cabat Award, Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2008 Artist Career Advancement Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
CATALOG
“Locals Only 602,480,623” Phoenix Art Museum
“REMIX: New Modernities in a Post Indian World”
Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian, and the Heard Museum.
SELECTED PUBLICATION
Staff, “C
Staff, “Crossin Staff, "Crossing lines” Rincon del Arte, Latino
Perspectives Feb 2011, p19
Andrews, Scott, “ Fausto Fernandez at Gebert Contemporary”, Java Magazine Nov 2010, p16
Lawton, Claire, “Jackalope Ranch: 100 creatives,100: Fausto Fernandez.” Phoenix New Times May 2010
Liversedge, Rosemary, “Art Lesson” Interview, 944 Magazine, Oct 2009, p36.
Trulsson, Nora Burba, “Desert Mirage” Artist Mention, Western Interiors, Dec/Jan 2009,p88-94.
Mesch, Claudia, “Thinking the “Post Indian”, Journal of Surrealism and The Americas, 2008,p157-161
Pendana, Sharon, “Remix” at the National Museum of the American Indian 9/21” September 9, 2008
Johnson, ken, “Beyond Stereotypes:21 Century Indian Artist” The New York Times June 20,2008
Ching, Albert, “Remix moving to the big Apple”, April 20 2008
University of Texas at El Paso “UTEP Alumnotes 2000’s” NOVA Quarterly, Spring 2008
Cushman, Jennifer, “2008 Emerging Artist” Phoenix Home and Garden, March 2008 pg 145
Schumacher, Mary Louise, “Art City” Journal Sentinel Milwaukee, February 14,2008
Rassas, Jourdan, “Phoenix files arts, artist of the month” Phoenix Magazine, December 2007
Andrews, Scott, “ Fausto Fernandez at The Latin American Art Gallery”, Java Magazine July/August 2007
Regan, Margaret, “Reflections and Glimpses” Tucson Weekly, May 31 2007¬¬¬
Poelvoorde, Patrick, “Decked Out”,944 Magazine, June 2006.
TELEVISION
Horizonte's Sounds of Cultura segment “Phantom Sightings”, Arizona PBS, august 27, 2009Telemundo Arizona, “Arizona al Dia”, January 13, 2008
