FOLLENTE
"My works of art are the presence of characters with symbolic elements, based on my thoughts about life, expressed through my Symbolic Pictorial Creation in paintings and drawings. I observe the concepts of the human being within the social context and of life, beyond our small space in the universe. As a humanist thinker, I highlight the intrinsically human identity, the creative and cultural process I seek in the attitudes and behaviors of the human being in the theater of life, the material elements created by them, and the development of nature from which it originates. The pictorial symbolism is based on my life experience, what I have witnessed others live through, and my approach to my own spirit.
Thinking and creating my 'characters' in pictorial literature with the interpretation of the reality of the Vital Essences of Life, with symbolic elements, from a positive feeling about the human being in a universal space."
FOLLENTE was born in Madrid. He studied Drawing at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid and Painting at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. He furthered his painting knowledge in Paris, Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and New York. He later moved to London, where he resides, works on his artwork, and exhibits in galleries, museums, and institutions.
National and International Awards: National Drawing Prize, National Painting Prize, Madrid; Painting and Drawing Medals from the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, Madrid; Silver Plaque from Ansorena, Madrid; First Prize and Gold Medal at the International Painting Biennale, Rome; International Painting Exhibition Award, London, etc.
Artworks in National and International Museums: Museum of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Library), Madrid; Museum of Fine Arts of San Telmo, San Sebastián; Museum of Contemporary Art of Huesca; Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art of San Francisco, USA; Museum Galerie Rosmolen, Holland; Museum of Fine Arts Ploiesti, Bucharest, Romania, etc.
Exhibitions: Madrid, A Coruña, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Florence, Monaco, Luxembourg, Geneva, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Frankfurt, Bucharest, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, London, Tokyo, Toronto, Houston, San Francisco, Miami, New York, etc.
Art Fairs: Arco Madrid, Icaf London, Art Berlin, Art3f Luxembourg, Tiaf Tokyo, Art Miami, ArtFair New York, etc. Publication: Madrid, European Capital of Culture, Follente Exhibition (One Man Show) at Díaz & Arnau Gallery (Library of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía), Madrid.
He was selected internationally to represent Spain at the International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence.
He has been appointed as an Academic of the Senate of the Accademia Internazionale d'Arte Moderno di Roma.
