NEWS
The new edition of the WAC is approaching and the desire to see the artists in action. Until then, we continued to warm up by interviewing artists who participated in previous editions of the festival. This week we had the great opportunity to talk with Sebastián Boesmi, a Paraguayan artist currently based in Madrid with a long artistic career.
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FromFebruary 2nd I am exhibiting in the III Bienal of Asunción. The city will receive artistic proposals from national and international guest artists from countries such as Cuba, Pakistan, Brazil, USA. and Mexico, among others.
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The Mendonca Collection is currently on display at the CAV / Museo del Barro, in Asuncion, Paraguay with some of my work that are part of the collection.
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06/09/2019 Master Degree in investigation in Arts and Creation. Complutense University. Madrid, Spain.
My work is represented in this beautiful book dedicated to Contemporary Artists from Paraguay that are part of the Luciano Benneton Collection. The book is edited by Imago Mundi
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In the last months I was working at the Bonus Atelier in Madrid, Spain. A space shared with other local artists. To make a visit please contact by email.
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I am very happy to announce that the Platform Art Gallery and the Poblenou Urban District in Barcelona represent my work in Spain whit no exclusivity commitments.
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Salta, Argentina - 22-12-1980
Translated to Asunción, Paraguay in 1985.
Live and works in Madrid, Spain.
Education
2020 Master Degree in Contemporary Art Research and Creation. Complutense University. Madrid, Spain.
2017 Painting at the Art Students League of New York. N.Y.C., U.S.A.
2010 Degree in Fine Art. National University of Asunción, Paraguay.
2007 Painting at the Art Student League of New York. N.Y.C., U.S.A.
2006 Etching and woodcut. Brazilian Center of Asunción, Paraguay.
2005 Diploma in Paraguayan Culture. American University, Asunción, Paraguay.
Languages
Spanish (mother tongue)
English. C1 level. Paraguayan American Cultural Center. Asuncion, Paraguay.
German. A2 level. BSI Sprachenschule, Berlin, Germany.
French. Level B1. French Alliance of Asunción. Asuncion, Paraguay.
Artistic Residences
2014 Marma Art Projects. Berlín, Alemania.
2010 La Citè Internacional des Arts. Paris, France.
International workspaces
2020 ¨Taller Bonus¨. Madrid, Spain ( current )
2019 Private studio. Asunción, Paraguay
2018 ¨Atelier¨. Miami, Florida U.S.A.
2017 ¨Bonte Zwaan¨Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2017 August.House, Johanesburg, South Africa
2012-16 Private Studio. Barcelona, Spain
2007 The Art Students League of New York
Biennal
III International Bienal of Asunción, Paraguay
Art Fairs
2017 ¨Goya Zone¨Contemporary Art Fair. Juan de Salazar Cultural Center. Asunción, Paraguay.
2013 ¨SWAB¨Contemporary International Art Fair. Barcelona, Spain.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 ¨Traffic Jam ¨. Saccaro Design. Asunción, Paraguay.
2018 ¨Life After¨ .Fábrica Art Gallery. Curated by Damian Cabrera. Asunción, Paraguay.
2017 ¨Memories of recent trips¨. Bo Concept. Asunción, Paraguay.
2017 “Megawatts”. Casa Mayor Art Gallery. Curated by Adriana Almada. Asunción, Paraguay
2016 ̈Filogenia ̈.Migliorisi Foundation. Curated by Damián Cabrera. Asunción, Paraguay.
2016 ̈Mess is More ̈. Fábrica Art Gallery. Curated by Fernando Moure. Asunción, Paraguay.
2015 ̈ Wellcome to you ̈. Citibank Cultural Center. Curated by Ana Martini. Asunción, Paraguay.
2014 ̈A Big Load ̈. Fábrica Art Gallery. Curated by Fernando Moure. Asunción, Paraguay.
2014 ̈A Big Load ̈ Espai.B Contemporary Art Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2012 ̈Como un cordero degollado ̈. Casa Mayor Art Gallery. Curated by Carlos Colombino.Asunción, Py.
2012 ̈97 Kilos ̈. Espai.B Contemporary Art Gallery.. Barcelona, Spain.
2010 ̈SUR/SUD ̈. Galerie Hebert Art Contemporain. Paris, France.
2010 ̈No seasons ̈. Borges Cultural Center. Curated by Carlos Colombino. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2009 ̈Recents paintings ̈. Verónica Torres Art Collection. Asunción, Paraguay.
2009 ̈Avatares de la forma ̈. Casa Mayor Art Gallery. Curated by Carlos Colombino. Asunción, Paraguay.
2008 ̈Recents paintings ̈. Verónica Torres Colección de Arte. Asunción, Paraguay.
2007 ̈Campo Proteico ̈. Casa Mayor Art Gallery. Curated by Carlos Sosa. Asunción, Paraguay.
Selected Group Exhibition
2019 ¨Annual of Latin-American Artist. Salon de los Pasos Perdidos of the Law University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2019 ¨Notebooks of artists, writers and critics / Protected scale. CAV / Museo del Barro. Asuncion, Paraguay.
2018 ¨ Luciano Benetton Collection. Contemporary Artist from Paraguay, Image Mundi Ed.
2016 ¨Y-rembe ́y ¨ (Lips of water). Juan de Salazar Cultural Center. Asunción, Paraguay.
2015 ̈50 Artist Paraguay ̈. Casa Mayor Art Gallery. Asunción, Paraguay.
2013 ̈Petit Format ̈. Espai.B Contemporary Art Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2013 ̈Inventari ̈.Espai.B Contemporary Art Galley. Barcelona, Spain.
2013 XXXVII Selection Bancaja. Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno IVAM. Valencia, Spain.
Recognitions
2013 Marma Art Projects. Selected artist for 2013 season in artist in residence. Berlín, Germany.
2008 First Price. Henri Matisse Prix. French Embassy in Paraguay. Asunción, Paraguay.
2008 Selected Artist of the year by the Agency Nasta. Asunción, Paraguay.
2006 Second Prix. Art Prix of the North American Cultural Center in Asunción, Paraguay.
2006 Second Prix of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin painting contest. Asunción, Paraguay.
2004 Mention of Honor.. Baviera Young Art. Asunción, Paraguay.
Workshops
2019 Serigraphic Processes. Pillow Latin America Asuncion, Paraguay.
2016 Seminary for cultural entrepreneurship in Germany. Cervantes Institute. Berlin Germany.
2007 Adobe Illustrator CS2. Multimedia Art School Da Vinci. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004 ̈Seminary of Human Rights ̈. I.E.C.I.P. Institute of Comparative Studies in Criminal and Social Sciences of Paraguay. Assumption.
2004 Diploma in Paraguayan Culture. American University. Asuncion, Paraguay.
2003 A Look at the History of Art. Cultural Center of Spain Juan de Salazar. Asuncion, Paraguay.
2003 Application of an Anthropology of the Economy. Andrés Barbero Ethnographic Museum. Asuncion, Paraguay.
2003 XXIII International Literature Symposium. Literary and Cultural Hispanic Institute. As. Py. 2002 The city as a place of art and object of the II International Forum of Visual Arts. As. Py.
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PRESS LINKS
The seven containers in which the popular Microteatro Miami is made, where about 500 short plays have been performed since 2012, present today a new exterior design signed by the artist Sebastián Boesmi.
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This artistic intervention is full of bright colors in which "high feelings" and the importance of new "vital experiences" prevail, explained the artist.
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The Spanish Cultural Center of Miami (CCEMiami) where you can see the seven containers arranged outside, in which the popular Microteatro Miami is made, painted with a new design signed by the artist Sebastián Boesmi.
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Come and join us with Microtheater Miami´s new look.The containers will be intervine during Art Basel by the artist, Sebastian Boesmi.
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The abc newspaper made the coverage of the exclusive vernissage made in the month of June in the stores of Saccaro.
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Sebastián is an artist with a wide collection of works, which he has been exhibiting for several years at a national and international level.
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The color, protagonist of the new works of Sebastián Boesmi. In the works of the exhibition, made between 2013 and 2014, the color explodes in a cheerful way or disappears giving rise to dark creations, but in any case always maintains the prominence and becomes the center of the works.
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The book catalog Y-Paraguay. Contemporary Artists from Paraguay is a project carried out by the Luciano Benetton Collection with artists from around the world. A catalog is drawn up by country with the aim of showing the wealth and creative diversity of the world.
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Sebastian Boesmi has created a universe governed by aesthetic forces similar to those that govern ours. Living elements, everyday and even extracted from our imagination that are developed by his canvases generating a life in constant dialogue
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Describing your own art is like describing everything you feel, think and live daily. I draw on my daily experiences and make art to be the centre of my life and ensure there is consistency between the work I do and the life I choose to lead. It becomes a philosophy, a way of life. I believe in studio work, in commitment and passion, and discipline.
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The Windows Art Circuit is one of the vertebrate activities of Poblenou Open Day. A circuit that will create an artistic map in selected windows of spaces of Poblenou Urban District. The windows will be intervened live by plastic artists, thus constituting a pictorial map with which to give visibility to illustrators and emerging muralists, accompanied by participants from previous editions of the WAC.
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About Sebastian Boesmi Sebastian Boesmi ( 1980 ) describes his work as the study of the relationship between the micro and macro. Interested in our collective imagination, Sebastian believes that someone should see a work and relate to it, creating a new personal image that reflects something within themselves while somehow drawing from and adding to an abstract map of our collective understanding.
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