Fausto Fernandez was born in El Paso, Texas and lived in
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico for his first 25 years. He lived and created
art in Phoenix Arizona for over a decade and relocated to Los Angeles
California in the spring of 2012.
He spent his first twenty-five years as a resident of Mexico, continuing his education through high school in Juarez then crossing the border on a regular basis to study at the University of Texas in El Paso where he received a BFA in graphic design and a BFA in painting.
His works are colorful, mixed-media collages that depict tools, machines and aviation renderings. He uses blue prints, maps, wallpaper, asphalt, spray paint, acrylic paint and instructional materials as backgrounds in some of his paintings with overlays of bold graphic designs figuring the foreground. His work explores the relationship of nature and technology with human behavior.
He spent his first twenty-five years as a resident of Mexico, continuing his education through high school in Juarez then crossing the border on a regular basis to study at the University of Texas in El Paso where he received a BFA in graphic design and a BFA in painting.
His works are colorful, mixed-media collages that depict tools, machines and aviation renderings. He uses blue prints, maps, wallpaper, asphalt, spray paint, acrylic paint and instructional materials as backgrounds in some of his paintings with overlays of bold graphic designs figuring the foreground. His work explores the relationship of nature and technology with human behavior.
His work has been chosen for inclusion in the Mesa Contemporary Arts at Mesa Arts Center, The Tucson Museum of Art permanent collection, Tempe Center for the Arts, the Phoenix Art Museum permanent collection, The Heard Museum permanent collection, The Smithsonian’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York and The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. He received the Erni Cabat Award at the Arizona Biennial 2011 at the Tucson Museum of Art for the most beautiful painting.
In 2008 he was selected to design a 440 x 40’ Terrazzo floor for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport completed in the spring 2013. The public Art Project was commissioned by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and Culture Public Art Program. The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association awarded this project Job of the year 2013.
Fernandez is currently represented in the state of Arizona by Gebert Contemporary in Scottsdale.
