FEDERICO INFANTE
FE D E R ICO IN FA N T E “THE SPACE BETWEEN”
535 west 25th street, nyc | 212.627.4444 www.bdgny.com cover: detail from Where the Bird Was Before It Flew 47” x 29½” | opposite: You Will Hear Them 40” x 32”
2 | They Carry Sounds 47” x 29½”
Where the Bird Was Before It Flew 47” x 29½” | 3
4 | Before the Wedding 47¾” x 69”
Slow Autumn 47¾” x 69” | 5
6 | The Silent Voice I 32” x 22½”
The Silent Voice II 32” x 22½” | 7
8 | The Silent Voice III 32” x 22½”
The Silent Voice IV 32” x 22½” | 9
10 | Petersburg 47” x 29½”
Remembrance 47” x 29½” | 11
12 | The Space Between 47¾” x 99”
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14 | The Voice of Rain 47¾” x 69”
Where the Flower Was Before It Grew 40” x 32” | 15
FEDERICO INFANTE Federico Infante received his BFA from Finis Terrae University (Santiago, Chile) in 2002 and graduated in Spring 2013 with his MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He was the recipient of the Uanlane Foundation Scholarship (2012), the Conicyt Scholarship (2009), and the Juan Downey Grant (2004). He has had several successful solo and group exhibitions in Chile. Since his introduction to BDG in Spring 2013, his work has been adopted into private collections across the US and internationally, including France, Belgium, Germany and Singapore. His works, greatly inspired by the Chilean landscape, are unique in their juxtaposition of abstraction with figurative sections and detailed architectural images. From a hazy, unclear mist, a figure holding a musical instrument might emerge. From the darkness, we might see a set of stairs, rendered with incredible precision, leading into the unknown. He seamlessly blends the genres together to create stunning works on paper and canvas.
“I grew up in a place where I was forced to develop my powers of contemplation. The magnificence of the Chilean landscape changes and challenges your perspective. It made me think clearly about my decision to become an artist. For me, this was the right path. New York and its people have altered my creative process in a beautiful and positive way. Hidden in this city are images more mysterious than any I could ever imagine. The challenge of a new painting lies in each new day.” The reflexive psychology in Federico’s paintings is based on an intuitive painting process. In every image, the viewer can see the painting’s first layer, the beginning of the artwork. A consecutive and methodical accumulation of layers comes next. This part of the work resembles an abstract interaction with the image similar to what the Abstract Expressionists did. However, this is how Federico searches for a suggestive and fertile atmosphere that gradually brings the idea of the painting into focus. A character or environment will appear; a figure will define the meaning of this abstract process. All of this leads him to find a connection to or dialogue with his immediate surroundings. This reveals a reflexive and suggestive introspection, a beautifully constructed image that lets the audience find themselves in Federico’s imaginary landscape.
16 | A Winter Breeze 40” x 32”
18 | Clear Words 40” x 32”
To Seek 47¾” x 69” | 19
20 | The Light at Night 47¾” x 69”
Gathering Leaves 40” x 32” | 21
22 | Words Grow Thin 40” x 32”
The Last Light 47¾” x 99” | 23
24 | The Sound We Follow 47¾” x 99”
A Sudden Wave 40” x 32” | 25
26 | The Road 40” x 32”
Toward the Sun 47¾” x 99” | 27
(b. 1982, Chile) EDUCATION
© 2014 FEDERICO INFANTE | All works – Acrylic on Canvas or Acrylic on Paper
FEDERICO INFANTE
2011-2013 MFA Illustration School of Visual Arts, New York, U.S.A 2002 BFA Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile. AWARDS AND HONORS 2012 Uanlane Foundation Scholarship 2009 Conicyt Scholarship 2004 Juan Downey Grant SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 The Greenhouse, ANIMAL Gallery, Santiago, Chile 2007 Stories & Spaces, Centro Cultural Las Condes, Santiago, Chile SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Summer Collective Part I, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York 2013 Dumas, Knoerzer & Infante, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York 2013 Spring Collective Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York 2012 Made in NY, Galeria Arte Espacio, Santiago, Chile 2011 Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile 2009 ANIMAL Gallery, Santiago, Chile 2006 Transfiguración, Juventud Providencia, Santiago, Chile 2006 Atrévete a insuinar… C.A.V.S, Santiago, Chile 2005 Taller Litre #1211, Casas de Lo Matta, Santiago, Chile 2005 Museo Militar, Santiago, Chile 2004 Arte en Vivo, Museo Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
28 | opposite: The Vanishing Veil 40” x 32” | back cover: Stillness 47¾” x 69”
Title 00" x 00½" | 29