Joaquin Flores - Artist Info

About Joaquin Flores

  • Biography

    Joaquin Flores graduated from La Esmeralda. He won Premio Nacional de Pintura Julio Castillo in 2014, a scholarship from Jóvenes Creadores by FONCA that same year and was awarded third place at V Bienal de Pintura Pedro Coronel in 2016.

    "The central theme of my production is the city's periphery, which interests me as it is the place where I have lived. It is important to me because it is the place where one can experience human's social and ecological impact: trash always ends up in the periphery, as well as poverty, everything we deem unworthy. Therefore, it is important for me to dignify this place. I don't intent to make an apologetic defense for poverty but to present it as a space for aesthetic refl...

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