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Juan Francisco Casas (born September 21, 1976 in La Carolina, Jaén, Andalusia) is a Spanish artist and poet. Casas recreates photographs he's taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. The drawings and paintings are created in photo realistic style most of them as large as 10 feet.

This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (May 2012)

Juan Francisco Casas
Born	(1976-09-21) 21 September 1976 (age 45) La Carolina, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Education	B.A., M.F.A., PhD, University of Granada
Known for	Painting, drawing, photography
Awards	ABC Prize Award of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome Award of the Colegio de España en Paris

Education

Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz graduated with a B.A. and a M.F.A. from the University of Granada. He subsequently completed his PhD at the university in 2004, while also holding a teaching position there. During his studies he won the National Award of the Ministry of Education and Science for the best graduate qualifications in Spain,[1] presented by Culture Minister Pilar del Castillo.

Professional career

Since 2000, he has exhibited his work at museums all around the world, like the Museum Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung in Munich,[2] Kunsthalle Emden (Germany), the Kunsthal Rotterdam (Netherlands), the Cube Museum Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, (South Korea), the Da2 Museum in Salamanca and the ARTIUM in Vitoria (Spain). He represented Spain at the 2nd Prague Biennale (curated by Flash Art Magazine and Giancarlo Politi) and has received numerous international awards: Prize of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, the ABC Painting Prize.[3] and the Scholarship of the College of Spain in Paris. He has published poetry books and curated exhibitions with artists such as Joseph Kosuth and Nobuyoshi Araki. His work can be found in the Artium Museum, Vitoria, Museo ABC, Madrid, Collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Collection of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, Absolut Collection, etc.[4]

References

External links

• Villa, Manuela (2007). Emerging Art in Spain. Madrid: Vaivén. ISBN 978-84-96592-64-3
• Juan Francisco Casas in Artfacts
• Juan Francisco Casas' web site
• Juan Francisco Casas in Artnet
• Juan Francisco Casas, all articles in Juxtapoz
• Juan Francisco Casas, interview at ABC
• Juan Francisco Casas, last article in Juxtapoz
• Juan Francisco Casas, interview at Elemmental

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[de] Juan Francisco Casas

Juan Francisco Casas (* 21. September 1976 in Jaén)[1] ist ein spanischer Maler. Casas malt großflächige Gemälde mit Kugelschreibern sowie Ölgemälde. Als Vorlage für die Gemälde dienen Fotografien. Die Gemälde von Juan Francisco Casas wurden in diversen Einzelausstellungen und Kunstmessen unter anderem in Chicago, Miami, Palm Beach, Mexiko-Stadt, Bogotá, Palma de Mallorca, Rom und Granada gezeigt.[2]

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[es] Juan Francisco Casas

Juan Francisco Casas (La Carolina, Jaén, 21 de septiembre de 1976) es un dibujante emergente español que recrea fotografías a gran escala en pintura al óleo sobre lienzo, así como a tinta utilizando solo un bolígrafo azul. Sus dibujos a boli bic son de estilo hiperrealista, la mayoría de ellas a gran formato (2-3 m).

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