Eduardo Guelfenbein (Chilean, 1953- ) is a Latin American painter who was born in Santiago, Chile, educated in England and Italy, who has lived in Paris, France, since 2003. He started out as a figurative painter and was led to abstraction in late 2000. His soulful liquid abstractions and thick acrylic textured canvases, accompanied by a full color palette, reveal a process of discovery of infinite patterns and forms that much resemble a cosmic creation. His patterns may at first seem accidental, but in fact, meticulous color strokes over layers of varnish, deliver a luminescent visual panorama.
His works are busting fluid lines and swirls, depicting patterns that seem to be infinite and create a sense of continuous movement. They bear an affinity to the works of American pop art artist Kenny Scharf.
Eduardo Gulfenbein was born in Santiago, Chile, to parents of Russian and Polish origin. He attended Embley Park School, Hampshire, UK (1965–1969) and King's School, Rochester, Kent, UK (1969–1971). In 1971 he realized the backdrops for Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Rochester Cathedral's first musical presentation.
1965/69 - Embley Park School Hampshire Great Britain, 1969/71 - Kings School Rochester Kent Great Britain, In 1973–1977 he studied fine arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera, Milan, Italy, graduating with the Diploma di Licenza Accademia in 1977. In 1978, he moved to Sydney, Australia. In 1985, he returned to Europe, settling between Milan and Paris where he resides as of 2016.
His vibrant colorful work has appeared in exhibitions internationally, including a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago in 1997.
Select Exhibitions
2022 - Rarity Gallery Group Show , Greece
2021 - Event ‘Infinito’ Centre Pompidou Paris Collective
MoCA - Museum of Crypto Art Paris
2020 - Hunter Squared Gallery Santa Fe USA
2019 - Collective Eternity Gallery Paris
2019 - Visual Dialogue: Abstraction _ Opera gallery Seoul
International abstract art. The show will feature works by Yasmina Alaoui, Alessandro Algardi, Eduardo Guelfenbein, Alfred Haber Pointner, Marcello Lo Giudice, Sitthiphon Lochaisong (BOMB), Oscar Lozano, Pino Manos, Umberto Mariani, Fabrizio Plessi, Anselm Reyle, Emmanuelle Rybojad, Federico Uribe and Wang Yehan.2018 - Personal Valverde Gallery Brussels
2017 - Personal collages, glass sculpture Valverde Gallery Paris
2016 - Collective Opera Gallery Aspen - Miami Glass Sculptures Murano Italy Official poster/graphics Carnevale di Venezia 2016 - 2017 - 2018 2015 - Collective Opera Gallery Singapore
2014 - Opera Gallery Singapore, Group show with Pablo Picasso, Julian Opie, Lita Cabellut...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art by Medium: Canvas
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic Polymer