John Paul Fauves

John Paul Fauves "Keith" mixed media

2017

John Paul Fauves was born in 1980. He is a contemporary artist from Costa Rica. His artistic journey started at a very young age after he became a student of Joaquin Rodriguez del Paso, one of the most important Costa Rican modern art tutors. Fauves spent 15 years studying and mastering his technique, and only a few years ago, he finally started showcasing his work. In his paintings, he engages questions of identity as they relate to art history as well as our everyday interactions with mainstream culture and social media. Greatly inspired by modernist masters as well as pop-artists, Fauves mixes fragments of different iconic images in vivid and colorful compositions. Of his experimental and eclectic style, he says, “art is an expression from the soul, and the soul is something limitless. This is why I am always searching for different elements to bring into the work.” Fauves holds solo exhibitions in 2019 at Alts Is Forlorn, Los Angeles, in 2018 at DOPENESS ART LAB in Taipei, Taiwan, etc.