Isao (1965). Acrylic On Canvas. Galerie Varachaud Grenoble. Fondation Valmont.

ISAO Born in 1965 in Barcelona. Acrylic on canvas signed: 49 x 119 cm. Stamp on the back: Galerie Varachaud Grenoble. Secure and insured shipping, professional packaging. ISAO (1965): born Isao Llorens Ishikawa, is a Catalan artist living in Spain. After studying in Paris, Isao left for Japan to try to reconnect with his maternal roots. It was during this Japanese stay that he perfected his calligraphic and paper studies, which gave his work a very particular pictorial profile. Back in Paris, then in Barcelona, ISAO explored, through the lens of a kaleidoscope, the many perceptions of the same concept. Paintings, sculptures, illustrations, drawings, animations and films… between figuration and abstraction, under a reductionism that borders on the limits of simplification, ISAO combines saturated colours and minimalist forms in order to study in series kaleidoscopic views and perceptions of the same concept. ISAO treats nature and all the creatures that coexist there with ingenuity and dexterity. This traveling artist, in constant search of regeneration, has launched several projects marked by his touch and personality. ISAO is currently director of the Fundació J. Llorens Artigas based in Gallifa (Barcelona), a center for rural artists with workshops built in honor of his grandfather Llorens Artigas, the ceramicist who worked closely with Joan Miró on several of his projects. Isao has participated in numerous international solo and group exhibitions: in France, Spain, USA, Brazil, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany..., ex: Paris, Les Jardins du Palais Royal, May 6 - June 1, 2009 - Berlin, Schlueterhof of the Deutsche Historische Museum, July 8 - August 23, 2009 - Moscow, Winzavod Centre for Contemporary Art, November 9 - December 13, 2009. Presented several times at the Venice Biennale by Didier Guillon at the Fondation Valmont - Palazzo Bonvicini. Monumental work at the Collège du Léman Switzerland.