Carlos fernandez

Born 1986, Berkeley, California
Has practiced at Creative Growth since 2009

Carlos Fernandez explores the intersections of geometry and repetition with reductive application. His continued exploration of images—either organic or geometric—recalls the hard-edged, coloristic simplicity of Ellsworth Kelly. Fernandez draws particular inspiration from generic symbols to create compositions that neutralize the icons of their usual associations. A button, a horseshoe magnet, a clover, or a cross—these mundane objects are transformed from symbol to shape when drawn by Fernandez’s hand. Fernandez also works digitally, using an iPad to create surreal tableaus of patterns that reverberate against a litany of appropriated symbols and utilitarian icons.

Carlos Fernandez explora las intersecciones de geometría y repetición con aplicación reductiva. Su continua exploración de imágenes—ya sean orgánicas o geométricas—recuerda la simplicidad colorista y de bordes duros de Ellsworth Kelly. Fernández se inspira particularmente en símbolos genéricos para crear composiciones que neutralizan los iconos de sus asociaciones habituales. Un botón, un imán de herradura, un trébol o una cruz—estos objetos mundanos se transforman de símbolo a forma cuando los dibuja la mano de Fernández. Fernández también trabaja digitalmente, usando un iPad para crear cuadros surrealistas de patrones que resuenan contra una letanía de símbolos apropiados e íconos utilitarios.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021
Windows, Creative Growth Gallery, Oakland
Interconnected, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

2016
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2015
Codex Book Fair, Richmond
Outsider Art Fair, Paris