Juan Iribarren
Bio
He was born in Caracas in 1956. From 1968 to 1978 he lived in Washington, where he studied high school and art. In this city he entered the American University in 1975, and graduated in Fine Arts in 1978. In 1979 he moved to Paris, where he remained until 1987. Specialized in stage decoration, he has made scenography for theater and opera , in works by authors as diverse as Monteverdi, Goldoni, Goraycoechea, Beckett and Shakespeare.
Statement
I work mainly in oil on canvas, although I also regularly produce works of paper in ink, pencil or color pencils, as well as photography series. I make a seemingly abstract painting, nevertheless based on the light that comes through the workshop on an empty wall, and how it affects color. I research through my works the equivalence, deceptively unrecognizable, between geometry and light.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
