Fefe Talavera

Fefe Talavera's monster paintings are metaphors for strong and subconscious human emotions like anger, fear, dreams or desire. The colourful fantastic beasts which she connects with the "dark side" of her inner self stand for the artist's cultural roots as well as the primary and powerful energy of her work in the streets all over the world.
Born in 1979 Fefe was brought up as a native half Mexican, half Brazilian in São Paulo where she lives. Interested in all kind of "underground" movements, the typical and unique stylistic freedom of the internationally renowned Street Art and Graffiti scene of her hometown made an important impression on the artist. Her raw creative energy thus found much more correspondence in the angled, tribal-like style she developed while working in the streets, than in her studies in fine arts which she finished with a Bachelor at the FAAP in São Paulo. Showing at galleries and accepting certain rules, limits and intolerances of the art market system represent a contradiction for Fefe who is mainly interested in finding public ways to express herself and a common way of communication. As for other artists from her generation she perceives São Paulo as a contemporary megalopolis shattered by social...

Faap (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado)

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2010 - "Fefe Talavera na Mini" - Mini Galeria - Belo Horizonte, Brasil

2010 - "Musas" - SOMA - Sao Paulo, Brasil

2009 - "Intemporal" w/ Remed - SC Gallery - Bilbao, Spain

2009 - "Street Art Passage" - Museum Quartier - Vienna, Austria

2008 - "4 llaves" - Subaquatica Gallery - Madrid, Spain

2008 - "Omega Bridge" w/ Doze Green - Kspace - Amsterdam, Holland

2006 - "Los muertitos dormen juntitos" w/ Zosen - Galeria Choque Cultural - Sao Paulo, Brasil

2004 - "Bichos Tipográficos" - Most Gallery - Sao Paulo, Brasil

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2010 - "We Dream in Colors" - YellowPants Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal

2010 - "Overseas & Undertones" - YellowPants Gallery - Atlanta, USA

2010 - "Sub Glob II" - Örebro Art Museum - Örebro, Sweden

2010 - "Transfer" - Brazilian Cultural Pavilion - Sao Paulo, Brasil

2010 - “A work of Persol” - E- Halle/Art Basel - Basel, Switzerland

2009 - "The no theme group show" - Canteen Gallery - Ottawa, Canada

2009 - "Digital Festival" - Human Science Museum - Milan, Italy

2009 - "Mood Swings" - Carmichael Gallery - Los Angeles, USA

2007 - "So many selves" - Carmichael Gallery - Los Angeles, USA

2007 - "Visual Slang" - Abrons Art C...