Espana Florent

"My Work is essentially autobiographical.
I work from the people that i care about, in spaces that i live in."
Florent Espana


"The work of Florent Espana has always been oriented towards the human being.
For him, it is necessary to represent his environment: traumatic, dense and sometimes, apocalyptic.
Dencity (Favelas) is the title of his series focused on the favelas and slums of the world.
This series of urban paintings almost abstract, is also a reflection focused on the future of our societies.
His painting, poetic, but also politic, becomes the expression of a density which reached its climax.
There is something hysterical in this endless accumulation which takes place on his canvas.
Florent Espana exposes us to the heights of our society , where the gap between social classes becomes increasingly large, where the place of birth is a sign of destiny, where sometimes the only space to breathe is the sky.
His thinking is intrinsically linked to the history of art, which constantly feeds his work with rich references, varied and passionate.»

This introduction was written by Laurent Courau (French Critic) for an exhibition and clearly defines the lines
of my work.

I express in my painting my view of modern s...

2006
Graduate of Emile cohl School
Paintings, Illustrations, drawings.
Lyon (France)

2002
Graduate of Condé High School
Photography, History of art, drawings.

Permanent Solo Exhibition at Galerie E (Lyon // France)
7 place Colbert 69001 Lyon

Exhibition "ONE SHOT" 2018
Confluence / SITIO Gallery
October 11 - November 17
https://www.confluence.fr/news-detail/ONE%20SHOT
https://www.lyon-france.com/L-Agenda/Expositions/One-Shot-Urban-art-session
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Exhibition UNDERSIXTEENS 2017
Atelier / Galerie E
December 7th - January 10 th

Exhibition at SUPERPOSITION GALLERY "POPPORN THE WORLD 2017
11 rue Longue 69001 Lyon . July // August 2017

Exhibition in Paris "L'étrange festival" 06 september to 26 september 2016. Cabinet des Curieux, 12 passage Verdeau, 75009 Paris. Paintings and drawings. Vernissage 7 september 2016.

Exhibition in Paris at XINHUA Gallery. Tohu Bohu. 09 september to 14 september 2016. 85 rue Faubiourg Saint Honoré, 75008 Paris. Paintings and Drawings. Vernissage 10 september 2016.

Atelier / Gallery / Workshop 2014-2015
6 rue Baron de Brès 06230Villefranche sur Mer (FRANCE)
Permanent Exhibition

Exposition "FAVELAS DENCITY" 2014
Bibliothèque de Lyon 7ème.
Dans le cadre du festival du film Iberique et
latino-américain.
18 mars - 03 avril 2014

"Talent d'or" of the ROTARY CLUB. 2014
First price of the LYON ROTARY CLUB (France) for the "FAVELAS" work...