Pedro Palma Casanova

My name is Pedro Palma Casanova, I am a Graphic Designer of the PUCV and I dedicate myself to painting and drawing intermittently since I was 18 years old. I was born and raised in Paillaco, current Region of the Rivers, Chile. Now I live in Viña del Mar, Chile and I have a daughter named Isidora (gift of Isis).
Even my exhibition of paintings that I presented in Valdivia in 2014 proclaimed in one way or another the free and abstract forms, by trade and by school. But after a profound change of life, today I can say that, in spite of myself, I take care of the human figure: of the drawing of this, playing dangerously in the limits of the abyss of figuration, which so much afflicts abstract or concrete artists.
Since mid-2015 I participate periodically and in a disciplined manner, in an artistic collective called "Afternoon Drawing". Instance that was born in Valparaíso in 2014 created by the plastic artist Bettiana Castro Dottori and as an innovative initiative in the socio-cultural context of the region, due to the use of live models in sessions open to all audiences.
In these sessions, emphasis is placed on the experience of what is seen and experienced, through the experimental study of the human figure and the plastic techni...

Degree in Graphic Design, Graphic Designer's Degree
School of Architecture and Design of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile.

Between 1991 and 1996: he studied architecture and design at the School of Architecture of Valparaíso, participating in the workshops Open City and poetic acts, as well as traveling through America with teachers and students in the so-called "Travesías", which were conceived to execute architectural works and sculptures in the middle of the vastness of the landscape, today linked to Land Art.
Summer 1997: He was selected in the "Valdivia y su Río" painting contest In Situ, receiving the recognition of the jury composed of the painters José Balmes and Gracia Barrios, and the gallerist Isabel Aninat.
From 1998 to 2010, I dedicate my time to abstract painting, mainly painting in acrylic on canvas and paper, in my workshop in Viña del Mar.
See works at: https://issuu.com/pedropalmacasanova/docs/catalogo
During April and May of 2011, I was able to exhibit five acrylics on canvas that were exhibited in the Passar Gallery of the Regional Ombudsman of Valparaíso.
From 2010 to 2014 I mainly work in digital drawings.
See works at: https://issuu.com/pedropalmacasanova/docs/catalogo_digitales
In December 2014 I exhibited in Valdivia, 19 digital drawings in mixed media on canvas of 90x120cm, called "Starlings: Dove sta il vento quando no...