Juan Luis Fernandez

All my work and my creative process is based on three key elements or ideas: the exploration of the subconscious, improvisation, and serendipity.

My painting originates in the subconscious. I start from the absence of any idea to come to the idea. The result is something unexpected for myself that through painting comes to light. It is a game in which I find myself and I am myself shocked at the same time.

Improvisation is also an important component in my work. I am a musician, and jazz music in particular is essential in my life and in my work. In a way the character of this music is reflected in my work. There is improvisation in the choice of fabrics and in the execution itself, using whatever happens to be in my studio: available colors, pieces of paper that I find on the ground, rolls of tape or pieces of wood, cardboard or paper. All these elements harmoniously compounded give rise to the composition of the canvas.

The universe is in the end the result of coincidence and similar to nature, serendepity is fundamental in my creative process. Searching making discoveries by accidents and sagacity, manipulating chance to control the outcome, in the absence of any specific project, but continuously transforming the work...

Graduate studies in Art History at the University of Oviedo, Spain.
Graphic designer and interior designer, specializing in museums and exhibitions.