Ximena Mellado

Hello: my name is Ximena; Esteban Finn Skogh's partner in crime.

Esteban Finn Skogh is a French sculptor born in Leónes and Florentine born in Nice on July 29, 1978. At the age of 5, he began to show his first signs of talent for art. Sadly he also began to show Symptoms of a double personality, an oscillation between shadows and light that will become a key element in his artistic process.

He grew up immersed in pop culture of the 80s / 90s. Educated by his mother, passionate about history, mythology and classical music, she enlarged her world.

As he grew, he wished to enter an art school/academy, but unfortunately due to rough times and not having the money to enroll into a good school, his mother sent him off to a vocational school to learn to sculpt and cabinetmaking and carpentry.

After studying, he decided to live in the mountains alone in a village with rough weather conditions to confront the elements of nature.

For years, he studied alone the ways of goldsmith and sculpture making in order to make the perfect crowns and armors.

In 2009, he sold a large portion of his personal belongings to finance his project of the Gold Saint helmets where he succeeded later constructing the Capricorn and Cancer crow...

2013 - Museum of Asian Arts - Park Phoenix, NIce, France

2018 - Musee des Invalides / National Museum of France - Paris, France