Franco Fasoli Argentinian, b. 1981

Born into a family of artists, Franco Fasoli was one of the first urban artists to practice in Buenos Aires in the 1990s under the name JAZ. He quickly evolved towards muralism, with a stylized gurative style, representing in the first instance the icons of Argentine culture. He then became interested in showing a large bestiary, a metaphorical pretext for a societal and political discourse. Residing between Barcelona and Buenos Aires, he has been exhibiting regularly since 2013 on the American and European continents, showing fights of zoomorphic characters that question the themes of the quest for identity and social fracture. Franco Fasoli is a polymorphic artist, constantly engaged in technical research. In 2015, he decided to put aside painting to create collages of cut-out papers (most often mounted on canvas) in the manner of Matisse. In 2016, he used this technique to create a twelve-metre long fresco at the MAC in Lyon, which attracted considerable attention. The same year, he showed another aspect of his technical skills at the Moscow Street Art Biennial with a monumental sculpture showing a policeman on an overturned horse, as a metaphor for the overthrow of power in Russia, the use of polystyrene and polyurethane highlighting its fragile and ephemeral nature. In parallel to his studio work, Franco Fasoli continues to paint murals throughout the world.