Miguel Angel Iglesias Fernandez

Works
Overview
A celebrated painter whose vibrant and symbolic depictions of urban landscapes showcase a unique fusion of emotion and rationality. With a focus on the rapid urbanization of the past century, Fernandez treats cities as a source of self-discovery, highlighting their openness and diversity through a top-down perspective.

Miguel Fernandez is a painter who is renowned for his colorful and symbolic representations of urban landscapes. He believes that colors, like people, change and are influenced by their surroundings, resulting in compositions that balance emotion and rationality. Fernandez's work focuses on the rapid urbanization of the past century and treats cities as a source of self-discovery, showcasing their openness and diversity through a top-down perspective.

 

 

His paintings have been exhibited worldwide, including at SCOPE art fairs in Miami, London, and New York. Fernandez currently resides in Barcelona, Spain

Biography
Miguel Fernandez is a painter renowned for his vibrant and symbolic depictions of urban landscapes. His works balance rationality and emotion, fusing the chaos and rigor of modern-day cities in a unique and beautiful way. Fernandez's focus on the rapid urbanization of the past century showcases the openness and diversity inherent in the cityscape, which he treats as a source of self-discovery.

Miguel Fernandez is known for his vibrant and symbolic depictions of urban landscapes. Within his paintings, Fernandez utilizes varied and emotional pallets and believes that colors, like people, change and depend on those around them. At the same time, Fernandez captures this intensity and sensibility in an organized way. The resulting compositions find an intriguing balance between rationality and emotion, fusing the chaos and rigor of the modern-day cityscape in a unique and beautiful way. His compositions are brought to life solely by color choice, light, and shadows, and his precisionist composition, resulting in a simplified yet powerfully idealized image.

 

Fernandez not only admires the cities he paints but also treats them as a source of self-discovery. Fernandez’s focus on the rapid urbanization of the past century is not a pessimistic outlook, but instead hones in on the openness and diversity that is innate in the cityscape and chooses to showcase this aspect with his top-down perspective.

 

Miguel Fernandez has been exhibited around the world, including multiple art fairs such as SCOPE in Miami (USA, 2007), London (England, 2007, 2005), and New York (USA, 2006). Fernandez is currently living and working in Barcelona, Spain.

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Art Fairs