Fernando Casasempere

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Fernando Casasempere

Fernando Casasempere works with clay, ceramic, and industrial matter, redefining the possibilities of these materials for contemporary sculpture. Through a fascination with the imprint left by humans on the earth, Casasempere draws on archaeology, geology, landscape and classical and modern architecture to subvert sculptural archetypes, while speaking to urgent global ecological and social concerns through the lens of his native Chile. 


Casasempere has exhibited extensively in the UK, Chile, North America, Japan and Europe and is renowned for monumental installations including the critically acclaimed Out of Sync at Somerset House, London (2012) - which inspired Paul Cummins's and Tom Piper's WWI commemorative centenary installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at Tower of London (2014) - and Back to the Earth at New Art Centre, Salisbury (2005).  Forthcoming commissions (2021) include permanent works near London's Tottenham Court Road Station (Derwent) and at Henrietta House (CBRE). 


Forthcoming and selected solo exhibitions include: New Art Centre, Reino Unido (2024);  Francis Gallery, Los Ángeles (2024); Galería Artespacio, Chile (2024) Galería Helene Aziza, París (2024). Bloomberg Space, London ( 2022 )the San Diego Museum of Art (2022), Casa América, Madrid (2020), Ivorypress Gallery, Madrid (2019), Parafin Gallery, London (2018), Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo (2017), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile (2016), Parafin, London (2015), Somerset House, London (2012), and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago de Chile (2012).


Selected group exhibitions include: Museum of Royal Worcester, Worcester (2018), Frieze Sculpture Park, London (2016), Sculpture in the City, London (2016), Sotheby's Beyond Limits Exhibitions, London (2008), New Art Centre, Salisbury (2008), Jerwood Foundation, Alcester (2007). 


Selected collections include: Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Harvard Museum, Cambridge; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Contemporary Art Museum, Osaka;   International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza; San Diego Museum of Art.


Fernando Casasempere was born in Santiago de Chile in 1958 and trained at Scola Forma and Escuela de Arte y Oficios, Barcelona. He moved to London in 1997, where he currently lives and works.

 
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Fernando Casasempere

Born in Santiago, Chile

1982  Moved to Spain, Barcelona to study in Scola Forma

1985 -1986  Studied at Escuela de Arte y Oficios Barcelona, specialising in Sculpture

1986  Graduated from Scola Forma, Barcelona

1986  Moved back to Chile 

1992  Obtained Fundacion Andes scholarship 

1997  Moved to London where he now lives and works  

 

He has exhibited extensively in his native Chile, in North America, Japan and in Europe. 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1985  Barcelona, España Galeria Forma

1990  Santiago, Chile, Galeria Praxis

1991  Santiago, Chile, Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

1993  Santiago, Chile, Galeria Jorge Carroza

1996  Santiago, Chile, AMS Marlborough

2000  London,  England, Galerie Besson

2001  London, England,  Galerie Besson

2001  Paris, France, Clara Scremini Gallery

2001  London,  Canary Warf, showcase

2002  London, England, Galerie Besson

2003  Santiago, Chile, AMS Marlborough

2004  Paris, France,  L’Eclaireur Space 

2006  Amsterdam, Netherlands, Galeria Carla Koch

2007  Milan, Italy, Galeria Carlo Orsi

2008  London, England,  The Economist Plaza

2011  Salisbury, England New Art Centre; Bricks and Mortar

2012  London, England  Somerset House; Out of Sync

2012  Santiago, Palacio La Moneda; Out of Sync 

2012  Santiago, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo: Falla Ideologica

2014  Antofagasta, Chile,  Ruinas de Huanchaca; out of Sync 

2015  Paris, Clara Scremini Gallery

2015  London, Parafin gallery; A death

2016  Santiago, Chile, Museo Nacional de bellas Artes; Mi andadura

2017  Tokio, Japan, Tomio Koyama Gallery

2018  London, Parafin Gallery ; Natura Morta

2019  Madrid, Ivorypress Gallery; Geology

2020  Madrid, Casa de America,  Terra. 

2021  London, Bloombeg Space, Scratchin the Surface

2022  San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, Terra

2022  Santiago, Artespacio Galeria, Color y Forma

2024  Los Angeles California, Francis Galley, Moon Light

2024  Santiago, Chile, Artespacio Galeria, Memoria del Paisaje

Selected Group Exhibitions  

 

1990  Santiago, Chile, Galeria El Cerro

           Santiago, Chile, Museo de Bellas Artes

1991  Santiago, Chile, Galeria Praxis

1992  Tokio, Japan, Hara Museum

1993  Osaka, Japan, Contemporary Art Museum

1995  Santiago, Chile, Galeria Arte Espacio

           Santiago, Chile, Centro Cultural Mapocho

1996  Santiago, Chile, Centro Extencion Universidad Catolica

           Atlanta, USA, Olympic Games, Escultura Coca Cola

1998  Miami, USA, Schwartz & Martinez, Gallery

1999  London, England, Galerie Besson. Millenium Mugs

2004  Salisbury, England, New Art Centre. Domestic (F)utility

2005  Salisbury, England, New Art Centre. Back to the Earth

2007  London, England, Sotheby’s Venice: City of Dreams? 

2007  Ragley Hall, Alcester, England, Under the Forest, Jerwood Foundation

2008  Salisbury, England, New Art Centre. Excerpts from the Thought Provoking Machine

2008  London, England, Sotheby’s Beyond Limits Exhibitions

2012  Santiago, CHACO art fair

2016  London, Frieze scultpure park 

2016  London, Sculpture in the city

2018  Museum of Royal Worcester porcelain The Precious Clay 

2022  Seoul, The Seoul Museum of Craft and Art. Loewe Short listed Craft Prize

2024  Leipzig, Rundgänge der Spinnerei Galerien 

 

Collections

 

Victoria And Albert Museum,  England

Boston Museum of Fine Art. United States

Harvard Museum,  United States

Faenza Museum, Italy

San Diego Museum of Art

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