Born in 1978 in San José, Costa Rica, Federico Herrero pursued painting at the Pratt Institute in New York between 1997 and 1998. From 2001 onwards, he has executed projects across various countries including Canada, Costa Rica, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Although Federico Herrero’s work diverges from Latin America’s Conceptual, muralist, and geometric abstraction norms, it echoes elements from these traditions. His pieces frequently feature vibrant color patches, otherworldly figures, and isolated eyes, showcasing his intrigue with transcending conventional limits. Demonstrating this blend of public and private realms, Herrero once scattered miniature paintings across his hometown in an installation named “Fictional Publicity” (2000); while some remained untouched for days, others disappeared within moments.
Michel Paysant’s artistic practice is based upon invisible dimensions unobservable to the eye.
Close your eyes, penetrate the darkness, the vastness of the infinite and matrix-like space where gravity distorts time and space.