Francisco Taka Fernández Mexico, b. 1966

Francisco Taka Fernández's (Mexico, 1966) work has focused on the exploration of the landscape as one of the fundamental pillars of his artistic practice. It is not limited solely to formally representing space or seeking a specific context but rather conceives the landscape as a receptacle for the passage of time, encompassing both ecological and human activities. The landscape is assimilated as an active protagonist in the narrative.

 

Through wood sculptures, fabric, and murals, Taka employs a rich color palette that bears witness to the confrontation between the landscape and the observer. His work intertwines fantastic beings, reminiscent of ancestral cosmology, with elements typical of urban life such as a variety of textures, materials, and iconography derived from street graphics and graffiti. With a touch of fantastic realism, the works are presented as visual and critical allegories that comment on the social and political environment of today.

 

Francisco Taka Fernández, considered as one of the fundamental painters of the last decades in the contemporary Mexican field; studied at the National School of Plastic Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and at the Atelier Bo-Halvir in France. With a career spanning over three decades, he has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, in renowned museums and institutions such as the Carrillo Gil Art Museum, the Siqueiros Public Art Room (SAPS), and the Mexican Museum of San Francisco, among others. Furthermore, his work is included in various collections, such as the Jumex Collection, the Perez Museum, the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC), and Hinsakul in Norway, among others.