Francisca Sosa López
My practice is based on the complicated relationship I have with my country. Reflecting on issues concerning Venezuela, I produce work based on my personal feelings, reactions, disappointments and affections to my country. I think about a memory or play a certain song that gives way to a particular feeling and I try to catch it through gestures and color. I use mark making to portray my instincts while writing letters gives me the space to organize my thoughts and share specific ideas. Moreover, the use of various surfaces allow me to use materiality as another form of expression. I shift from paper, to fabrics from home, to more recently, creating surfaces from discarded material as an attempt to have a more sustainable practice whilst exploring the idea of reconstruction. The concept of making something beautiful from accumulated trash is a repeated action that I use as practice for when we can pick up the debris, and re-build Venezuela.
Instagram: @franciscasosa
a letter about plantains
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020.Download this letter.
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your trash is my treasure
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal and gouache on cardboard, 150 x 122cm.hot air balloon, a precio de gallina flaca
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal, pen and gouache on discarded paper and cardboard, 76 x 71cm.a letter about bags
,Francisca Sosa López
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camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal and gouache on canvas, 154 x 105cm.torre del silencio
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal, pen and gouache on discarded paper and cardboard 56 x 61 x 5cm.la que me gusta (con Los Amigos Invisibles)
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2019, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal and gouache on paper 150 x 108 cm.a letter about pride
,Francisca Sosa López
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tonada de luna llena (con Simón Díaz o tío Simón)
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2019, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal and gouache on paper 220 x 150cm.persianas
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal, pen and gouache on discarded paper and cardboard 72 x 72cm.como cucaracha en baile de gallina
,Francisca Sosa López
, 2020, acrylic, graphite, pastels, markers, charcoal and gouache on burlap 180 x 163cm.a letter about change
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
2011-2015
University of Colorado, Boulder
BA Art History
BA Studio Arts
2018-2020
The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
MFA Painting
Exhibitions
Pulling Teeth
ASC Gallery, London
January, 2019
Traverse: notions of nature, bodies and culture in the digital age.
Organized by AMALGAMA
Postponed due to Covid-19
Retrograde
Organized by Solid Projects
Upper Gallery at Old Print Works
Postponed due to Covid-19
Visiting Artist in Camberwell University of the Arts, London
February 2019
Selected for Liquitex White Wall project 2019