FRANCISCO XAVIER ZEPEDA
BIOGRAPHY
He was born in La Garita, in the south of Jalisco, Mex. on February 4, 1969.
His artistic work began at a very young age in a self-taught way, making wooden structures (technological compositions), some time later
he dedicated himself to the transformation of automobiles, that transformation of common objects into special objects and the diverse use of tools woke him up
the formal desire to make sculpture, transforming sheet
and metals into geometric and abstract forms.
His spending several years as a collaborator in the workshop of the artist Israel Zzepda gave him the basis to make sculptures in different techniques, from modeling, molding, carving and metal casting.
From the year 2000 to date, he dedicates himself full time to artistic creation in the discipline of sculpture.
With a shared credit with the artist Israel zzepda, with whom he carried out a deep investigation in the extraction and recycling of tree cellulose, which he has applied in the realization of sculpture as a technique
staff.
Concerned about technical innovation, he experimented with various mineral materials, finding a couple of techniques that he has patented under the names of (alaba stone, and paper stone).
whose result has given a good manufacture, aesthetics and resistance to his works.
His artistic work began at a very young age in a self-taught way, making wooden structures (technological compositions), some time later
he dedicated himself to the transformation of automobiles, that transformation of common objects into special objects and the diverse use of tools woke him up
the formal desire to make sculpture, transforming sheet
and metals into geometric and abstract forms.
His spending several years as a collaborator in the workshop of the artist Israel Zzepda gave him the basis to make sculptures in different techniques, from modeling, molding, carving and metal casting.
From the year 2000 to date, he dedicates himself full time to artistic creation in the discipline of sculpture.
With a shared credit with the artist Israel zzepda, with whom he carried out a deep investigation in the extraction and recycling of tree cellulose, which he has applied in the realization of sculpture as a technique
staff.
Concerned about technical innovation, he experimented with various mineral materials, finding a couple of techniques that he has patented under the names of (alaba stone, and paper stone).
whose result has given a good manufacture, aesthetics and resistance to his works.
- He has exhibited at the Lopez Portillo museum in Guadalajara in 2000.
- The Guadalajara Modern Art Center 2002.
- El Refugio Cultural Center, Tlaquepaque Jal, 2003.
- Alfredo Zàlce Museum, Morelia Michoacan, 2005.
- Atenea Gallery, in San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato, 2007.
- Caf-ecco Gallery, Guadalajara Jal, 2008
- Group exhibition from the same source,"Israel Zzepda, Fracox, David zem".
- Technological University of Mexico (unitec) Zapopan Jal, 2008.
- He participated in the Art Wolk, of Ajijic Jalisco, 2009.
- He formally enters as an Artist at Sol y Luna Art Gallery from November 2008 to December 2010 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
- In December 2010 he exhibited his work in the art gallery of the same city.
- In August of the year (2011) he designed the masks for the festival traditional "Los tastuanes" in Zapopan, Jal.
- Since 2013 he exhibits and is part of the group of artists from Galería Dante Puerto Vallarta, Jal.
- On May 24, 2014, he exhibited at the Gonzalez Gallo cultural center in Chapala, Jalisco.
- On July 17, 2014, he exhibited at the cultural center La Moreña de la Barca Jalisco with the theme ontology and vertices in the form.