Fernando Feijoo

Feijoo holds an MA in Fine Art Printmaking from Winchester Art School and a BA in Illustration from Maidstone, Kent. He solidified his technical expertise training as a master printer at the renowned Curwen Studio before transitioning into the field of Art education.

As a multi-disciplinary artist, Feijoo’s practice fluidly explores a wide range of media, creating a dialogue between printmaking, drawing, painting, artist books, and ceramics. He has exhibited his work internationally, winning many prestigious prizes and awards, with his pieces acquired by numerous permanent collections. Currently, he is also a distinguished Honorary member of the Royal Society of Painters & Printmakers in London.

His work has a sense of humour within it even though sometimes he makes images which reflect the darker side of human nature. Feijoo is interested in social and political issues and reflects these themes within his work. His narrative images have hidden layers of information within them which the viewer can find each time they return to the work. The closer you are drawn into the image, the more you understand about the characters and the lives they lead. The process of drawing is fundamental for him. He enjoys drawing translates through different print processes and creates alternate styles of work.

Feijoo is a journeyman: travelling around, absorbing all the variety of cultural differences and architectural styles when within a new city, exploring people’s lives and conditions in the twenty first century. These observations are then reflected throughout his work, often as a series of sequential narrative images.

Feijoo enjoys exploring new ways of making work through combining different media together, working with the interactions and juxtapositions of materials and techniques, which encourage fresh viewpoints and outcomes.

Drawing is a powerful medium which allows him to push his ideas into different directions and create the fantastic. There are no rules to be followed: just pure experimentation and fun to be had within the creative process of image making.

Website: www.fernandofeijoo.com

Instagram: @fernandofeijoo