"I was born, I traveled, I inhabit in some places and one day I will die. Meanwhile, in this short period of time, I make different things"
Through actions art, video-essays, photographic series, paintings or interventions in public space, Fabrizio de Potestad i Fornari's artistic work is structured under the premise that it is necessary to create a Neohumanism that tries to sensitize the subject contemporary in the face of the urgency to undertake a reinvention of civilization. After the failure of modernity and the end of all objective truth or global narratives, his work refers to postcolonial and ecofeminist theories as a form of resistance against the binary logic of the patriarchal and capitalist market system. Concepts such as the body, identity and gender; or themes about socioeconomic inequality or climate change are recurring issues in a work that seeks to renegotiate the meaning of art and its function within late-capitalist societies.
Thus, his work is also connected with the artistic trends that tried to show the ART-LIFE connection and that claimed the anti-artistic, the anti-mercantilist or the demystification of the figure of the artist and the reviled "good taste" through the dematerialization of the work of art.
He studied at the BBAA faculty in Valencia, did a Master in Artistic Production and another in Photography, Art and Technique and has also been awarded a scholarship by the Federale da Bahia University in Brazil, the Anotati Scholí in Athens and by the Government of Navarra.
His work has been exhibited and applauded in different corners of the planet such as Paris, Santiago de Chile, Glasgow, Brussels, Berlin, Barcelona, Manchester, Leipzig, Edinburgh or Amsterdam to mention just a few.
Education
2003 Degree in BBAA from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Spain.
2005 Master in Photography, Art and Technique from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. 2001 Master in Artistic Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Prizes & Grants
2019 Selected in the Official Section of the Valencia Docs Non-Fiction Film Festival with the documentary "Jacarezinho". Spain.
2004/05 Scholarship for artistic production awarded by the Government of Navarra-Prince of Viana Institution.
2002/03 Promoe Universidade Federale da Bahia Scholarship, Ufba, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. 2000/01 Socrates-Erasmus Scholarship, Anotati Scholi from Athens, Greece.
Exhibitions
Solo
2014 Exhibition at Hidden Door International Art Festival, Edinburgh, UK.
2014 Performance at The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, UK.
2013 Performance at Pop Maskulinity Exhibition, Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh, UK. 2013 Individual exhibition of painting in the gallery La Mutante, Valencia. Spain.
2011 Performance at “Corpus in act” Place a l’art Performance Festival, Paris, France.
2009 Performance for the Arrt de Accció Festival. October CCC. Valencia Spain.
2009 Performance for Express Action. ADA Festival Europa em Acçao. Portugal. Lisbon. 2007 Performance for the Observatori Experimental Art and Music Festival. Square UFO Gallery. Valencia. Spain.
Collectives
2021 Video art exhibition, The New Art Festival, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020 Video art exhibition, The New Art Festival Online, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 Selected in the Official Section of documentary short film of the Non-Fiction Film Festival València Docs. Spain.
2018 E.S.O.C at Se Sienten Fest. CSOA La Ingobernable, Madrid, Spain.
2018 E.S.O.C at KRASH !. IPA BAR, Berlin, Germany.
2017 E.S.O.C at ESOC + FCKN BSTRDS. Magazine Club, Valencia. Spain.
2017 E.S.O.C at Cut-out Festival. Museum of the city of Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
2017 E.S.O.C at ESOC live. The Illustrated Piglet, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2017 E.S.O.C at ESOC live. El Kino, León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
2017 E.S.O.C in 100 Rounds ESOC. CSOA L'Horta, Valencia. Spain.
2017 E.S.O.C at Hoorloch II. OCCII, Amsterdam. Holland.
2017 E.S.O.C at Hoorloch I. Centrum voor Labele Media, Dordrech. Holland.
2017 E.S.O.C in Cabanyal Íntim TEM FESTIVAL, Valencia. Spain.
2017 E.S.O.C at ESOC LRSLP TOUR. PinPanPun Festival. October CCC, Valencia. Spain. 2017 E.S.O.C at ESOC LRSLP TOUR. Espai Cocteau, Barcelona, Spain.
2016 E.S.O.C in Auch Wenn Es Flucht Bedeutet, Glogauair, Berlin. Germany.
2016 E.S.O.C at European ESOC TOUR 16. Kontor 80, Leipzig. Germany.
2016 E.S.O.C at European ESOC TOUR 16. Loopsider XIX, Berlin. Germany.
2016 E.S.O.C at European ESOC TOUR 16. 4Bid Gallery, Àmsterdam. Holland.
2016 E.S.O.C at European ESOC TOUR 16. Knoflock, S ́Hestogenbosch. Holland
2016 E.S.O.C at European ESOC TOUR 16. Barlòk, Brussel·les. Belgium.
2015 E.S.O.C in Innsbruck at Föhnfest Festival, Innsbruck, Germany.
2015 E.S.O.C in Batallar / Batallem. La Gallera Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
2015 Collective exhibition Espacio Enter / Red Nómade in the Canary Islands, Spain.
2013 Group exhibition Hidden Door International Festival in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
2015 E.S.O.C at Feria de Marte Art Fair // Sala Four Seasons, Castellón, Spain.
2013 E.S.O.C. IN THE BALCONY 2nd Round // Ca Revolta, Valencia
2011 E.S.O.C in Paris at Vision`R Festival. Center Mercoeur in Paris, France.
2010 Group exhibition Periferies 10 Festival, Valencia, Spain
2008 E.S.O.C at Festa Presentacio Vinga Va !. Skin of Logos, Barcelona.
2008 E.S.O.C in Setmana Cultural. Agora of l’UPV, Valencia.
2008 E.S.O.C en E.S.O.C. IN THE BALCONY. 1st Round // Plaça del Tossal, Valencia.
2008 E.S.O.C at the Emerging Infrastructures Festival // Ca Revolta, Valencia.
2006 Collective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Valencia, IVAM, Valencia. Spain. * 2006 Collective exhibition Museo de Bellas Artes San Pío V. Valencia, Spain *
2006 Collective exhibition at El Corte Inglés. Valencia. Spain. *
2006 Selected in the painting competition organized by the Official College of Administrative Managers of Valencia with a collective exhibition at the La Nau Valencia gallery. *
2006 Collective exhibition of Valencian video artists at the Ibalart gallery in Valencia. Spain. 2003 "Interferences", Collective exhibition at the gallery of the Universidade Federale da Bahía, UFBA in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.