Francisca Sosa López
Francisca Sosa López
ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente, 2020
170 x 185 cm
Acrylic, gouache, marker, graphite and pastel on discarded paper and cardboard
About this work
ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente was made during the first UK national lockdown in 2020, using scrap paper and cardboard the artist found at home. By constructing the surface using an office stapler, and then painting over it, the artist is exploring the idea of reconstruction.
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About Francisca Sosa López
Francisca Sosa López is an artist living and working in London. She gained her BA in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2015, before going on to graduate from MFA Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, in 2020.
Sosa López’s practice considers Venezuela’s political, economic and social turmoil, including the migration crisis. Reflecting on these issues, the artist produces work based on her personal feelings, reactions, disappointments and affections, in a practice that encapsulates her complicated relationship with her country. She employs a process of recalling a memory, or playing a certain song, that gives way to a particular feeling, and attempts to capture it through gestures and colour. She uses a broad range of materials in these works, from paper to fabric and, more recently, discarded materials, in an attempt to cultivate a more sustainable practice while responding to the lack of materials at hand during the first part of the Covid-19 crisis. In addition, the use of various techniques and textures allows her to use materiality as another form of expression, and feeds into her personal process of using mark making to tease out her thoughts while she writes letters. Sosa López draws parallels between the concept of making something beautiful from accumulated trash, and the moment when she and others can pick up the debris, and rebuild Venezuela.
Education
2018-2020 MFA Painting, Distinction, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2011-2015 BA Art History. BA Fine Arts, Minor in French, University Colorado, Boulder
Awards
2020 Provost Purchase Prize for UCL East, London
2020 Adrian Carruther’s Award, London
2020 Almacantar Studio Award, London
2020 Saatchi Art’s Rising Stars 2020
2019 Liquitex White Wall project, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
2019 Visiting Artist, Camberwell University of the Arts, London
Exhibitions
2020
Textural Codes, The Koppel Project Space, organised by AMALGAMA, London
London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
RCA & Slade Graduate Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
Traverse: notions of nature, bodies and culture in the digital age, organised by AMALGAMA, London (postponed due to Covid-19)
Retrograde, organised by Solid Projects, Upper Gallery at Old Print Works, Birmingham (postponed due to Covid-19)
2019
Pulling Teeth, ASC Gallery, London