Born in Buenos Aires in 1981, Franco Fasoli (also known as Jaz) is one of the best known and most talented artists on the Argentinian scene.
A stage designer and muralist, the art of Fasoli, who began using the streets as a canvas at the end of the 1990s, is influenced by his lifelong study of ceramics and the Argentinian capital’s iconic fileteado technique.
Towards the end of the last decade, Franco turned his back on the traditional graffiti lettering and the subsequent representation of musical motifs associated with fileteado to introduce into his work the vivid contradictions of Latin American societies, their rituals and their seemingly perpetual instability.
One of the most striking aspects of his work is its exploration of materials and scale. From large-format paintings in public spaces through to smaller works on bronze and paper, his art feeds on the fluctuation of contexts and resources.
The tension between the dominant global culture and subcultures as spaces of resistance has also influenced him both at the conceptual level and in his actions throughout his career. Multiple forms of individual and collective identity form the sociological backbone of his work.
Represented through conflict, confrontation and discursive juxtaposition, Fasoli does not seek to answer the question but rather to constantly rework the statement, questioning the questioning and returning to question himself.
EDUCATION
2014 Art clinic with Diana Aisemberg
2010-2011 Painting workshop with Nahuel Vecino
2007- 2010 Painting workshop with con José Marchi
2000-2006 Scenography – IUNA
1996-1999 Escuela Nacional de Cerámica
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Summer in paciencia – BC Gallery, Basel. Switzerland | 2021
Memoria y Recuerdo - Galería Wunderkammern, Milan. Italy | 2018
Trampa - Galería Quimera, Buenos Aires. Argentina | 2018
De fuera hacia dentro – Galerie Openspace, Paris. France | 2018
Pretensión de grandeza - BC Gallery, Berlin. Germany | 2017
Restos – Elsi del Río Gallery, Buenos Aires. Argentina | 2015
Choque – Celaya Gallery, Mexico DF. Mexico | 2015
Vínculo – BC Gallery, Berlin. Germany | 2014
Militancia – Fiebre Galería, Buenos Aires. Argentina | 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Conjuration, Contemplation devices and Enchantments, Genaro Perez Museum, Cordoba, Argentina. 2022
Canart Fair, Volery Gallery, Ibiza, Spain. Jun. 2022
Amphibians, Santander Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mar. 2022
I don’t wanna be, I am. Corey Helford, Los Angeles. May. 2022
I don’t wanna be, I am. Underdogs, Lisbon. April. 2022
I don’t wanna be, I am. Scope Art Fair, Miami. December. 2021
I don’t wanna be, I am. Affenfaust, Hamburgo. September. 2021
Adolescence, Studio Cromie, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2021
Arte BA, Galería Quimera, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2021
Flandria, Galería Quimera at Munar arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2021
Cosmoscow art fair, Galería Quimera. Moscow 2021
Salón de pintura at la Casa Nacional del bicentenario, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2021
Urvanity art fair, Magma Gallery, Madrid, Spain 2021
Camino de cintura, Kreisler Gallery, Madrid, Spain 2020. Curated show by Franco Fasoli
101, Montana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. 2020 (with Fasim, Miss Van, Saner...)
Intimismos, Laca Projects, Charlotte, USA. 2020 (with Octavio Garabello). 3 months artistic residence
Someone is watching you, Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy. 2020
iam Friends, Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy. 2019
Una Historia de la Imaginación en la Argentina, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019
iam Friends, Galería Kreisler, Madrid, Spain. 2018
Main Street, Hangar 107, Rouen, France. 2018
Deforme Colectiva, TOBA Gallery, Mexico DF. Mexico, 2017
Theriomorphism III, Galería Kreisler, Madrid. Spain, 2016
Icones Urbaines, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Lyon, France, 2016
Artmosphere. Moscow. Russia, 2016
ProjectM: Connection. Berlin, Germany, 2016
Pioneros de un viaje a ningún lado, Museo Emilio Caraffa. Córdoba, Argentina, 2016
Espacios en desuso, SC Gallery, Bilbao. Spain, 2016 (with Axel Void, Alex Díaz, Saner, Smithe, Sainer, Michael Grudziecki and Sebas Velasco)
Scope Art Fair. Miami. USA, 2015
Condition, Athen B Gallery. Oakland. USA, 2015 (with Eversiempre, Troy Lovegates y Zio Ziegler)
Swab Art Fair. Barcelona. Spain, 2015
Scope Art Fair. Basel. Switzerland, 2015
Family & Friends, Yo amo 305. Miami. USA, 2014
Latin Explorations, Yves LaRoche Galerie d’Art. Montreal. Canada, 2014
Mediocre, Matiënschon, Club Cultural Matienzo. Buenos Aires. Argentina 2013
The Talking Walls of Buenos Aires, Washington DC. USA 2013
Fuera de la línea, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Rosario. Argentina 2011
Intervenciones urbanas iberoamericanas, Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires. Argentina 2010
Collective Show – Museo Mube, Sao Paulo. Brazil 2010
Ficus repens – Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires. Argentina 2008
ART RESIDENCIES
Art Residency, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 2021
COINCIDÈNCIES Rooftop Residency, Goteborg, Denmark 2022
CV
Mural interventions, art festivals and art events:
Konex Award, to the merit of "Art in public spaces" Argentina 2022
PUBLICATIONS
Público/Privado, Franco Fasoli, Ink and Movement 2019
Street Art Today 2, Bjorn Van Poucke, Ed. Lannoo 2019
