Paco Pomet (b. 1970 in Granada, Spain) lives and works in his hometown. He earned a bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Granada in 1993, and he completed his studies at the School of Visual Arts (New York, USA, 2004). He has enjoyed several scholarships abroad: the Academy of Spain in Rome (1999- 2000), the Fortuny Scholarship (Venice, Italy, 2000), and the College of Spain (Paris, France, 2004). In 2010 he received the ‘Excellent Work Price’ at the Beijing Biennale (China, 2010).

Pomet is a painter who uses his precise observation to reflect humor and realism, emphasizing the aggressiveness, assaulting and confronting throughout national history between different countries. The black and white of his paintings reinforce the appearance of black and white historical photos, explaining the history in a unique, sarcastic way. From a distance, it looks like the artist has collaged cartoon features onto black and white photographs – however, upon closer inspection, it is clear that the artist has painted the entire work, carefully crafting a lively, Dada-esque composition.

In 2015 he took part in ‘DISMALAND, Bemusement Park’, the exhibition organized by Banksy in Weston-Super-Mare (United Kingdom), where he exhibited his work with Banksy himself, Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, and David Shrigley among other artists. Between the end of 2015 and March 2016, his work was the subject of the first retrospective of his work in an American museum: The Baker Museum, Naples (Florida). In 2016 his work was included in the group show ‘Juxtapoz x Superflat’, curated by Takashi Murakami and Evan Prico, at Pivot Art + Culture in Seattle.

He currently works with the galleries Richard Heller Gallery (Santa Mónica, US), Nino Mier Gallery (Brussels, Belgium), My Name's Lolita Art (Madrid, Spain), Galleri Benoni (Copenhagen, Denmark), and 42 Art Space Gallery (Beijing). He has participated in the following art fairs: The Armory Show, Expo Chicago, Miami Project, Pulse New York, Scope New York (US), Scope Basel (Switzerland), Art Brussels (Belgium), ARCO, Estampa Contemporary, Drawing Room (Spain), Art Herning and Enter Art Fair (Denmark). His works can be found in several public and private collections such as the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, IVAM Valencia Institute of Modern Art, Coleccion SOLO (Spain); Spanish Academy in Rome, Luciano Benetton Collection (Italy); Hall Art Foundation, The Patchett Collection, Beth Rudin De Woody Collection (US).

PACO POMET

SELECTED WORKS

Diestra

Stepper

Celestial