HECTOR FERNANDEZ (Barcelona 1969)

I have always been surrounded by pencils and paints.

For me, drawing and painting has been and is a fundamental and vital activity, I come from a family professionally dedicated to art creation, my father Fernando Fernández (Barcelona 1940-2010) was an outstanding figure in the world of Comic and Illustration. After my Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting speciality, at the University of Barcelona in 1994, I moved to the family studio where I develop my pictorial work professionally. From 2000 to 2009 I was part of the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc (*) where I studied the human figure in depth. After more than forty individual and group exhibitions and several international awards, in 2009 and to date I have my studio-gallery open to the public in the center of Barcelona, where I continue my pictorial career and made commissioned creations. My drawings and paintings are present i museums and private art collections around the world. I have the pleasure of meeting most of my clients, for me this is the best of the prizes.

THE NOISE

My first forays into Digital Art date back to the late nineties, when I created and published illustrations for Isaac Asimov book covers for Ediciones B, produced using a computer. Since then, I have not stopped studying and experimenting with new forms of expression. It was in 2021 when I developed a new creative line, in which, through Virtual Reality and Digital Art, I recreate imaginary scenes where humanoid spectator characters often appear observing works of Art. I also imagine dynamic scenes where characters integrate with geometric elements. My Digital Art is distinguished by an interesting look at the human condition, robotization, and virtualization of the world. Many of my digital works reference the aesthetics of the Internet and Virtual Realities. I often use strong colors, a saturated and luminous color palette, neon and bright colors to emphasize this reference. I also find the use of textures very interesting and pay special attention to the composition and framing of each scene. These digital Art works are the result of mixing traditional Drawing and Painting with Art created using tools such as VR and retouching and design tools. My Digital Art works also take on a meta character, showing the connection between the physical and virtual worlds. In these digital works, I DO NOT USE A.I. and they are always signed with the pseudonym THE NOISE.