Fernando Sinaga

Fernando Sinaga - The scar [Graft on lead]. Unique work

Technique: Lead, tin, silver, thread rag, painted wood and stearin

Artist Biography: Fernando Sinaga is a Spanish contemporary artist born in Zaragoza in 1951 and based in Salamanca. His artistic training was developed in Zaragoza before studying Fine Arts in Barcelona, where he received the Amigó Cuyás Scholarship in 1972 and the Castellblanch Scholarship in 1973. In 1976 he graduated from the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes in Madrid and won the Prize of the Dirección General de Bellas Artes. In 1983, he received a scholarship from the Fonds für freie Erziehung in Zürich to study color theory in Goethean studies. A year later, he received a research grant to study public sculpture in the U.S.A. Sinaga's work became known in the exhibition El Desayuno Alemán (1986) at the Villalar Gallery in Madrid, which established him as a prominent figure in the Spanish art scene of the 1980s. Since then, he has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil and the United States. He has participated in events such as the International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1989, and the 5th Triennale Fellbach in Germany in 1992. In 2000, his work represented Spain in the Spanish Pavilion of the Hannover Expo, and in 2002, his work "Cuerpo Diamantino" was exhibited in the exhibition Arte en España, 1997-2002, Artworks from the Patio Herreriano Contemporary Art Collection at the Manege Exhibition Hall in Moscow. His work has also been presented at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid and at the Palais de Beaux Arts BOZAR in Brussels.Sinaga has been awarded the Villa de Madrid Prize for best sculpture exhibition in 2001 and the Aragón Goya Prize in 2010. His work can be found in renowned private and public collections around the world.