Francisco Sierra (artist)

Francisco Sierra (born 1977, Chile) is a contemporary artist known for his use of irony and humour in his photorealistic drawings and paintings.

Early life
Sierra was born in Chile in 1977 and moved with his family to Switzerland in 1986.

Awards
He has received several Swiss grants  and the Manor Art Prize, for which he was given a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen.

Exhibitions

 * Solo exhibition at Wilhelm-Hack-Museum
 * Solo exhibition at Galerie Gregor Staiger
 * solo exhibition at Kunstmuseum Solothurn

Monographs

 * Francisco Sierra. With texts by Christoph Vögele, Raphael Gygax, Roland Wäspe and an interview by Nadine Wietlisbach, edited by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen and Kunstmuseum Solothurn. Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2013 - ISBN 978-3-86984-057-4
 * Cahier d’Artiste. Text by Giovanni Carmine, edited by Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Edizioni Periferia, 2009 - ISBN 978-3-907474-59-4
 * A Parallel Universe. Text by Fanni Fetzer and Reinhard Spieler, edited by Kunsthaus Langenthal und Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 2009 - ISBN 978-3-905817-18-8