User:Lugufelo

'''lugufelo / Sculptor ‐ (Luis Fernandez) - Miami, Florida‐ USA www.lugufelo.com'''

lugufelo, a Venezuelan artist, was born on December 18, 1966, and has resided in Miami for the past sixteen years.

From an early age, he was exposed to, and influenced by, kinetics and op art - movements that develop and grow parallel to his early formation.Inspired by his father, Rafael Fernandez Romero, a structural engineer specializing in bridges, lugufelo’s interest in construction and materials came early in his life. Together they frequently visited the construction sites of many different projects in Venezuela. lugufelo’s introduction to the art world came about as a consequence to his rebellious nature: his art professor, wanting to channel the young talent he saw in lugufelo, suggested that he spend the summer studying art.With the help of his aunt, Yuye D’Lima, classmate and also good friend of Jesus Soto, he got the opportunity to learn about visual effects and kinetic arts with the famous Venezuelan artist.

lugufelo combines the use of top technologies to create art that is unique and captivating, manipulating shapes to create shadows with diverse metals and multiple kinds of treatments. Specialty: Hand-crafted works developed with metallic materials such as steel, aluminum, brass, copper and stainless steel, as well as wood, glass, ceramic and acrylic.

Statement

I will combine old school process with top technologies to create something interesting, manipulating shapes to create shadows and reflections applying multiple kinds of treatments to diverse metals.

I have the capacity to create from simple to complex art pieces, adapting my designs to new or existing structures and combining different material depending of the demand and exposure of the art to different weather conditions or just the traffic of the public.

30 years crafting with different materials, working with wood, ceramic, acrylic, steel, aluminum, brass, copper and stainless steel, understanding how far certain metals and alloys go in being forged, sculpted, fabricated to form various shapes and designs for differing purposes such as jewels, sculptures, furniture and construction works. Objective Create an interesting proposal to awake the beholder of imagination.

Exhibits

‐ Northglenn Art on Parade 2013‐2014 Douglas County Art Encounters selected "The LoadStone" (Art in Public Places) Location: 11801 Community Center Dr. Northglenn, CO 80233

‐ The Town of Castle Rock selected The Eye for the 2013 Art Encounters Program. 03/19/2013 ‐ “The First Sons and Daughters” ‐ (Art in Public Places) location: 2156 Red Hawk Ridge Drive Castle Rock, CO 80108

‐ THE TORSO ‐ 2013 ‐ “The First Sons and Daughters” ‐ (Art in Public Places) ‐ Location: 7905 NW 36 Street, Doral, FL 33166

‐ The First Sons and Daughters “ Dream Catchers” ‐ Datran Center 01/27/2012 ‐ 02/22/2013

‐ Geometric Fragments ‐ Datran Center 07/01 – 07/28/2012

‐ ISPA ‐ Coral Gables (Art in Public Places) 05/08/2012

‐ Concepts ‐ Madrid ‐ Spain 2011

‐ Hope thru Film Award: (NEFIAC) 09/30/2011

Group exhibits

‐ International Biennale Artists Exhibition Miami, IBAEM / June 6th to 14th, 2013

‐ Doral Design District ‐ International Taste of Art 11/10/2012

‐ Mad Hatter Arts Festival ‐ Coconut Grove 11/16‐18/2012

‐ Brickell Art Walk, Mary Brickell Village

‐ Broward College "Celebrating Hispanic Colors" 10/11 – 11/15/2012

‐ Doral Government Center Inaugural Art Exhibit 07/27/2012 ‐ 08/31/2012

‐ Mad Hatter Festival: 10/29/2011

‐ Brown University, Outreach initiatives, New England – NEFIAC Award Design – 09/30/2011

‐ Art Walk Edition – Wynwood, Miami – 05/14/2011

‐ Art Walk Edition – Wynwood, Miami – 01/08/2011

‐ Twelve Young Artists: 12/11/2010

Experience and education

2013 Attended to different Museums and Art Exhibitions – Paris, France – 06/18 to 07/08/2013

2013 Attended to the Biennale of Venice 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice, Italy – 06/23 to 06/30/2013

2012 Creator of “The first Sons and Daughters” art project, a tribute monument to the different Native American cultures. The eye, hand, torso, foot, head and the soul are the complete set of the proposed monument.

2011 Creator of the Hope through Film award, an exclusive and unique piece commissioned by the New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema to honor the winner of the Emerging Filmmaker Feature Film Competition. The sculpture's rising spiral shape evokes the Pine Tree ‐ a symbol of New England that predates colonial settlements ‐ created with cinema tape for the New England Ibero American Film Festival Prize (NEFIAC)

’01‐’07 Metal Works Artist ‐ Provide management computerized renderings of design ideas and plans for gates, commercial furniture and window bar designs. Use various techniques to create ornamental and functional items; Travel around the country for metal works exhibitions and seminars

2007 Freelance Metal Work Artist. Meet with clients to gather design objectives and details for crafting commercial furniture. Research current and historical design trends in metal furniture designs. Keep abreast about new techniques on metal crafting.

’03‐’05 Metal aluminum derives –stainless steel‐galvanized steel, brass, copper. Study of forming and shaping of different metals and it’s usages on art (sculptures) ‐ Applying finishing to different metals.

’91‐’95 Specialized in rural art.

’82‐’91 Working as an Assistance of the master Pedro Pou with stain glass projects. Church stained glass La Hermita Christian Temple, San Cristobal‐ Venezuela.

1984 Acrylic’s Jewelry design internship in Artesania Urbana, Rafael Fernandez CCS‐Venezuela. Different accessories and jewelry boxes.

1982 Mosaics Internship with private Mosaic Designer Pedro Pou ‐ Many private collections

1980 Visual effects and kinetic arts seminar sessions with Jesus Soto.

‐ Member of Florida Association of Public Art Professionals FAPAP