About

 

Gary Fernández is an artist originally from Spain, based in Brooklyn, New York. He combines technology and craft to create visual metaphors through inventive imagery and surreal compositions.

Fernández has recently shifted his practice to primarily sculptural to explore the optical and the inherent functional possibilities of shapes inspired by his graphic work.

He is the founder of Concrete Poetics: Sculptural furniture and objects handmade in NYC.

From his Bushwick studio, he experiments with diverse industrial materials, such as concrete, cardboard, and plywood, to make one-of-a-kind and small-batch sculptural objects.

As an image-maker, he has merged classical-inspired characters with retro-futuristic volumetric elements to create bold and rich compositions that evoke surrealism and dadaism.

“Fernández’s intricate, retro-esque illustrations marry a liquid stroke with a rigid tension, which in turn projects an underlying seething mood and latent danger. For some reason, I’m thinking Dadaism and Salvador Dali mixed with the sixties’ London vibes and New York’s retro fashion illustrations. At the same time, some of his work is almost whimsical and merry, evoking images from Cirque du Soleil and old European circus posters. Whatever you see, you are irresistibly drawn into his world.”

— THECOOLHUNTER.NET

His graphic work has been commissioned worldwide by creative agencies and brands such as McCann Erickson, Young and Rubicam, GREY, JWT, FCB, and BBDO. For clients such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft Zune Originals, Honda, Camel, Lucky Strike, Swide by Dolce & Gabbana, Nylon JAPAN, Globus Department Stores, MTV, Volkswagen, to name a few.

His work has been published in magazines and books worldwide, including:

  • Criterion Designs, The Criterion Collection.

  • New Icons of Fashion Illustration, Laurence King Publishing.

  • Dark Inspiration – Grotesque Illustrations, Art & Design, Victionary.

  • Ilustración, hoy. Nuevas tendencias en ilustración de vanguardia, Index Book.

  • Freewave, Booth-Clibborn Editions.

  • The Beautiful – Illustrations for Fashion and Style, Gestalten.

  • Fashion Identity, Index Book The Book of Inspiration, Computer Arts.

  • Portafolios de Diseñadores – 100% Proyectos Personales, Index Book.

  • For Love and Money – New Illustration, Laurence King Publishing.

  • Introduction to Fantastic Girls, Future Landscapes and the Most Beautiful Birds Ever Seen, Self-published.


Magazines: Elle Decor (USA), Dwell (USA), An Interior (USA), Vogue (China), Neo 2 (Spain), Computer Arts (UK), Sunday Times (Perth, Australia), among others.

Fernández has had solo and collective exhibitions worldwide: New York City (USA), Shanghai (China), Marseille (France), London (UK), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Marbella (Spain), Poland, Perth (Australia), and Sydney (Australia).

EMAIL: info@garyfernandez.net