Andres Fernandez Cervantes

Andrés Fernández Cervantes - Oh my weeping!

Técnica: Catrina de my heart

Biografía del Artista: Andrés Fernández Cervantes is a Mexican painter. He began his development in the art world at a very early age and considers that, rather than a rigorous technique, his graphic work is closer to the visual development of three of his great influences and passions. The first of them is the language of comics. With an innate ability for drawing, Andrés reflects this influence in his works through a simple, casual and very colorful language. Always trying to tell a story in each work. Another influence has been the world of fairies and tales that take place in enchanted places, which gives her works a playful atmosphere, sometimes childlike and fanciful, leaving a touch of “Mexicanness” that makes them rich in characters, colors and textures. Finally, Andrés has let himself be enveloped by the world of design and fashion, giving his work a “fashion” style rich in clothing from different eras and countries, due to his great interest in the history of fashion and clothing, writing a book that covers everything from prehistory to the 21st century. Currently, this restless creator teaches some classes and workshops at the Museum of Art and History of Guanajuato, in the city of León; in addition to participating as an illustrator for different corporate companies, culture, fashion and communication. A teacher by conviction, he has given courses, workshops and classes in several fashion and design schools in León, Querétaro and online for BADA, Buenos Aires. In 2008, under the direction of publicist Jorge Mendoza, he launched his brand “Corazonadas México” with a series of decorative items, art, objects and fashion, which use his work as the main graphic of the brand that is currently sold in nationally recognized franchises, in about forty stores in the Mexican Republic and exported to Colombia, Panama, France, Spain and the USA. Andrés has more than 160 exhibitions to his credit and has exhibited his work in the most important and dynamic galleries and museums in Mexico; Paris, Madrid, Miami and Cairo. His most immediate goal is to exhibit in the city of Buenos Aires, Arg. Invited by BADA to the art week in Buenos Aires. In addition to participating in the last 5 art auctions organized by the Mexico Vivo foundation at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, as well as in the art weeks of CDMX and Madrid, Esp. He is a member of the board of the AcordArte Gallery of the Alzheimer Institute of León; he is part of the group of artists from Guanajuato Pro-Arte Guanajuato and has received various awards, including the award from the Suburbia corporation for the best concept in a fashion collection together with the designer Alejandra Lavalle. He has also participated in designs for the ¡Ay Güey! brand, Pineda Covalín and for the Mexico to Paris card collection by Lousi Vuitton. Creative by definition and always attentive to new artistic proposals in his environment, Andrés develops the aesthetic sense of his works through the combination of classical, folkloric and novel elements; avant-garde and ancestral, to achieve fresh ideas that undoubtedly please the viewer for their color and simplicity. As he himself says: “It's about creating art and objects that delight the senses; That rather than making us think, they make us sketch a smile”

Andrés Fernández began his development in art at the age of 7, studying art disciplines and fusing them to create a very particular and unique style. Andrés believes that more than a rigorous technique, his work is closer to the visual development of three influences and passions. The first, the cultural legacy of his grandfather Don Joaquín Cervantes Bassoco who during the 40s and 50s laid the foundations of modern comics in Mexico. Another influence is the world of fairies, elves and stories that take place in enchanted places. Finally, Andrés has allowed himself to be enveloped by the world of design and fashion, giving his work a “Mexican fashionista” style, rich in baroque and neoclassical clothing.