Artist Bio
Celia Fernandez is an award-winning artist and frequently represented as finalist in prominent Australian art prizes.
Argentinian artist based in Sydney, Australia.
Living in 4 different countries: Argentina, Spain, The Netherlands, Australia and her travels to many more places gave her the opportunity to find herself and her passion for visual arts.
She is curious by nature and this is reflected in both her photography and painting as she explores different techniques and styles.
Self-taught, Celia spent many years learning through practice, observation, analysis, reading and experimentation before she decided to pursue a career as an artist, with the last few years turning to painting mainly.
Artist Statement
Her painting style is heavily influenced by the 60's movement Op Art. With her geometric abstraction paintings she creates optical effects through the exploration of colours and forms.
She is fascinated by the perception of movement that can be achieved by the combination of colors and their contrast.
Inspired by two of her major influences, Bridget Riley and Yayoi Kusama, she developed her own original technique, by the use of dots she explores shapes, colour fields and reactions through layering and transition of colours.
Her almost hypnotizing pop pointillism displays a great amount of precision and detail playing with the illusion of perfection.
Her work is experimental, original, intuitive and playful, a delightful representation of contemporary Art.