Carlos Asensio - Impressive face

- The artwork is in perfect condition of conservation.
- It comes directly from the artist's studio and is completely original.
- This painting is done with oil on canvas.
- It is hand-signed on the bottom right of the front.
- Framing would not be necessary since the edges are painted.
- Several layers of varnish have been applied to protect the painting.
- It includes a certificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist himself.
- The painting is packed with bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard to guarantee its safety.
- The piece is shipped mounted on a wooden easel/truss via international shipping agency.

In “Naughty figures,” the human figure and portrait become fertile ground for symbolic transgression. It is not just about bodies; it is about gestures that disobey, forms that defy norms, identities that fold and unfold in a constant game of moving around. Each painting is an ambiguous scene where mischief is not merely an act of humor or cunning, but a critical strategy: a way to subvert the expectations the viewer carries when looking. The series builds on a deliberately tense balance between the recognizable and the overflowing. The figures and faces, although alluding to tangible corporeality, refuse to be domesticated by the gaze. They contort, dislocate, fragment. They do not obey the rules of decorum nor the conventions of gender, beauty, or pose. They are there to discomfort, to seduce, to provoke. The title “Impressive face” alludes to that fragile moral classification with which we organize the visible world: what is permitted and what is forbidden, what is serious and what is frivolous, what is art and what is vulgar. These people do not ask for permission. They seep in. They laugh. They display themselves without apology. In their disobedience, they become uncomfortably free. And in that freedom, they reveal what is often hidden behind the silence of what is “correct”: the desire to look, but also the fear of being seen.

Carlos Asensio was born in Castellón in 1986. At a young age he began his academic training under the tutelage of the Cuban artist Amaury Suárez.

He holds a Doctorate in Fine Arts, with a grade of summa cum laude, and has a Master's in Artistic Production from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He has also completed a Studio Program at the Berlin Art Institute where he received lessons from renowned artists such as Bernhard Martin, Larissa Fassler, Nikola Röthemeyer, or Various & Gould. His work in the field of research has led him to participate in several international university conferences, as well as to publish in humanities journals such as Human Review or Peter Lang.

His résumé includes several solo exhibitions, such as those held at the Tomás y Valiente Art Center in Fuenlabrada, the Municipal Museum of Albacete, and Center 14 in Alicante. Regarding group shows, he has exhibited nationally and internationally. In the group show Ciclamen for the Léucade Gallery in Murcia, a collaborative project in the DXIX Projects space in Fort Collins, in two editions of the Open Studios at GlogauAIR, or BAAM#3 in Monopol Berlin. The traveling exhibition titled Atlas of Spanish Art carried out at the Exhibition Hall of the Usera Municipal Board, the Mauro Muriendas Hall in Torrelavega, and the O Vello Cárcere Cultural Center in Lugo. The various exhibitions carried out with the Infinity Art project at fairs such as the Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam, Art Madrid, or Estampa in the Spanish capital. The 2019_n3 collective exhibition at Piramidón Centre D’Art Contemporani in Barcelona, the Art Spring 2019 event held in Berlin, six editions of Marte International Contemporary Art Fair of Castellón, the III Biennial of Open City of Valencia, or the II Call of La New Fair in Madrid.

Moreover, some of his pieces are present in important private collections such as the Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno and Piramidón Centre D’Art Contemporani in Barcelona, the Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia in Catania, and public institutions such as the Museu de la Ciutat de Castelló. At a private level, his work is present in collections in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Greece, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and the United States.