Fran Gonzalez (1959) - Le Garage Hermétique (XXL)

Fran González (Contemporary Gilding) is a Spanish artist born in 1959. His artistic research is focused on the reinterpretation of gilding as a contemporary luxury language with an expressive and symbolic meaning beyond its ornamental value. His career began in 1982 when, after studying Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, he focused full-time to Sculpture and Ceramics. FG studied art during the 1980s at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid, at the Official School of Ceramics in Madrid, and at various Contemporary Art Workshops at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, with renowned contemporary artists such as Julian Schnabel, Eva Lootz, Juan Hidalgo, and Valcárcel Medina. Although his development has been mainly self-taught, Fran González has achieved various awards and recognitions since the beginning of his career, both nationally and internationally. Having resided in several European countries, his works are found in numerous private collections in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the USA. More extensive information about his work and career can be found by using Google with the tags 'Fran Gonzalez' and 'Contemporary Gilding'.