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ABOUT ME<\/h1>\n

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Francisco Merello<\/strong> was born in Chill\u00e1n, Chile, in 1954. During his childhood the family moved to the city of Santiago.<\/p>\n

It was his mother who realized that young Francisco showed a great interest in art. He painted and drew on any medium he could find, so he decided to send him to study drawing and later oil painting, with the great American teacher Thomas Daskam, who lived in Chile. Later he entered the University of Chile where he began his studies at the School of Engineering, then went through Architecture and finally Design. During this period he collaborated with the design of stores and magazines as the covers of Ercilla.<\/p>\n

In 1978 he moved to Miami where he worked as an art director for 2 advertising companies. There he met his wife Silvia, and in 1982 his daughter Antonella was born. Far from settling in a style, he continues to investigate and capture his experiences and experiences in his canvases, with the belief that artists are agents of positive change for the world.<\/p>\n

A few years later the family settled in Italy, where he studied specialization in conservation and restoration of works of art at the International University of Art in Florence. He deepened the different techniques of portraiture and began his career as a portraitist and painter, holding individual and group exhibitions. With more appreciation, he takes the plunge and moves to Amsterdam. It is here where he has an awakening and makes his most significant exposition of all; his portraits are exhibited at the Hotel des Indes in The Hague with great success. Merello usually works large formats, with strong colors and using various techniques, having developed over time a body of work focused on painting, both surreal, informal or symbolic, taking the human being, their roles and their environment as their subject; Being this painting that is transformed from the different visual stimuli, that is to say, it does not pretend to be dogmatic but rather the opposite, allowing this transfer of power, or influence of what \u201cI choose according to what the work to create tells me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He returns to Chile where, together with his Dutch partner, he opens a multidisciplinary design agency dedicated to the implementation of corporate image. He is also part of the group \u201cOther Designers\u201d dedicated to promoting Made in Chile design through prototype exhibitions. In this context, it participates in the design biennial organized by the Saint Etienne Regional School of Fine Arts in France. During this period in Chile he designed and built his house on the Chilean coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

After 5 years he returned to Spain and settled in Andalusia where he faced a new creative challenge, gastronomy, opening a restaurant and a beach bar. At the same time, he continues to work on his portrait and painting commissions. He divides his time between Andalusia and Florence and participates in the Bienal de Arte di Firenze in 2019. This allows him to get in touch with different digital platforms and art fairs as part of his new marketing strategy as an independent artist.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Artistic Career<\/h3>\n

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International Art Biennals<\/strong><\/p>\n