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Open studio

Xavier Robles de Medina

WHEN: Saturday 14 March 20:00 - Sunday 15 March 00:00

Xavier Robles de Medina is opening his studio to the public during ‘WOW OPEN AIR – 24H Amsterdam West’ where he will be discussing his process. Highlighted are his two most recent paintings, both part of a larger series surrounding the history of the Brokopondo Reservoir in his native Suriname. 

XAVIER ROBLES DE MEDINA (Paramaribo 1990) is a Surinamese artist working in painting and sculpture. His sensibilities are deeply rooted in an observational drawing practice as well as an objective dissection of the painting as a three-dimensional object. He questions social and artistic categorizations, in search for a truth regarding his identity as it relates to the painting tradition. His distinctions during his BFA include First Place for Black and White Drawing, as well as the Canson Award at the 2010 Foundations Honors Show. His work has been published on the cover of Strathmore canvas pads, the cover of the Savannah College of Art and Design graduate catalog, and reviewed in both Sranan Art Xposed vol. 5 and the Savannah Morning News. Robles de Medina recently moved to Amsterdam, where he is currently artist in residence at WOW. 

Xavier can be found in the low rise of the complex, studio nr. 16.

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