Astolfo Funes

He was born in 1973 in Maracay, Venezuela, he lives and works in Miami in the US. Painting’s funes represents femininity and his artistic influences come from literature and from artists such as Willem De Kooning, Oswaldo Vigas, but also post-war german art for the strength and dynamism. Present in many auction houses, his works are in private collections and public including: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Maracay, Venezuela; Solar East Hampton, New York; American Art Promotion, Paris; Fundacion Nelson Sanchez Chapellin.

2010 Cover, Galeria Extracto, El Hatillo (Caracas), Venezuela En blanco, Solar, East Hampton, NY, USA 2009 Mujeres, Galeria Artepuy, Caracas, Venezuela 2008 Historias de Vida, Primo Piano Living Gallery, Lecce, Italy 2007 Mala Vida, Solar, East Hampton, NY, USA 2006 Ellas, Artepuy, Caracas, Venezuela 2004 Living in the Hamptons, Solar, East Hampton, NY, USA 2003 Gritadores, Teatro de la Opera, Maracay, Venezuela 2002 Hoffnung NY, Solar, East Hampton, New York, USA Expresionismus realis, Centre Nacional d’Art & Essai Le Lucernaire, Paris, France 2000 Hoffnung, Galería Carlos Cruz Diez. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela Historias que suceden, Galería Formas & Fundación Ateneo de Maracay. Casa de los Arcos, Maracay, Venezuela