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Franck de Las Mercedes
Weehawken , New Jersey-
United States
Acrylics-
Abstract
Franck de Las Mercedes was born in Masaya, Nicaragua. Raised in a family of dancers, musicians and teachers, Franck spent his childhood immersed in the performing arts and surrounded by the local art and craftsmanship of his small town. In the mid-eighties, the Sandinista/Contra conflict forced Franck’s family to immigrate to New York, where Franck grew up and built an impressive resume in music and theatre. In the late nineties, Franck began to experiment and explore with an undying fascination with visual arts, this experimentation quickly evolved into a promising career.
Completely self-taught, FdLM’s creations, from his large scale abstract paintings, to the acclaimed public project “The Priority Boxes”, have attracted great interest in his work and given him the opportunity to exhibit alongside important artists like Romero Britto and Robert Rauschenberg. Franck de Las Mercedes posed for Celebrity Photographer Felix Natal Jr. in front of his painting “Altered States”,...
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www.fdlmstudio.com
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