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Pablo Alfredo de la Peña (Paul) is a self-taught geometric form artist and sculptor originally from the northwestern (Washington) region of the United States. Currently lives and works in Dallas, TX.
He works under his studio’s name, Abstracto Designs, and has gallery representation through Gold Leaf Gallery (Tyler, TX). Most of his work is driven by pop-culture references (mainly music and movies) and reshaped into a geometric design. Paul completed his first artist-in-residency at The Fairmont Dallas Hotel in 2014. He also completed his first solo exhibition at The Fairmont Dallas Hotel in the spring of 2014. Participated in his first international group exhibit the spring of 2015, at the Machon Hamayim Municipal Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel); a participant with 2020’s Luxembourg Art Prize (Gare, Luxembourg) and 2020’s International COVIMETRY Exhibition (Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland). He was a finalist in both Museum of Geometric Art’s 2015 & 2017 Biennial Shows. His ‘Non-Idiocy’ painting was added to the Museum of Geometric Art’s permanent collection in 2017. He was also invited to participate as a visiting juror with Frisco Art Center’s 2015 group juried exhibition. |
"With each piece, I strive to give the viewer a few moments of escape, curiosity, humor, & maybe a little relief from this world."
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