Luis Fracchia

Curriculum

He was born in Asuncion, Paraguay, in 1959. In 1972 he travelled to Rome, Italy, where he lived until 1980; this is where, upon finishing his school studies, he began his artistic activity. From an early age, Italy's historical artistic accumulation of a thousand years caused a deep impression on the artist, who, after continuous trips to Italian cities and later to admire and study the great frescos of the Italian Quattrocento, decided to register at the prestigious Scuola di San Giacomo in Rome, in the specialty of "Wall Frescos" in the old Renaissance style, and also made a foray into etching at the Lorusso workshop. He was to have his first two exhibits in the Italian capital.
In 1980 he travelled to Mexico, after admiring a major exhibit of Siqueiros in Florence. Since then he has lived in the Mexican Republic, for the first years in Mexico City and at present, in the city of Cuernavaca.

His work has, at the present time, achieved a position and recognition in Mexican visual art, with many important solo and group participations in this country and abroad, where his strong projection begins, participating in international auctions such as Sotheby's. Works of his are to be found in private collections in Mexico, South America, the United States and Europe.

Solo Exhibits

1984	Signs	Galeria Arte Sanos, Asuncion, Paraguay.
1989	Luis Fracchia	Galeria Orbe, Cancun, Q. Roo.
1994	Between the Rust and the Skin	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico, City
1996	Expo Arte Guadalajara	International Art Fair, Guadalajara, Jalisco
1996	Contained Nature	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico, City
1997	Strange Nature	Galeria Martha Manchini, Asuncion, Paraguay.
1999	Nature Body	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico, City

Group Exhibits

1978	Colectiva	Scuola di San Giacomo, Roma, Italia.
1979	Metal, Etchings	Galleria Lorusso, Roma, Italia.
1980	Group	Galleria Artes, Fonapas, Acapulco, Gro.
1983	First Diego Rivera Drawing Biennial	Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City
1984	The Nude in Paraguayan Artists	Galeria Arte Sanos, Asuncion, Paraguay.
1985	Auction for the Reconstruction of the City of Mexico	Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
1987	32nd National Salon of Watercolor	Museum of Watercolor, Mexico City
1988	33rd National Salon of Watercolor	Museum of Watercolor, Mexico City
1990	1st Great Art Exhibition	Department of the Navy, Mexico City
1992	6th Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial	Contemporary Art Museum, Oaxaca, Oaxaca
		Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
1992	Spanish-American Painting Congress	Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico City
1993	Nude and Tradition	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1994	Lost Love	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1994	3rd Martel Biennial	Guest, Asuncion, Paraguay.
1994	Artists United Against AIDS	Museo del Chopo, Mexico City
1995	Hysteria in the Crisis	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1995	Expo Arte Guadalajara	Feria Internacional de Arte, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
1995	Painting, Sculpture and Photography	Vorpal Gallery, S. Francisco, California, USA
1995	If All the Flowers	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1996	Self-Portrait in Mexico, 90’s	Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
1996	Anatomy	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1996	Painting and Sculpture	Vorpal, Gallery, S. Francisco, California, USA
1997	The City	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1997	Expo Arte Guadalajara	Feria Internacional de Arte, Guadalajara, Jal.
1997	Friends of the Museum of Modern Art	Galeria Louis G. Morton, México D.F.
1997	Payment in Kind Collection	D. Alfaro Siqueiros Studio, Cuernavaca, Morelos
1997	A River Opens to the Sea	Antiguo Palacio del Arzobispado, Mexico City
1998	6th Anniversary	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1998	Expo Arte Guadalajara	International Art Fair, Guadalajara, Jalisco
1998	6th Cuenca Biennial	Cuenca, Ecuador
1998	For Love of Chiapas	Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
1998	Payment in Kind Collection	Former Palace of the Archbishopric, Mexico City
1998	Nude and Tradition II	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
1999	Emerging Painting in Latin America	Passage de Retz, Paris, Francia.
1999	A Look at the End of the Millennium	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
2000	Nudes on 9	Galeria Oscar Roman, México, D.F
2000	Contemporary Mexican Painters	FAI, Casa Lamm, Mexico City
2001	The Lottery	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
2001	Contemporary Images	Galeria Oscar Roman, Mexico City
2002	Showing	Cintermex Monterrey, N.L.
2003	Latin American Painters	Galeria Martha Manchini, Asuncion, Paraguay.
2004	Nationalism	Galeria Oscar Roman

Awards

1987

Medal of Merit 1st place 32nd National Salon of Watercolor

Museum of Watercolor, Mexico City