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Carlee Fernandez

Born Santa Ana, California, 1973

Carlee Fernandez defines herself as a sculptor, although photography is often her medium of choice to explore familiar or fanciful three-dimensional forms. In the early 2000s she created sculptural hybrids of our consumer age by seamlessly combining rejected skins from a taxidermy shop with everyday objects. Works like Hugo Parlier (2001), a rhino-headed stepladder, emphasizes Fernandez’s preoccupation with shape and identity as well as the relationship between humankind and nature. More recently, in her Bear Studies and Man series, and her new work, The Strand That Holds Us Together, she merges her own body with beasts and with men she loves and admires. This latest series investigates the relationship between self, gender, and family.

Fernandez earned her BFA from California State University and MFA from Claremont Graduate University. Her work has been included in numerous solo and group shows, including the landmark “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement” (2008) and the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art in 2010.

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Carlee Fernandez

Nacido en Santa Ana, California, 1973

Carlee Fernandez se considera escultora, aunque la fotografía generalmente es su medio predilecto para explorar formas tridimensionales familiares o imaginarias. A principios de la década de 2000, creó híbridos esculturales de nuestra era del consumo mediante la fusión perfecta de pieles defectuosas de un negocio de taxidermia con objetos cotidianos. Obras como Hugo Parlier (2001), una escalera con cabeza de rinoceronte, enfatizan la preocupación de Fernandez por la forma e identidad como también la relación entre el ser humano y la naturaleza. En sus series Estudios de oso y Hombre, y su nueva obra, La hebra que nos une, la artista fusiona su propio cuerpo con bestias y hombres a quienes ama y admira. Esta investiga tambien la relación entre el propio ser, la construcción de género y la familia.

Fernandez obtuvo su bachillerato y maestría en artes en California State University y en Claremont Graduate University respectivamente. Su obra se ha expuesto en muestras individuales y colectivas, incluyendo “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement” (2008) y la Bienal de California en el Museo de Arte del Condado de Orange en 2010.

Carlee Fernandez

Born Santa Ana, California, 1973

Carlee Fernandez defines herself as a sculptor, although photography is often her medium of choice to explore familiar or fanciful three-dimensional forms. In the early 2000s she created sculptural hybrids of our consumer age by seamlessly combining rejected skins from a taxidermy shop with everyday objects. Works like Hugo Parlier (2001), a rhino-headed stepladder, emphasize Fernandez’s preoccupation with shape and identity as well as the relationship between humankind and nature. More recently, in her Bear Studies and Man series, and her new work, The Strand That Holds Us Together, she merges her own body with beasts and with men she loves and admires. This latest series investigates the relationship between self, gender, and family.

Fernandez earned her BFA from California State University and MFA from Claremont Graduate University. Her work has been included in numerous solo and group shows, including the landmark “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement” (2008) and the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art in 2010.


Carlee Fernandez

Nacido en Santa Ana, California, 1973

Carlee Fernandez se considera escultora, aunque la fotografía generalmente es su medio predilecto para explorar formas tridimensionales familiares o imaginarias. A principios de la década de 2000, creó híbridos esculturales de nuestra era del consumo mediante la fusión perfecta de pieles defectuosas de un negocio de taxidermia con objetos cotidianos. Obras como Hugo Parlier (2001), una escalera con cabeza de rinoceronte, enfatizan la preocupación de Fernandez por la forma e identidad como también la relación entre el ser humano y la naturaleza. En sus series Estudios de oso y Hombre, y su nueva obra, La hebra que nos une, la artista fusiona su propio cuerpo con bestias y hombres a quienes ama y admira. Esta investiga tambien la relación entre el propio ser, la construcción de género y la familia.

Fernandez obtuvo su bachillerato y maestría en artes en California State University y en Claremont Graduate University respectivamente. Su obra se ha expuesto en muestras individuales y colectivas, incluyendo “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement” (2008) y la Bienal de California en el Museo de Arte del Condado de Orange en 2010.

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The Strand That Holds Us Together
Archival pigment print on rag, 2014
Courtesy of the artist and ACME., Los Angeles
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Self-Portrait as Franz West’s Sculpture
C-print, 2006
Courtesy of the artist and ACME., Los Angeles
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Bear Hair Study
C-print, 2004
Courtesy of the artist and ACME., Los Angeles
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

August 22, 2014 through April 12, 2015

Americas Society, New York City

June 10, 2015 through October 18, 2015

National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 6, 2015 through March 27, 2016.