Juan Francisco Casas

Juan Francisco Casas (born September 21, 1976 in La Carolina, Jaén, Andalusia) is a Spanish artist and poet. Casas recreates photographs he's taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. The drawings and paintings are created in photo realistic style most of them as large as 10 feet.[1]

Juan Francisco Casas
Born (1976-09-21) 21 September 1976
La Carolina, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationB.A., M.F.A., PhD, University of Granada
Known forPainting, drawing, photography
Awards
  • ABC Prize
  • Award of the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome
  • Award of the Colegio de España en Paris

Education

Juan Francisco Casas Ruiz graduated with a B.A. and a M.F.A. from the University of Granada. He subsequently completed his PhD at the university in 2004, while also holding a teaching position there. During his studies he won the National Award of the Ministry of Education and Science for the best graduate qualifications in Spain, presented by Culture Minister Pilar del Castillo.

References
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