Andrés Fonseca

ANDRÉS FONSECA WAS BORN IN BOGOTA. IN 1973 HE INITIATED STUDIES OF FINE ARTS AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA AND STUDIED JEWELRY AT THE WORKSHOP OF NURIA CARULLA. IN 1975 HE TRAVELED TO EUROPE AND FROM THIS YEAR TO 1978 HE STUDIED JEWELRY, JEWELRY DESIGN, CHISELLING AND ENGRAVING IN THE MASSANA (°) SCHOOL OF BARCELONA. IN THE SAME CATALAN CITY HE WORKED AS A JEWELRY DESIGNER AT THE ATELIER OF ANA FONT, A DESIGN TEACHER AT THE MASSANA SCHOOL AND A DESIGNER FOR DIFFERENT GERMAN COMPANIES.
IN 1978 HE TRAVELED TO GERMANY TO STUDY PAINTING AND GRAPHICS WITH THE ARTIST HANS BASCHANG AT THE ARTS ACADEMY OF MUNICH (°) WHERE HE GRADUATED AND IN 1985 OBTAINED THE MASTERS DEGREE AND THE AWARD GRANTED ANNUALLY TO THE BEST PUPILS.
ANDRÉS FONSECA HAS PRESENTED HIS WORK IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS IN SPAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, MEXICO AND COLOMBIA; FROM 1986 TO THE DATE, ALREADY IN MEXICO CITY, HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDED FASHION, DANCE, MUSIC, FILMS AND THEATER. IN 1991 HE INITIATED A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP (GID) IN JEWELRY DESIGN, AT THE RESEARCH CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (°) UNAM WHICH HE DIRECTS UP TO THE DATE.