BIOGRAPHY
Born in Santiago, Chile in 1982, Federico Infante works predominantly in the medium of painting and drawing. He received his BFA in Santiago, Chile, and earned his MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is the recipient of several awards and scholarships and has presented solo and group exhibitions in Chile, New York, and Italy, with gallery shows including Punto Sull’Arte Gallery and Il Correggio Museum (Italy), BDG Gallery and Hugo Galerie (New York), and Animal Gallery (Chile). His work is held in private collections worldwide. In 2015, he illustrated Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita for The Folio Society, and more recently, he illustrated the latest edition of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for Suntup Editions. Federico currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia, where he also teaches in the Fashion Department at VCU.
RESUME
Education
2013 MFA Illustration School of Visual Arts, New York , U.S.A
2002 BFA Finis Terrae University, Santiago, Chile.
Awards & Honors
2015 Semi-finalist NYFA Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence
2012 Uanlane Foundation Scholarship
2009 Conicyt Scholarship
2004 Juan Downey Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2023 “Registros de Quietud / Portraits of Stillness”, Galeria Animal, Santiago, Chile.
2023 “Apparizioni”, Punto Sull’Arte, Varese, Italy.
2022 “Resonance”, Hugo Galerie, New York, USA.
2020 “Onírica”, Hugo Galerie, New York, USA.
2018 “Soliloquio” double show, Punto Sull'Arte, Varese, Italy.
2018 "The Geography of Hope", Hugo Galerie, New York, USA.
2016 "We can see the Wind", Punto Sull'Arte, Varese, Italy.
2014 "The Space Between", Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, USA.
2011 “The Greenhouse”, Galeria ANIMAL, Santiago, Chile.
2007 “Espacios y Relatos”, Centro Cultural Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Group Exhibitions
2023 BAF, ArteFiera, PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Bergamo, Italy
2022 ArtVerona, PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Verona, Italy
2022 Group show, "<20 15x15 / 20x20", PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Varese, Italy.
2021 Summer Collection, Hugo Galerie, New York, USA.
2019 Summer Collection, Hugo Galerie, New York, USA.
2019 ArtePadova, PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Padova, Italy
2019 Group show, "<20 15x15 / 20x20", PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Varese, Italy.
2019 EXPOARTE, PUNTO SULL'ARTE, MONTICHIARI, Italy.
2019 BAF, ArteFiera, PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Bergamo, Italy.
2018 ArtVerona, PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Verona, Italy.
2018 ArteGenova, Punto Sull'Arte, Genova, Italy.
2018 Group show, "Winter show", Hugo Galerie, New York, USA.
2017 Double show, Federico Infante/Marcos Zegers, Galeria Animal, Santiago. Chile.
2017 ArteGenova, Punto Sull'Arte, Genova, Italy.
2017 MAM Mostra a Milano, Punto Sull'Arte, Milan, Italy.
2017 Grandart,Punto Sull'Arte, Milan, Italy.
2017 ArtVerona, Punto Sull'Arte, Verona, Italy.
2017 Group show, "<20 15x15 / 20x20", PUNTO SULL'ARTE, Varese, Italy.
2016 Group Show, "In Perspective", Georges Berges Gallery, New York, USA.
2016 5 Anni / Classico Contemporaneo, Punto Sull'Arte, Varese, Italy.
2016 ART.FAIR Cologne, Punto Sull'Arte, Cologne, Germany
2016 ArtVerona, Punto Sull'Arte, Verona, Italy.
2016 2018 ArteGenova, Punto Sull'Arte, Genova, Italy.
2016 Group Show, "Daydreaming", Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, USA.
2016 Group Show, "Il Segreto dei Giusti", Museum Il Corregio, Italy.
2015 Group Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery. NY, USA.
2014 Group Show, Punto sull’Arte Gallery. Varese, Italy.
2014 Group Show, Galeria ANIMAL. Santiago, Chile.
2013 Summer Collective Part I, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
2013 Dumas, Knoerzer & Infante, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
2013 Spring Collective Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York
2013 MFAI Thesis Show, SVA Gallery, New York
2013 Annual Book Selection, Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York
2012 The Book Show, SVA Gallery, New York.
2012 Made in NY, Galeria Arte Espacio, Santiago, Chile
2011 Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
2009 ANIMAL Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2006 Transfiguración, Juventud Providencia, Santiago, Chile
2006 Atrévete a insuinar… C.A.V.S, Santiago, Chile
2005 Taller Litre #1211, Casas de Lo Matta, Santiago, Chile
2005 Museo Militar, Santiago, Chile
2004 Arte en Vivo, Museo Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile