About the art / about the artist Born in Miami in 1987, Aparicio lived an international life traveling from one country to the next. His eclectic style is drawn from the many cultures and stories he absorbed along the way. After earning his bachelor's degree in Fine Art at the University of Arizona, Aparicio packed up once again and headed to Paris, driven by the stories of his favorite painters. Although his traveling continued, he cultivated his muses and founded his painting studio in Montreuil. Aparicio has worked the Parisian nightlife, as a yoga teacher, a Thai masseuse, and has been tattooing for more than a decade. Everything he experiences is referenced in his art, adding to the richness and complexity of his oeuvre. He follows his inspiration first and foremost which leads him on an adventure, an exploration of the spectrum between abstraction and figuration.
education/ activities 2018 200 hours Tantra Yoga Teacher Training - Anahata Yoga Shala, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2017 Thai Massage training - The Sunshine School, Greece 2011 Tattoo artist - Sharktooth Ink, International 2010 Bachelors of Fine Arts: Visual Communications - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
exhibitions/events 2022 Duality - Solo exhibition, Aux Deux Passages, Montmartre, France 2020 The Socialites - Solo exhibition, Le Local, Montreuil, France 2020 Petites Grandes Actions - group exhibition, produced by Le Feu Caché, Paris France 2017-2018 Artist residency, New Space Arts Foundation, Hue, Vietnam 2016 YAP Magazin 1 year Anniversary - Live communal painting, L’Impasse, Paris, France 2016 La Terrace - Live painting event, Batofar, Paris, France 2015 Au Chat Noir - solo exhibition, Au Chat Noir, Paris, France 2015 Altar for Change - live tattoo performance with Le Brothers, Palais Tokyo, Paris, France 2015 Le Lapin Blanc - solo exhibition and live painting, Le Lapin Blanc, Paris, France 2015 Carbon de Nuit (Carbon XIV production), live painting performance, Maxim's, Paris, France 2014 Carbon XIV Cabaret (Carbon XIV production), live drawing performance, Maxim's, Paris, France 2014 Feathers in Flight - live painting performance, En Face, Paris, France 2013 RUST - solo exhibition, Kabanito, Paris, France 2012 The Lettingo Cabaret - live painting performance, L'Acte 3, Paris, France 2011 Exploration - group exhibition, Bric à Brac, Paris, France 2010 Senior Thesis Visual Communications Show - group exhibition, The Graduate Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2010 Dulce et Decorum Est - solo exhibition, EAC Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2008 Moods and Marks - solo exhibition, EAC Gallery, Tucson, AZ