Frédéric Iriarte


Frédéric Iriarte, born in 1963 in Paris, is a contemporary plastic artist. Since 1986, he has lived and worked in Sweden.
In the 1980s he belonged to the avant-garde movement Figuration Libre :fr:Figuration libre and presented his works, among others, Galerie Beaubourg, the Marianne and Pierre Nahon Gallery and the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Museum of Modern Art City of Paris. It was during his travels, known and worked with a number of graffiti artists, performance artists, videos, films, photographers and musicians such as Ben Vautier, Herve Di Rosa, Richard Di Rosa, :fr:Speedy Graphito, :fr:Jerome Mesnager, :sv:Kjartan Slettemark, Bengt Lindström, Kaj and Ficaja , Brain and others .
On his arrival in Sweden, perilous road hitchhiking in January 1986, he designed sets for theater groups such as avant-garde Aurora Teater Hilda Hellwig, Claes Peter Hellwig Stockholm for example.
His works have been recognized mainly through its projects, exhibitions, TV interviews, newspaper articles, art critics and bibliographic editions of books and art book éditions.
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What he calls "The parasiting of the art in the environment, architecture and design have to act and react a large number of spectators and actors in the world of art , . By means of a formal proposal for construction of ventilation tower around the perimeter highway north of Stockholm, the State Council's infrastructure Sweden showed an open mind and novelty and innovation and dynamism.
His approach or intrusion on the eight water towers in the Stockholm area, the same year or Stockholm was European Capital of Culture in 1998, also shows that art can be applied to different materials and architectural and sociological support.
The interference of design is evident, inter alia, through action in collaboration with Philippe Starck's representative in Scandinavia and leads to "Porteur-Porteuse" table shown in numerous television programs and international contemporary art fairs.
Design concept : Bottle Wine Muscat de Rivesaltes Castle Pines Vespeille the "Parasite Climber" also had its glory.
It was for three years, responsible for the Scandinavian Association of Artists in Stockholm. He also teaches at the Art and Technique, or Color and the Shape in the field of industrial design at the KTH The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, or even on the 2D design tools at the University of Södertörn Stockholm.
His works are represented in collections both public and private, throughout Europe and the United States. From the Saatchi Gallery in London until the exclusive offices of large international companies, embassies of France, Institute and Cultural Center of Scandinavia, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stavanger, Helsinki see to the offices of the Ministry of Culture and Foreign Affairs in Paris

Works and exhibitions

Public Commissions
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Exhibitions and projects:
Project on water towers "Drop" 8 water towers chosen as support for action on plastic architecture representing a family of trolls "to Rosenlund, Södertälje.
The Fruit of Thinking Castle Vespeille pines, Rivesaltes. Creating a Muscat wine-Parasite Climber.
Editing table "Carrier-Carrier", T-shirts Men Parasite "och" Female Parasite ". "Impossible" Art Gallery & Form, Stockholm.
Books published: