GALLERY 2: CHRISTIAN PARDO DE FIGUERO ‘D.S.E.’ Mar 20 – April 6 2013

Death,  sex  and  the  environment.  Asylum  seekers,  endangered   species,  Australian  and  global  social  issues,  presence  and   absence.  Therefore  what  I  ultimately  see,  or  recognise,  are  the  ways  by  which  images  can  generate  particular  ideas;  in   this  instance,  ideas  about  death,  sex  and  the  environment.

Peruvian-born Christian Pardo de Figueroa studied a Bachelor of Design Major- ing in Visual Communication Design at the Queensland College Of Arts in Brisbane. Since he was very little he developed an interest in expressing himself through music, dance and drama; but not until he started university he decided to educate himself artistically and travelled to Australia to finish his degree. He believes that all his combined life experiences and what has influenced him throughout the years is definitely shown in his art. “I create art because it allows me to visually recreate my point of view of whatever is my head and no matter what the final outcome is I want to share it and make an impact in people’s lives… If I don’t create art with my feelings, then I won’t create art at all”.