Raúl Illarramendi
For Raúl Illarramendi, Painting is not merely a journey but a destination. His process engages drawing as a means to represent and ultimately embody the essence of painting. Through deep observation and meticulous rendering of the gestures that shape abstraction, Illarramendi pushes drawing to a threshold where it transcends itself, allowing a new pictorial reality to emerge. This duality exists within an infra-thin space—a liminal zone where the non-subject becomes tangible and is only achieved once rendered plausible.
Illarramendi was raised in Caracas, Venezuela, where he apprenticed under several renowned artists and joined the Drawing Circle at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia Imber. He later emigrated to the Midwestern United States to study Art and Art History at the University of Southern Indiana. After spending a year as an exchange student in France, he pursued a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Saint-Étienne. He now lives and works in the Oise region of northern France.
Studio contact: atelier.illarramendi@gmail.com
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This photo: Nicolas Brasseur. Méru 2017.
Other photographers include Gilles Mazzufferi, Lisa Buche, and Christophe Lett.