Francisco Sierra (born 1977, Chile) is a contemporary artist known for his use of irony and humour in his photorealistic drawings and paintings.^[1]

Early life

Sierra was born in Chile in 1977 and moved with his family to Switzerland in 1986.^[2]

Awards

He has received several Swiss grants^[3][4][5] and the Manor Art Prize, for which he was given a solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen.^[2][6][7]

Exhibitions

• Solo exhibition at Wilhelm-Hack-Museum
• Solo exhibition at Galerie Gregor Staiger
• solo exhibition at Kunstmuseum Solothurn^[8][7]

Monographs

• Francisco Sierra. With texts by Christoph Vögele, Raphael Gygax, Roland Wäspe and an interview by Nadine Wietlisbach, edited by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen and Kunstmuseum Solothurn. Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2013 - ISBN 978-3-86984-057-4 [1] at Google Books
• Cahier d’Artiste. Text by Giovanni Carmine, edited by Pro Helvetia Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Edizioni Periferia, 2009 - ISBN 978-3-907474-59-4
• A Parallel Universe. Text by Fanni Fetzer and Reinhard Spieler, edited by Kunsthaus Langenthal und Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 2009 - ISBN 978-3-905817-18-8