C.V.

FERNANDO ELVIRA
Self-taught. Born in 1969 in Getxo (Basque Country).
Dropped-out of college (Chemistry) to direct a skateboard magazine (Tres 60).
World traveller, artist, photographer, amateur philosopher.

GROUP SHOWS
1993 E-330 group, Gastetxe Gobelas (squathouse), Las Arenas-Getxo.
1993 "American Experience". Alberto Urquiza & Fernando Elvira at Grossi´s, Bilbao.
1993 E-330 group. Viejo Café, Algorta-Getxo.
1993 E-330 group. Kultur Bar, Bilbao.
1995 "Dysfunctional, skateboard art&design". Blue Note Gallery, London-UK.
1996 "Jovian Gallery Artists". Jovian Gallery, Maui-Hawaii.
1998 "Off the Hook". Luggage Store, San Francisco-USA.
2004 "Operation Heavy". Chelles Cultural Center. Paris-France.
2005 "On the Wall". Artery Galllery, Melbourne-Australia.
2006 "Le Boxx". Stappelbaddenspark, Malmö-Sweden.
2007 "Que Corra el Aire". Javier Mendizabal & Fernando Elvira at Ikara Skateshop/Gallery, Barcelona-Spain.
2008-09 "USA Today, una aproximación al Arte Norteamericano del Siglo XXI". Córdoba, Asturias, Valladolid (Spain).

2011 "Grafika". National Gallery of Amman, Jordan.

2011 "Grafika". Instituto Cervantes, Madrid-Spain.

2013 "Cualquier Cosa es Posible". Diego Cabezas & Fernando Elvira at IAM Gallery, Madrid-Spain.

SOLO SHOWS
1995 "Reçcois ce que tu merites". Galerie L´Homme de Bois, Honfleur-France.
1995 "Aquí y ahora". Galería La Brocha, Bilbao.
1996 "More than the Obvious". Jovian Gallery, Maui-Hawaii.
1997 "Chachista". Point Break Communications, New York CIty.
2000 "Nature Nurture Culture". Open Systems AG, Zürich-Switzerland.
2003 "El Extracto Exacto". Gero Arte Galería, Las Arenas-Getxo.
2004 "Espiritual Carnal". Moriwase Espacio, Bilbao.
2006 "Producto Interior Bruto I". VSD Skateshop/Gallery, Vitoria.
2007 "Producto Interior bruto II". Flow Skateshop/Gallery, San Sebastián.

2012 "Faith Software Actualized". Neuwerk, Konstanz-Germany.

2012 "Faith Software Actualized". Basementizid, Heilbronn-Germany.

2012 "Faith Software Actualized". A.F.Gallery, Köln-Germany.

WANDERLUST
2001 London, Egypt, Singapore, India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hawaii, Utah, Arizona, New York.
2002 Senegal
2003 Ireland
2004 Ecuador
2005 Thailand
2006 Morocco, Sweden
2007 Iceland
2008 Portugal
2009 Perú, Bolivia
2010 Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei

2011 Jordan

2012 Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium.

CRIMINAL RECORD
2000 Arrested for peeing in a parking lot(Pima, Arizona). 24h in jail, 110$ bail.
2003 Denied access to the USA for breaking immigration laws. Arrested & chained in JFK for 8 hours then deported.

SOME COMMERCIAL WORK
2000 Skateboard graphic design for Cliché, France.
2002 Skateboard graphic design for Cliché, France.
2004 Skateboard graphic design for Cliché, France.
2007 Skateboard graphic design for Cliché, France.
2005 Snowboard graphic design for Salomon, France.
2006 Snowboard graphic design for Salomon, France.
2007 Mural work for Quiksilver Bowlriders & the City of Malmö, Sweden.
2009 Mural work for Open Systems AG. Zürich, Switzerland.
2010 Skateboard graphic design for Imagine, Spain.
2010 Skateboard graphic design for Zero, US.

2011 Skateboard graphic design for Semester, Sweden.

2011 Snowboard graphic design for Salomon, France.

2013 Windsurf graphic design for Wark, Germany.

2013 Mural work (in progress) for Converse. Barcelona, Spain.