Esteban Schimpf (b. 1986, Bogotá, Colombia)

The practice of artist and curator Esteban Schimpf traffics in irreverence and authority. The distinctive satirical voice of his work enables him to poke fun at profound subjects whilst maintaining a comically nonchalant distance. For his work God, Imagine the storm on Jupiter, which was included in the Billboard Project at Portugal Arte 10 in Lisbon, he scrawled the aforementioned title onto a large billboard in a large European square to disarm viewers and lead them into a world of the subjective, the humorous and the sublime.

Schimpf received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. His work has been featured in exhibitions worldwide, including Hang In There, curated by Jason Lazurus, Co-prosperity Sphere, Chicago (2011), REVERSEVENT, organized by Thomas Macker, Joe Zorrilla, Calvin Lee, Venice, CA (2011), California Dreamin’, curated by Fred Hoffmann at Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon (2010), Billboard Project, curated by Lauri Firstenberg and Cesar Garcia of LA><ART, Los Angeles for Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon (2010) and Bad Moon at Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago (2008). In addition to Instant LA Summer 2 : HEAVY HAPPY, he curated its prequel, Instant LA Summer, at Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles (2010). 

Additional interests and talents of Schimpf include Culture and Loitering. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Image: Esteban Schimp, LA Debris, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 24.5 x 32 inches (62.23 x 81.28 cm).

(c) Esteban Schimpf