Hector de Gregorio
Hector de Gregorio is interested in seducing the viewer, and his deliciously dark photographic images certainly act as a visual lure. In his images nothing is sacred, containing as they do religious overtones and something beyond mere fetishism.
De Gregorio graduated from London’s Royal College of Art in 2009, with a Master’s Degree in Printmaking, where he developed his labour-intensive way of working. Each image involves extensive research and costume making, photography, digital imaging and hand-finishing.
Hector de Gregorio has exhibited widely, with exhibitions in London, Berlin, Milan, New York, Chicago and Miami. His deliciously modern portraiture is held in the collections of Lady Victoria Conran, Mehmet Omer Koc and Theo Fennell.
Education
2009 MA Printmaking, Royal College of Art, London
2007 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London
Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2009 AXA Young Masters Art Prize
2009 Thames & Hudson ArtBook Prize, Printmaking
2007 SEDUCED: Sex In Art from Antiquity to Now, Green Room, Manchester
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2010 Fresh Cream 2, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2010 SCOPE Art Fair, Opus Art, New York
2009 SCOPE Art Fair, Opus Art, Miami
2009 AXA Young Masters, Sphinx Fine Art, London
2009 Fresh Cream, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 Manchester Buy Art Fair, Opus Art, Manchester
2009 NewcastleGateshead Art Fair, Opus Art, Newcastle upon Tyne
2008 Poetic Madness and the Romantic Imagination, RISE, Berlin
2008 Queer Up North, Green Room, Manchester
2007 Leben Lieben, RISE, Berlin
2007 Seduced, The Window Gallery, London
PRESS
November 2009 Observations: Award-Winning Young Artists Master Raphael and Durer, The Independent
May 2009 A Tough Climate for Art School Graduates, The Financial Times
