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Felix Semper
Born26 June 1964
Havana, Cuba
OccupationSculptor

Felix Semper is a Cuban American artist, best known for his stretchable paper sculptures.[1][2]. Semper gained popularity with his Notorious BIG work inspired by a photo of the rapper The Notorious B.I.G..[3] He crafted the sculpture from hundreds of layers of glued paper.

Semper lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. [4]

Exhibitions

Semper's first major solo exhibit in New York took place in 2018.[5]. His work has been exhibited internationally, including representing the US in the 7th Annual Cultural & Design Expo, Suzhou, China. While in Suzhou, Felix created a moveable sculpture of the "Pants Building" of Suzhou. In Mallorca, he exhibited a line of paper Hermes handbag sculptures.[6][7][8][9][10]

He has also exhibited in Barcelona, and other locations in the US.

Television

Semper and his work have made various television appearances including on El Hormiguero, Live with Kelly and Ryan, The Wendy Williams Show, Good Day New York, MTV, and NHK.

StoryBooked, a documentary series produced by Marriott International, featured Semper in an episode set in Spain.[11]

References

  1. ^ "This Notorious B.I.G. Paper Sculpture is Mind-Bending". Highsnobiety. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  2. ^ Liszewski, Andrew. "This Stretchable Sculpture of The Notorious B.I.G. Is Actually Made From Thousands of Sheets of Paper". Sploid. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  3. ^ "felix semper sculpts stretchable paper sculpture of the notorious B.I.G." designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  4. ^ dawn.kane@greensboro.com, Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane. "Artist Felix Semper gives sculpture a new twist (Video)". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  5. ^ "This sculptor's crazy, cool work will destroy the Slinky for your kids". New York Post. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  6. ^ "Felix Semper - Arctic Paper". www.arcticpaper.com. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  7. ^ dawn.kane@greensboro.com, Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane. "Artist Felix Semper gives sculpture a new twist (Video)". Greensboro News & Record. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  8. ^ "Felix Semper". Agora Gallery. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  9. ^ "The Artist Behind The Stretchable Paper Sculptures You Keep Seeing On Social Media". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  10. ^ Nikolov, Nikolay. "This stretchable sculpture of Biggie Smalls is made from 7,000 layers of paper". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
  11. ^ "StoryBooked: Felix Semper | Marriott Traveler". Marriott Traveler. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
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