Fernando Casasempere was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1958. After studying ceramics and sculpture in Barcelona during the 1980s, he returned to Chile in 1986 and has been exhibiting internationally since then. He currently lives in London, where he moved his studio in 1997.

His work is in international collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; Harvard Art Museums, Boston, USA; and the National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile.