The Art of Perez Melero

artist

Born in Spain, PEREZ MELERO began his career in Venezuela where he lived from the late 1950's until the early 1980's. Maintaining workshops in Caracas and New York, he is an artist who exhibits his work internationally. He is in public collections including the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, CANTV, Fundarte, the American Institute of Architects, Intel Corporation, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and the Women in Military Service to America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My 3-dimensional constructions are built mostly from wood, paper, canvas and acrylic paint. Their ideas evolves from an organic and intuitive process. The final work is a combination of my creative vision and a highly organized process employing disciplines of geometry and applied design.

Viewers should interact physically with my constructions. They need to walk around them and view them from different perspectives. Up close one can see the detailed and intricate methods of their construction. From further back, one can appreciate their total effect.

Color and light and how they interact are central to my work. Color is painted on pieces of wood attached to a high-contrast geometric background. Light penetrates between them, reflecting color from one to another and on the background. These reflected colors seem to mix in the air and produce an impression of others. As light sources change angle or intensity, and as the viewer moves around the work, new colors can be perceived even though they aren't really there. The interaction between color and light has produced an illusion. This relationship between color and light, in part, defines my work.

I hope you enjoy visiting my website and seeing examples of my work. Check back often as I will be expanding the online gallery and updating my current projects.

ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS (partial list)

2008	American Flag Series, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Ryan Chelsea / Clinton Community Health Center, New York
2007	Semi-permanent Installation, Citibank, New York Homage to Cities, Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, New York
2006	Art Evolution, Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery, Aberdare, Wales
2004	Luz y Color, Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, New York Et Situ (1) Studio 529, New York; Et Situ (2) Pricewaterhouse Coopers Gallery, Cardiff
2003	Tommy Hilfiger Showroom, New York
2002	New York Institute of Technology, New York
2001	Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York
2000	Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, New York New York Institute of Technology, New York
1999	Women In Military Service to America Memorial, Arlington, VA New York Institute of Technology, New York
1998	Union League Club, New York
1997	American Institute of Architects, Washington D.C.
1996	Union League Club, New York
1993	Ambassador Galleries, New York
1992	American Association of Science & Technology, Washington D.C.
1991	Greenwell Goetz Architects, Washington D.C.
1990	Air Transport Association of America, Washington D.C.
1989	Galleria Morantes, Alicante
1988	Corner Gallery, World Trade Center, New York
1987	Seton Hall University, South Orange New Jersey
1985	Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York
1982	Venezuelan Tourist and Information Center, New York
1979	Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Fundarte, Bogota
1978	Galeria Sorolla, Maracaibo; Teatro de la Opera, Maracay
1977	Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Asociacion de Periodista, San Crisobal; CANTV, Caracas; Museo del Hipodromo de la Ricconada, Caracas
1976	Centro Bellas Artes, Maracaibo; Sala Ocre, Caracas; Galeria CADAFE, Caracas
1975	Museum of Zea, Medellin; Galeria El Parque, Medellin; Galeria Plaza Bolivar, Caracas
1974	Universidad Central de Vzla.; Galerias Altimira, Fedecamaras, Fundacomun, Ateneo de Caracas
1973	Colegio de Ingenieros, Puerto Ordaz y Ciudad Bolivar
1972	Club Caronoco, Puerto Ordaz

GROUP SHOWS (partial list)

2008	Dimensions, Galeria Sanchez, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Ryan Chelsea / Clinton Community Health Center, new York
2006	Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York
2003	NoHo Gallery, New York
2000	Yeshiva University School of Law, New York
1994	Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo
1993	Century Club, New York; Ambassador Galleries, New York
1992	Ambassador Galleries, New York; Abner Gallery, New York
1986	Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, New York
1985	Oller Campeche Gallery, New York
1984	Biennial of Printmaking, Cayman Gallery, New York; Art Students League, New York; Columbia University Teachers College, New York;
1983	Tossan Tossan Gallery, New York
1982	Biennial of Printmaking, San Juan; First Festival of SoHo, New York; Cayman Gallery, New York
1980	Galeria Morantes, Alicante; Fundarte, Bogota
1976	Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Galeria Andre Bello, Caracas
1975	Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid
1974	Galeria Quinta Santander, Cucuta
1973	Arturo Michelena National Hall of Painting, Caracas; Galeria Plaza Central, Caracas
1972	Alehandro Otero Hall, Ciudad Bolivar

COLLECTIONS (partial list)

Spanish Musium of Contemporary Art, Madrid

Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Museum of Zea, Medellin

CANTV, Caracas; Fundarte, Caracas; Iberia Airlines, Caracas; Avensa, New York;

Rafael Rojas, Venro, New York; Fundarte, Caracas; Braunstein & Associates, Caracas

Theodore Vittoria, Vittoria & Purdy, LLP, New York; Richard Travers, Travers-O'Keefe, New York

Werner Haase, Madison Performance Group, New York

Peter Lehrer, Lehrer, McGovern & Bovis, New York; The Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles

Air Transport Association of America, Washington D.C; The White House, Washington D.C.

COMMISSIONS (partial list)

American Institute of Architects, Washington D.C.

Women In Military Service for America Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Air Transport Association of America, Washington D.C.

Polygram Records, New York

Centro Altamira parking tower, Caracas

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