luis garcia-nerey

Within Kollabs, the artists’ perspective on the subject matter allows the audience to preview a familiar environment while challenging them to examine the existence of human and animal Beings. Although the main premise of the exhibit questions the human construct of the forest, it also aims to reveal an infinite source of reference points beset by the tone of the exhibit itself. Whether literal or abstract, Schofield’s and Nerey’s intentions are not to rationalize a specific idea of the forest but rather suggest that the viewer interpret the works on their own without limitations set by concrete definitions

Portrait of a Kingdom : Anke Scholfield and Luis Garcia-Nerey / KOLLABS September 7 - 30 KOLLABS artists Luis Garcia-Nerey and Anke Scholfield explore questions on the human construct within the forest and its inhabitants. They present a serious and provacative series of collaborative paintings and installations that create a sense of wonder evoking questions on, and of, the interaction between human life and the forest environment. Their multi-layered process in includes photographs, roofing tar stain, oil, charcoal pencil, acrylic and oil paints. Their work will be inculded in the Western Visions exhibition at the National Museam of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole.

Please join us September 15th, 2012 for the opening of Universal Garden at Lanoue Fine Art in Boston, MA. For their latest exhibit the pair continue to survey the interactions and dynamics of forest life. In "Universal Garden" they explore their ongoing fascination with how humans and animals co-exist. Nerey and Schofield construct an intriguing narrative which is meant to take the viewer on a flight through their surreal aesthetics. In their use of classic imagery in contemporary settings they effectively create a body of work that, while juxtapose travel as a cohesive storyline.

Kollabs travels to New Orleans for a solo exhibition at Soren Christensen Gallery. Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey continue to examine human and animal relations in their new body of work. In this particular series the subjects seem to be in dreamlike scenarios as if reflecting on their own existence.

With Bosque IV, Kollabs artist Anke Schofield and Luis Garcia-Nerey embark on yet another installment of their ongoing collaborations for their second solo exhibition at Gilman Contemporary. Their fascination for forest life and its inhabitants continues but now takes on a new interest. In their previous works, the focus was on forest animals, the relationships amongst themselves and their environment. For this exhibition the pair emphasizes on the parallels that exist within human society and the animal kingdom. Not only do they comment on these similarities but in addition create a grouping of works that cohesively interconnect to create a theatrical and compelling narrative.

Kollabs, short for collaborations, is a ongoing visual art project founded by myself and my great friend Anke Schofield. Collectively we've been working as professional artists for over twenty years. With Kollabs, Anke and I have brought forth our individual ideas and aesthetics to create various series of works exhibited throughout North America and abroad. In our new Figurative works we've introduced figures instead of animals as the subject matter. We are interested in the silent dialogue within the pieces and between the works and the viewers.

In our Animal works the main subject matter thus far, has focused on forest life and animals. Particularly, the natural hierarchy within the forest inhabitants and the parallels we see in them within today’s modern day social structure.