Brooklyn-born Elbert Perez draws upon the precarious state of the human psyche as the basis for his painterly and sculptural practice.
Read MoreTaking French and Dutch still life paintings as a point of departure, Elbert Perez's allegorical narratives seek to reflect both the fragility and strength of the human psyche.
Through ominous depictions of animals and everyday objects including ceramic figurines, hammers, and flames, Perez explores themes of death and suffering, evoking the symbolism of 17th-century vanitas paintings.
In 2022, Rachel Uffner Gallery hosted Perez's inaugural solo exhibition in New York, titled Just Living the Dream. Displaying new oil paintings and an assemblage of sculptures, the show continued Perez's exploration of the human condition, featuring The Long Nap, among others.
Perez's work was first shown with the New York-based gallery in their Felix Art Fair 2022 presentation, which included Delicate Constitution (2021) and Sin Esperanza (2022).
Elbert Perez's solo and group exhibitions include Notes On The Sky, Babayaga Gallery, Hudson (2021); Out of Control, Venus Over Manhattan, New York (2018); Incident Report 93., Incident Report, Hudson (2017); and Stop and Smell the Roses, The Mothership, Woodstock (2017), among others.
Elbert Perez's website can be found here, and his Instagram here.
Annabel Downes | Ocula | 2022
