CARLOS PEREZ (1981)

Born in Guatemala. Lives and works in Viena, Austria.

ACADEMIC

2004-2009 - Bachelor of Arts: Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (with honorable mention)

1999-2003 - Bachelor of Painting and Industrial Design, National School of Plastic Arts Rafael Rodríguez Padilla, Guatemala City,

SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2019 - The Place of the Deer, Art in Construction, Hierschstettner Straße Vienna, Austria

2018 - Das Paradies, Loft8 Gallery, Vienna Austria

2017 - Inside-Out, Schleifmühlgasse 12-14 Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2016 - The Primavera Train, Galerie of the G & T Center Guatemala City

2015 - The Wonderland, a project by Navelinos Art, Vienna, Austria

2014 - Wet feet, Alianza Francesa, Guatemala City; Childhood Memories, Arte Hotel Krems, Austria.

2013 - The Illusionist, Le Meridien, Vienna, Austria; So Kitsch, Atelier Suterena Vienna, Austria.

2010 - Of Animals and Humans, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Beijing, China.

2009 - ich und meine Spiegel, Tazl Gallery, Graz, Austria; Austria Export, Canton exhibition 4 degrees north city from Guatemala.

SELECTION OF COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2018 - Caida Libre, Gallery, Alliance Française, Guatemala City.

2017 - The Central Matter, World Bank, Washington USA.

2016 - Grenzen Erfahrung, Hinterlnad Gallery. Vienna Austria; Frühling, KunstKanal, Vienna Austria.

2015 - AR + 43, Manifesto Sechs, KunstKanal, Vienna, Austria.

2014 - Ich und meine Ego, Moe, Vienna, Austria.

2012 - Chapin, der Steinbock und die Blaue Note, Vienna Austria.

2011 - The Gray House Artists, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin, Germany; SP Art Fair, Sau Paulo, Brazil; Art Fair, Cologne, Germany; Atelier Aberto, Belo Horizonte Brasil.

2009 - Young Art Global, Museum of European Art and Young Art Moya, Vienna, Austria; Juannio, Museum of Modern Art, Carlos Merida, Guatemala city.

2008 - Telenovela, at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria.

2006 - Latin Lobby, Quartier 21 / MQ, Museumsquartier Vienna, Austria. 

2004 - Performance, Festival of Fete Beatinik attaque, Vienna, Austria.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS ARTICLES

2015 - From Criminal to Artist, Vice Art is my Hope, Intramuros, Madrid Spain.

2013 - The Lost Innocence, TCLY, Thecitylovesyou, Mexico.

2011 - Painting to not go crazy, Siglo21 National Newspaper of Guatemala.

2010 - From Gangster to Artist, ORF-fm4 Radio Vienna Austria. From the Gangster Culture of Guatemala to Artist, Smithsonian, Guashington History Museum.

2008 - Pictures of Guatemala, Salzburger Nachrichten, Austria.

2006 - Bild Punkt, IG Bildende Kunst magazine, Austria.

2002 - Lamentations from the Milpa, 21st Century Guatemala.