LUIS KERCH
LUIS KERCH
About
Kerch is a plein-air painter. He arranges his canvases like reverberations that awaken our imagination, bringing light to the landscapes they seem to form.
Since the work carried in 2011 in Kent, UK, his artwork has had an impact on the national and international art scene. On three occasions, he was selected and short-listed for Britain's “Threadneedle Prize for Painting & Sculpture,” organised by the Federation of British Artists and London's Saatchi Gallery.
Throughout the last 15 years, he has collaborated with Mexican galleries such as that of Alfredo Ginocchio and Intersección Arte Contemporáneo in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and art fairs in the USA, Europe and other Latin American countries, as well as participating in individual and collective exhibitions hosted by galleries and institutions in Europe and America; Mall Galleries, London, UK. TEA, Contemporary Art Centre, Tenerife. The Fludde Festival. Faversham, Canterbury, Kent, UK. Instituto Cabrera Pinto, Government of the Canary Islands Exhibition Hall, Herraiz Gallery, Madrid. Lugar_0, Corredor Cultural Colonia Roma, Mexico. Sintra Art Centre, Portugal. Intersección Arte Contemporáneo, San Miguel de Allende. Mexico. FIA International Art Fair, Caracas, Venezuela. Kunsthaus Miami Contemporary Art Space, Miami. Sotavento Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela. Contex, Art Miami. BARCU International Art and Culture Fair, Colombia. “El Grupo de los Dieciséis” Auction, Mexico City, Mexico.
Career & CV
1986 - 1990
Master of Science in Communication Design
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, New York, USA
1981 - 1985
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Miami, Florida. USA
Y la arena tenía el tono más claro
Drexel Galería. Monterrey, México
Perception
ATC Gallery. Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Inner Landscapes: Lights & Colors of Los Cabos
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery. Baja California, México
Burning Aura. The pictorial persistence of landscape
Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico
From the island
Herraiz Gallery. Madrid, Spain
From the southern islands
Intersección Arte Contemporaneo, San Miguel de Allende. México
From the southern islands
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery, CDM México
From the southern islands
Intersección Arte Contemporaneo, San Miguel de Allende. México
Light, horizon and wall
Instituto Cabrera Pinto. Gallery of the Government of the Canary Islands, La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain
Color
Herraiz Gallery. Madrid, España
Deconstructed objectivity
Place_0. Cultural Corridor Colonia Roma, Mexico
Herráiz Gallery. Madrid, Spain
The imagined garden
Monserrate Palace, Sintra, Portugal
Athenaeum of La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain
Macula Art Gallery. S/C Tenerife of Tenerife, Spain
Silver Braço Factory. Lisbon Portugal
Cabrera Pinto Institute. Chamber of the Government of the Canary Islands. Spain
A journey through memory
Preservation Art Gallery. Massachusetts, USA
Kunsthaus Miami Contemporary Art Space, Miami, Florida, USA
With the naked eye
Sala MAC (Casa Elder). Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tenerife, Spain
A Collage of Memory
Nakatani Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico
A Collage of Memory
Ars Forum Gallery. Caracas Venezuela
Caja Canarias Art Room. La Laguna, Tenerife. Spain
Recent Works
Sotavento Gallery, Caracas. Venezuela
Graduate Gallery. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
B.F.A. Exhibition
The New Gallery, University of Miami. Florida, USA
What's Next from here
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery. Baja California, México
Summer Shorts
ATC Gallery, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Paintings
Drexel Gallery, Monterrey. Mexico
Art Miami. Context
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery (Mex), Miami
Preach Art. CUC
Cultural University Center. Autonomous University of Mexico. Mexico City
Basel, ArtMiami.Context
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery (Mex), Miami, Florida, USA
Auction The Group of Sixteen
City of Mexico, Mexico
ArtMiami. Context
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery (Mexican). Miami, Florida, USA
BARCU International Art Fair and Culture
Ginocchio Gallery (Mex). Bogota
FIA Ibero-American Art Fair
Alfredo Ginocchio Gallery (Mex). Caracas
La Aurora Art Center. San Miguel de Allende. Mexico
Genealogy of color
Canarian Government exhibition. Tenerife. Spain
Colors
Herraiz Gallery. Madrid, Spain
Room art fair
Victor Zurita. Madrid, Spain
Finalist - The Threadneedle Prize For Painting & Sculpture 2012
Mall Galleries, London, UK (Selected from 4000 works)
The Fludde Festival
Faversham, Canterbury, Kent. United Kingdom
All foreign bodies
Hardcore Art Contemporary Space. Miami, Florida, USA
TEA Collective
Loro Parque Foundation. Tenerife, Spain
Cultural Passenger
Vision Art Gallery. Miami, Florida, United States
Group Show "7X7"
Art Room The Caixa. The lagoon. Tenerife, Spain
Regional Biennial of Fine Arts
Center of Art La Recova. Tenerife, Spain
Collective Exhibition
Phoenix Gallery. New York, New York. USA
LIII National Salon "Arturo Michelena"
Athenaeum of Valencia. Prize: Monsanto. Valencia. Venezuela
Perceptions and Objects
Venezuelan Art Center, New York, New York. USA
Perceptions and Objects
Embassy of Venezuela, Washington DC, USA
Small Formats
Gallery Los Toldos, Monterrey Mexico
Collective
Alberto Misrachi Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico
Fifth Salon of Drawing
Arts museum Visuals Alejandro Otero. Caracas
Three Looks a Reality
Paulina Rielof Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Limited Editions
Leeward Gallery, Caracas Venezuela
Art and City Hall
Museum of Arts Visuals Alejandro Otero. Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelan Center of Culture. Bogota, Colombia. House of Culture, Bogota, Colombia. Venezuelan Embassy in Washington. House of Culture, San José, Costa Rica
Re-Mozart-E
Sotavento Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Tribute to Páez
Venezuelan Consulate. New York, USA
The Miami Herald
The Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, United States
Work represented in collections
- La Colección Rucandio (El País, Madrid) - www.torrededonborja.es
- La Colección de Arte de Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias
- Among others
