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Nery Gabriel Lemus a Place Called Home NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME ).'82/+0'3+9-'22+8? NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Charlie James Gallery is pleased to present A Place will also contain a collection of smaller Alfombras Called Home, the fourth solo show by LA artist Nery that reflect elements of contemporary dialogue on Gabriel Lemus at the gallery. The exhibition ex- immigration. plores immigration through the lens of “The New Colossus,” a sonnet originally written by American Nery Gabriel Lemus was born in Los Angeles in 1977. poet Emma Lazarus in 1883 to raise money for the The subjects in his work range from issues of ste- construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liber- reotype, division and immigration to problems in ty. The sonnet depicts a mighty woman that lights society that can lead to the failure of families, the way for refugees and immigrants seeking shelter- such as poverty, abuse and neglect. Lemus received it highlights her desire to embrace such individuals his BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, as a mother would her children; Lazarus calls her California (2007) and his MFA at the California In- the “Mother of Exiles.” stitute of the Arts in Valencia, California (2009). Lemus also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting Lemus’s work in the main gallery will explore the and Sculpture in Maine (2008). His work has been terrain that immigrants traverse on their journey(s) featured in solo exhibitions at, Charlie James Gal- to the United States through a series of highly de- lery, Los Angeles, CA; Steve Turner Contemporary, tailed watercolor paintings of desert landscapes. Los Angeles, CA; The Bindery Projects, Minneapolis, At first glance, the paintings seem to depict barren MN; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX. Group exhibi- images of desert lands, but upon closer observation tions include, Taste Makers & Earthshakers, Vince the images reveal key phrases from the Emma Lazarus Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Fútbol: The Beau- poem. tiful Game, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Made in L.A. 2012, Hammer Museum, Los Centered in the main gallery is Lemus’s epic floor Angeles, CA; Dia a Dia/ Day by Day, The 9.99 Gal- piece titled “Three Unknown Females,” which brings lery, Guatemala City, Guatemala; OZ: New Offerings into stark relief the dangers involved in attempting From Angel City, Museo Regional Guadalajara, Jalis- to cross the US-Mexico border. The piece referenc- co; Common Ground, California African-American Mu- es the ornate dyed sawdust rugs, known as Alfom- seum, Los Angeles, CA and exhibitions at the Armory bras, made in Guatemala during Holy Week. The piece Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA; Orange County depicts three numbered burial markers for ‘three Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA; India- unknown females’ who perished making the desert napolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN; Los Angeles crossing to the US. Lemus’s floor painting uncan- Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Torrance nily evokes the folk tradition of the Alfombra, but Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Centro Cultural Paseo achieves the result through the seamless arrangement del Norte, Chihuahua, Mexico and the Centro Cultur- of fifteen acrylic painted welcome mats. al Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico, among others. He is a recipient of a California Community Foundation Fel- In the rear gallery signs with ceramic tablets share lowship, a COLA Fellowship Grant from the Department the narratives of immigrants that came to the US of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, and the Rema Hort seeking a better life for their children. The signs Mann Foundation Fellowship Award. He is represent- serve as markers of completion. The pieces are la- ed by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles and is a beled Tetelestai #1, #2, #3, #4. Tetelestai is the Professor in the Department of Art at Azusa Pacific Greek work for “it is finished.” The rear gallery University. NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #4 watercolor on paper 17.5 x 23.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #1 watercolor on paper 17.5 x 23.5 inches 2017 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #3 watercolor on paper 17.5 x 23.5 inches 2017 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #7 watercolor on paper 33.75 x 22.25 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #6 Watercolor on paper 33.75 X 22.25 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #2 watercolor on paper 17.5 x 23.5 inches 2017 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Immigrant Landscape #5 watercolor on paper 17.5 x 23.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Tetelesti #1 (Mexico) Acrylic over wood, walnut base, China paint over glazed ceramic, steel nail 49 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Tetelesti #2 (Guatemala) Acrylic over wood, walnut base, China paint over glazed ceramic, steel nail 49 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME A Memorial to Three Unknown Females Acrylic on 15 floor mats 96 X 115 inches 2016 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Estoy Aquí Para Quedarme Acrylic on welcome mat 16 x 23.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Love Your Vecino Acrylic on welcome mat 16 x 23.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Tetelesti #3 (Venezuela) Acrylic over wood, walnut base, China paint over glazed ceramic, steel nail 49 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Tetelesti #4 (Dominican Republic) Acrylic over wood, walnut base, China paint over glazed ceramic, steel nail 49 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME We Love Our Dreamers Acrylic on welcome mat 16 X 23.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME We Are All Dreamers Acrylic on welcome mat 16 X 23.5 inches 2018 NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Curriculum Vitae Art is a Lie, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA b. 1977, Los Angeles, California. INTO ACTION, Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Altadena, California. Refiguring the Biblical, Biola University, La Mirada, CA Education 2017 MFA, Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, One Year: The Art of Politics in Los Angeles, Brand Library and Valencia, California, 2009 Art Center, Glendale, CA BFA, Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2007 Shelter/Refugio, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), San Jose, CA Solo Exhibitions WE: Visual Reflections on the American Experiment, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 2018 Cola 20, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Los Angeles, A Place Called Home, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA CA Latino Art Now! , Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana 2015 (MACLA), San Jose, CA Just So Stories, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Echo Location, ESXLA, Los Angeles, CA Roybal: Man of the People, El Tranquilo 2014 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me, Biola University, La Mira- da, CA 2016 60 Americans, Makeshift Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Tastemakers & Earthshakers: Notes from L.A. Youth Culture, 1943 A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich, The Bindery Projects, Minne- to 2016, Vince Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA apolis, MN And Who Is My Neighbor: Stories from the Margins, The Earl & Vir- A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich, Charlie James Gallery, Los ginia Green Art Gallery, Angeles, CA La Mirada, CA Silent Testimonies: Contemporary Ex-Votos, 2010 Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, CA Until the Day Breaks and Shadows Flee, Project Row Houses, Hous- Non-Non Violence, Guerrero Gallery, San ton, TX Francisco, CA Black is Brown and Brown is Beautiful, Charlie James Gallery, Los Southland, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Angeles, CA La Grande Galerie du Foot, La Villette, Paris, France 43: From Ayotzinapa to Ferguson, Self Help Graphics and Arts, Los 2009 Angeles, CA Friction of Distance, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA Tight Squeeze, Armory center for the Arts, On Beyond Rhyme!, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Pasadena, CA Wishes and Dreams, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Group Exhibitions Angeles, CA SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG), Los Angeles, CA 2018 Ya Basta: The East L.A. Walkouts and the Power of Protest, La 2015 Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angles, CA Custom Lives, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MAC- Sanctuary, South Pasadena Public Library, Los LA), San Jose, CA Angeles, CA Roybal: Man of the People, Align Gallery, Los Angeles, CA NERY GABRIEL LEMUS A PLACE CALLED HOME Mis Propios Espacios / My Own Spaces, DCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA CA JUG LIFE: New Contemporary Still Life, Park Life Gallery, San 2011 Francisco, CA IndiVisible, California African American Museum (CAAM), Los Ange- les, CA 2014 If These Wall Could Talk—A Conversation, Charlie James Gallery, Attunement, Big City Forum curatorial project at Armory Center Los Angeles, CA for the Arts, Pasadena, CA If These Wall Could Talk—A Conversation, Marine Art Salon, Santa Baggage Claim: Unpacking Immigrant Lives, District of Columbia Monica, CA Arts Center, Washington, DC Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010, Centro Cultural Paso del Norte, Crossing Borders: Stories of Migration in Contemporary Art, Chihuahua, Mexico University Art Gallery CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA Racial Imaginary, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA 2010 Rise: Love.
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