Javier León Pérez B. 1977, Seville, Spain Javier's Monochromatic

Javier León Pérez b. 1977, Seville, Spain

Javier’s monochromatic abstract landscapes undulate with rhizomatic movement. In his three-dimensional works, small elements of carefully folded Japanese paper interweave with each other tracing a dance, drawing the viewer into a parallel reality. As with poetry, the message is implicit, it points to a new place that opens up new possibilities.

In his paintings, drawings and sculptural paper works, the almost obsessive detailed process, and eternal repetition of small elements that cover the surface, act as a mantra, a sacred formula and deeply personal ritual for the artist. For the viewer, the first impact of the powerful colours or monochromatic pallet combined with the tactile oil, graphite or ink textures slowly move into a full aesthetic sensory experience. The eyes explore the surface and discover differences in density, quantity, as well as the games of light and shadow

In many of his series, Javier invokes the philosophical idea of Li (理), a concept found in Neo-Confucian Chinese philosophy that refers to the underlying reason and order of nature as reflected in its organic forms. This order or “natural geometry” is spontaneously generated in the physical world and can be visible, for example, in the textured patterns that arise in the bark of trees as they grow; in the ripples of sand dunes created by the wind; in the cracks that arise in dry clay; in the undulating surface of water.

Javier lives and works in Seville, Spain. He studied at the School of Arts in Seville and a postgraduate at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He obtained the highest rating with his research “Return to the Silence”, focused on repetition of elements in painting as analogous to meditative rituals. He is the recipient of numerous awards in Spain and his work on Japanese paper was recognized in the Paper Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Museum Rijswijk in the Netherlands, and the Biennale of Contemporary Art Lalin in Spain. Javier has held multiple exhibitions across Europe, with his first solo show in Hong Kong in 2015. He has participated in art fairs in Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany, the UK, Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, and Taiwan. His works have been acquired by important Spanish collections, including La Caixa Foundation and DEARTE, and by prominent collectors in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Korea. Puerta Roja represents Javier León Pérez in Asia since 2014.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2011 Master in Art – Creation and Research, MAC+I, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

2007 BA in Fine Arts, specialized in painting, Facultad de Sta. Isabel de Hungría, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

2001 Applied Arts, specialization in Adversting Art, Escuela de Artes y Oficios Artísticos de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Individual exhibitions 2011 2015 Warp & Silence, Galería Trema, Lisbon, Horarium, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Portugal 2014 Galeria Paços, Cámara Municipal de Torres Vedras, Portugal Origen, Trema Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal 2009 Secret Garden, Galeria Trema, Lisbon, Portugal

Collective exhibitions

2016 Bazaar Art Jakarta, Puerta Roja, Anamnesis: The Reasoned Doubt, Indonesia Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Beyond Borders, Puerta Roja, Hong NAVIgation. Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Kong Paper Language V5, Fernando Gallery, Art Central, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Pradilla, Madrid, Spain 2014 ART CENTRAL 16 ART FAIR, Puerta Roja Art Taipei, Puerta Roja, Taipei, Taiwan Gallery, Hong Kong KIAF, Puerta Roja, Seoul, Korea Context Art Miami, N2 Gallery, Art Jakarta, Puerta Roja, Jakarta, Barcelona, Spain Indonesia 2015 Cruce de caminos, Victor López. 10th Anniversary Exhibition, N2 Galery, Galería, Barcelona, Spain Bacelona, Spain Recollective 3, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Third Space, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong PLAN RENOVE, Curator Sema D`Costa, KIAF, Puerta Roja, Seoul, Korea Pumarejo Exhibition Hall, Seville, Spain

2013 The Portrait, Alehp Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal Abstractionism, Curator Juan F. Lacomba, Ayto de Tomares Exhibition Landscape, Alehp, Lisbon, Portugal Hall. Seville, Spain Acua09, MECA gallery, Almeria, Spain Swab 2013, Contemporary Art Fair, 2008 Stand Galería AJG, Barcelona, Spain PAN Amsterdam 09 Art Fair. Gallerie Espejismos, Galería AJG, Seville, Spain Judy Straten, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2012 Art Lisboa 09, Galería Trema, Lisbon, Casa/ Arte, Feria de Arte, Madrid, Spain Portugal Galería AJG, Seville, Spain Arte Gira NS08, MECA Gallery, Almería, "Haciendo Mano", Fundación Spain Madariaga, Seville, Spain Rewie, Gallerie Judy Straten, 2011 Grubbenvorst, Holland 72nd Plastic Arts Internacional Exhibition, Art Madrid 08, Contemporary Art Fair, Sala Concejalía de Cultura y Turismo Galería Aleph, Madrid, Spain del Ayuntamiento de Valdepeñas, 2007 Ciudad Real, Spain Realidades encontradas, Galería Dearte Madrid 2011, Feria de Arte Carmen Carmona, Seville, Spain Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain PAN Amsterdam 07 Art Fair, Gallerie Arte Gira City, Meca, Mediterráneo Judy Straten, Amsterdam, Netherlands Centro Artístico, Almería, Spain VIII Biennial of Contemporary Art Pinto MAC+I, Centro Cultural MIRA, Pozuelo Laxeiro, Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Temporalidad, Galería Henarte, 2010 Málaga, Spain Knitting and Stitching Show, Art Fair Lista Koln 07, COnemporary Art Fair, 2010, London, UK Cologne, Germany Art Lisboa 10, Galería Trema, Lisbon, Rewie, Gallerie Judy Straten, Portugal Grubbenvost, Holland Biennial Paper of Contemporary Art El Retrato, Galería Alehp, Ciudad Real, 2010. Rijswijk Museum, Rijswijk, Holland. Spain “100 años atrás”, Institut Françoise, Art Lisboa 09, Galería Trema, Lisbon, Madrid, Spain Portugal Nº 60., Casa del Estudiante of the El Retrato, Galería Alehp, Ciudad Real, UCM in collaboration with Korea’s Spain Embassy, Madrid, Spain Paisaje, Galería Alehp, Ciudad Real, Málaga Crea Off, La Caja Blanca Spain Cultural Center, Málaga, Spain Málaga Crea Off, Centro Cultural La 2009 Caja Blanca, Málaga, Spain Escultores andaluces, Academia de Bellas Artes, Seville, Spain

Nº 60, Casa del Estudiante of the JISER/IEMED, Sala Teatro Túnez/ Centre UCM in collaboration with Korea’s Civic Fort Puienc, Barcelona, Spain/ Embassy, Madrid, Spain Galería Kurt, Zaragoza, Spain Málaga Crea Off, Centro Cultural La ALBIAC 06, Cabo de Gata . Pabellón 8 Caja Blanca, Málaga, Spain Artistas Andaluces. Rodalquilar, Almería, Spain 2006 PAN Amsterdam 06 Art fair. Gallerie Percepciones de la Ciudad - Mirada de Judy Straten, Amsterdam, Netherlands 12 artistas del Mediterráneo,

Awards

2016 2010 Selection, Young Award 10 Plastic Selection, Prize BMW 2016 International Arts, UCM General Foundation, Madrid, Award of Painting Spain 2015 Selection, Young Award Málaga Crea Selection, First International of painting, 2010, Ayuntamiento de Málaga, Focus-Abengoa Málaga, Spain 2012 2009 Scholarship, II Encontro Da Artistas Selection, Desencaja 09, Premio de Novos, Cidade da Cultura de Galicia”, Artes Plásticas, Youth Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Andalucía, Málaga, Spain Scholarship, Sevilla es talento, Seville’s Scholarship, Fundación Caja Madrid for City Council and Madariaga Fundation, Seminar “Contemporary Art through the Seville, Spain Museo del Prado” 2011 2008 Selection, 72th Plastic Arts International Acquisition Award, Laxeiro Painter Exposition, Valdepeñas’ Council of Biennial. Entidad: Caixa Galicia, Lalín, Culture and Tourism, Ciudad Real, Spain Pontevedra, Spain Selection, BANCAJA Painting Award, 2007 Valencia, Spain Honourable Mention, Royal Academy Acquisition Prize, UNIA, Painting Award, of Fine Arts’ Autumn Hall Holy Isabel of Universidad Nacional de Andalucía, Hungary, Seville, Spain Huelva, Spain 2006 Selection, Painting Award 2011, La Rioja’s Parliament, Logroño, Spain 2nd Prize in Painting, Painting Contest Gustavo Bacarisas, Seville, Spain