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Luis Xertu (Mexico City, 1985) moved to Netherlands in 2004. After he graduated from the Rietveld Academy he developed his painterly visual language working within the performing arts, where he has worked both as a designer and created works that experimented with the medium of theater and dance. His scenic artworks have been shown in the Dutch pavilion of the Venice Biënnale and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
In his pictorial work, Xertu combines the analogue and the digital; photographing models, painting them, using Photoshop to decide the composition of the surrounding nature, and meticulously gluing plants directly onto the canvas to create large scale paintings with stark compositions. Drawing from mythological references, he explores themes of time and aging incorporating the decay of real plants as elements of transformation, which can take several years to happen.
He has been nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting 2019, and was awarded the Audience Prize. Renditions of Impermanence shows ten of his vegetated works, on view for the first time in a gallery.
In his pictorial work, Xertu combines the analogue and the digital; photographing models, painting them, using Photoshop to decide the composition of the surrounding nature, and meticulously gluing plants directly onto the canvas to create large scale paintings with stark compositions. Drawing from mythological references, he explores themes of time and aging incorporating the decay of real plants as elements of transformation, which can take several years to happen.
He has been nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting 2019, and was awarded the Audience Prize. Renditions of Impermanence shows ten of his vegetated works, on view for the first time in a gallery.
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Video for the exhibition of Luis Xertu at TORCH Gallery, 14 March until 25 April 2020, 'Renditions of Impermanence'
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Exhibitions, Performances, and Installations
2020 – TORCH Gallery Amsterdam, NL - Solo exhibition
2019 – Royal Palace Amsterdam, NL - Group exhibition 'Royal Award for Modern Painting 2019'
2019 – Cinédanse Ottawa 2019, CA - Screening of the film 'Ecclesiastes'
2019 – WTC Rotterdam Gallery, NL - Group exhibition 'An Unexpected View'
2018 – Gloss Gallery Tel Aviv, IL - Solo exhibition
2017 – De Kracht van Rotterdam, NL
2016 – LifeisArt Gallery, BE
2016 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL - Performative Intervention 'To Come Between'
2016 – De Kracht van Rotterdam, NL
2016 – Frans Masereel Centrum, BE
2016 – Sismo Gallery, MX
2016 – Galerie Partners Rotterdam, NL
2016 – Moving Futures, NL - Performance of 'The Fool' throughout several theaters in The Netherlands.
2015 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL - 'Durational Dance Object' during 24 Uur Cultuur festival.
2015 – Festival Why Not, NL - Screening of the film 'Ecclesiastes'.
2014 – De Aanschouw Gallery, NL
2012 – Galeria Patricia Bernal, MX
2011 – La Biennale di Venezia, IT - Photo-installation during the Carnevale dei ragazzi festival.
2010 – Galerie Chinaski, NL
2009 – Centrum Beeldende Kunst in Rotterdam, NL
2009 – Rietveld Academy, NL
2008 – Kaap Biennale, NL
2008 – Tweetakt TheaterFestival, NL
2008 – Culturele Zondag Utrecht, NL
Education / residencies
2015 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL with Dancing Museums
2015 – Frans Masereel Centrum, BE
2007/09 – (BFA) Diploma in Audiovisuele kunst, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam.
2005/07 – Illustratie, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht.
2004 – Visual Arts, La Esmeralda - National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking, Mexico City.
Teaching
2011/12 – Artemis Academy - Digital Communication
Concept development for film and performance
2017 – VPRO documentary Vieze Film, NL with Robin Vogel
2014/17 – Sabine Groenewegen, NL
2016 – Dansateliers Rotterdam, NL
2015 – Dansateliers Rotterdam, NL
2014 – Nederlandse Dansdagen, Performing Gender, Dansateliers Rotterdam, NL
2013/14 – Dansateliers Rotterdam
2020 – TORCH Gallery Amsterdam, NL - Solo exhibition
2019 – Royal Palace Amsterdam, NL - Group exhibition 'Royal Award for Modern Painting 2019'
2019 – Cinédanse Ottawa 2019, CA - Screening of the film 'Ecclesiastes'
2019 – WTC Rotterdam Gallery, NL - Group exhibition 'An Unexpected View'
2018 – Gloss Gallery Tel Aviv, IL - Solo exhibition
2017 – De Kracht van Rotterdam, NL
2016 – LifeisArt Gallery, BE
2016 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL - Performative Intervention 'To Come Between'
2016 – De Kracht van Rotterdam, NL
2016 – Frans Masereel Centrum, BE
2016 – Sismo Gallery, MX
2016 – Galerie Partners Rotterdam, NL
2016 – Moving Futures, NL - Performance of 'The Fool' throughout several theaters in The Netherlands.
2015 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL - 'Durational Dance Object' during 24 Uur Cultuur festival.
2015 – Festival Why Not, NL - Screening of the film 'Ecclesiastes'.
2014 – De Aanschouw Gallery, NL
2012 – Galeria Patricia Bernal, MX
2011 – La Biennale di Venezia, IT - Photo-installation during the Carnevale dei ragazzi festival.
2010 – Galerie Chinaski, NL
2009 – Centrum Beeldende Kunst in Rotterdam, NL
2009 – Rietveld Academy, NL
2008 – Kaap Biennale, NL
2008 – Tweetakt TheaterFestival, NL
2008 – Culturele Zondag Utrecht, NL
Education / residencies
2015 – Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL with Dancing Museums
2015 – Frans Masereel Centrum, BE
2007/09 – (BFA) Diploma in Audiovisuele kunst, Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam.
2005/07 – Illustratie, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht.
2004 – Visual Arts, La Esmeralda - National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking, Mexico City.
Teaching
2011/12 – Artemis Academy - Digital Communication
Concept development for film and performance
2017 – VPRO documentary Vieze Film, NL with Robin Vogel
2014/17 – Sabine Groenewegen, NL
2016 – Dansateliers Rotterdam, NL
2015 – Dansateliers Rotterdam, NL
2014 – Nederlandse Dansdagen, Performing Gender, Dansateliers Rotterdam, NL
2013/14 – Dansateliers Rotterdam
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