About the artist:

Born in Spain, PEREZ MELERO began his career in Venezuela where he lived from the late 1950's until the early 1980's. Maintaining workshops in Caracas and New York, he is an artist who exhibits his work internationally. He is in public collections including the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, CANTV, Fundarte, the White House, the American Institute of Architects, and the Women in Military Service to America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. ARTIST STATEMENT My 3-dimensional constructions are built mostly from wood, paper, canvas and acrylic paint. Their ideas evolves from an organic and intuitive process. The final work is a combination of my creative vision and a highly organized process employing disciplines of geometry and applied design. Viewers should interact physically with my constructions. They need to walk around them and view them from different perspectives. Up close one can see the detailed and intricate methods of their construction. From further back, one can appreciate their total effect. Color and light and how they interact are central to my work. Color is painted on pieces of wood attached to a high-contrast geometric background. Light penetrates between them, reflecting color from one to another and on the background. These reflected colors seem to mix in the air and produce an impression of others. As light sources change angle or intensity, and as the viewer moves around the work, new colors can be perceived even though they aren't really there. The interaction between color and light has produced an illusion. This relationship between color and light, in part, defines my work. ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS (partial list) 2004 Luz y Color, Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, New York Et Situ (1) Studio 529, New York; Et Situ (2) Pricewaterhouse Coopers Gallery, Cardiff 2003 Tommy Hilfiger Showroom, New York 2002 New York Institute of Technology, New York 2001 Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York 2000 Consulate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, New York New York Institute of Technology, New York 1999 Women In Military Service to America Memorial, Arlington, VA New York Institute of Technology, New York 1998 Union League Club, New York 1997 American Institute of Architects, Washington D.C. 1996 Union League Club, New York 1993 Ambassador Galleries, New York 1992 American Association of Science & Technology, Washington D.C. 1991 Greenwell Goetz Architects, Washington D.C. 1990 Air Transport Association of America, Washington D.C. 1989 Galleria Morantes, Alicante 1988 Corner Gallery, World Trade Center, New York 1987 Seton Hall University, South Orange New Jersey 1985 Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York 1982 Venezuelan Tourist and Information Center, New York 1979 Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Fundarte, Bogota 1978 Galeria Sorolla, Maracaibo; Teatro de la Opera, Maracay 1977 Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Asociacion de Periodista, San Crisobal; CANTV, Caracas; Museo del Hipodromo de la Ricconada, Caracas 1976 Centro Bellas Artes, Maracaibo; Sala Ocre, Caracas; Galeria CADAFE, Caracas 1975 Museum of Zea, Medellin; Galeria El Parque, Medellin; Galeria Plaza Bolivar, Caracas 1974 Universidad Central de Vzla.; Galerias Altimira, Fedecamaras, Fundacomun, Ateneo de Caracas 1973 Colegio de Ingenieros, Puerto Ordaz y Ciudad Bolivar 1972 Club Caronoco, Puerto Ordaz GROUP SHOWS (partial list) 2003 NoHo Gallery, New York 2000 Yeshiva University School of Law, New York 1994 Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo 1993 Century Club, New York; Ambassador Galleries, New York 1992 Ambassador Galleries, New York; Abner Gallery, New York 1986 Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, New York 1985 Oller Campeche Gallery, New York 1984 Biennial of Printmaking, Cayman Gallery, New York; Art Students League, New York; Columbia University Teachers College, New York; 1983 Tossan Tossan Gallery, New York 1982 Biennial of Printmaking, San Juan; First Festival of SoHo, New York; Cayman Gallery, New York 1980 Galeria Morantes, Alicante; Fundarte, Bogota 1976 Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Galeria Andre Bello, Caracas 1975 Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid 1974 Galeria Quinta Santander, Cucuta 1973 Arturo Michelena National Hall of Painting, Caracas; Galeria Plaza Central, Caracas 1972 Alehandro Otero Hall, Ciudad Bolivar COLLECTIONS (partial list) Spanish Musium of Contemporary Art, Madrid Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota; Museum of Zea, Medellin CANTV, Caracas; Fundarte, Caracas; Iberia Airlines, Caracas; Avensa, New York; Rafael Rojas, Venro, New York; Fundarte, Caracas; Braunstein & Associates, Caracas Theodore Vittoria, Vittoria & Purdy, LLP, New York; Richard Travers, Travers-O'Keefe, New York Werner Haase, Madison Performance Group, New York Peter Lehrer, Lehrer, McGovern & Bovis, New York; The Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles Air Transport Association of America, Washington D.C; The White House, Washington D.C. COMMISSIONS (partial list) American Institute of Architects, Washington D.C. Women In Military Service for America Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA Air Transport Association of America, Washington D.C. Polygram Records, New York Centro Altamira parking tower, Caracas