Enoc Perez was born in 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1990, Perez studied at the Pratt Institute, earning his B.F.A. and went on to study at Hunter College in New York, where he earned his M.F.A. Perez’s work reflects his belief in the importance of pleasure in art.
Enoc Perez
Biography
Enoc Perez was born in 1967 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1990, Perez studied at the Pratt Institute, earning his B.F.A. and went on to study at Hunter College in New York, where he earned his M.F.A. Perez’s work reflects his belief in the importance of pleasure in art. His works display a sleek aesthetic, complemented with vibrant colors. Perez paints nudes, still lifes, and tropical settings, but is best known for his paintings of modernist architecture. Through these paintings of architecture, Perez conveys his nostalgia for the architects’ belief in utopia. For twenty years, Perez worked with a printmaking method he created that mimics the color printing process, before returning to painting in 2010.
Inspired by Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, and Roy Lichtenstein’s exploration of alternative techniques of mark-making, Perez mimics the process of color printing by making preparatory drawings for each color in a composition and using sheets to transfer oil paint to the canvas. However, he has since returned to the paintbrush.
Koenig & Clinton, New York. “Digs”
Peter Blum Gallery, New York. “One World Trade Center”
The Philip Johnson Glass House. New Canaan, Connecticut, “Lipstick”
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris. “Recent Paintings”
Danziger Gallery, New York. “Cut-Outs”
2014
Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY. “Summer Jobs”
Thomas Ammann Fine Arts AG, Zurich. “New Work”
Le Royal Monceau, Paris. “Paintings”
2013
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris. “Paris Mon Amour”
Acquavella Galleries, New York. “The Good Days”
2012
Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington D.C.. “Utopia”
2011
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Bruxelles. “Works on paper”
Faggionato Fine Arts, London. “Nudes”
2010
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. “Monochromes”
2009
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
2008
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. “Tender”
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Faggionato Fine Arts, London. “Suite 720”
2007
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
Lever House Lobby Gallery, NY
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris “Faraway”
2006
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, “New York”
Faggionato, New York, “Works on Paper”
Mario Diacono at ARS LIBRI, Boston, MA, “The United Nations, New York”
2005
Faggionato, London, “Deluxe”
2004
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA, “Caribe Club”
Sammlung Sander, Berlin, Germany “The Party”
Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY “Works on Paper”
2003
Elizabeth Dee, New York, NY “Monuments”
2002
Kunstverein Heilbronn, Germany, “Holiday”
Elisabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY, “New Work”
Dee / Glasoe, New York, NY “Enoc Perez”
2001
Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, “The Secret”
1999
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY, “Winter”
Turner & Runyon, Dallas, Texas, “Daydreaming”
1998
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY (two-person with Jeremy Blake: Silver Hill), “A Year Without Love”
1993
White Columns, New York, NY
Galeria Uno, Caracas, Venezuela
