Alejandro Contreras
In his art, Contreras studies and develops different materials that are common primary products in the advertisement world. He uses vinyl as a primary product to frame indigenous people in relation to his culture.
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Biography
Alejandro Contreras
Alejandro Contreras was born on September 6, 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela. He moved to the United States at the age of 15 and studied at Design and Architecture Senior High and later received his BFA from the New World School of the Arts. In his art, he studies and develops different materials that are common primary products in the advertisement world. He uses vinyl as a primary product to frame indigenous people in relation to his culture. In doing so, he portrays the different elements between a product that is really commercial and really plastic-like, to portray images of indigenous humans close to nature, that don't have any relation what so ever with this field. Simultaneously, he attempts to break apart from the original qualities of these elements while combining them on to the same surface.
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CV
Alejandro E. Contreras
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, 1983
Lives and works in Miami, Fl.
Education
New World School of the Arts
BFA in Electronic Intermedia / Minor in Art History
University of Florida - B. F. A.
Miami-Dade College - A. A.
Highest Honors
August 2003 - Present
Design and Architecture Senior
High School. Graphic Design Major
Graduated June 2003
Shows
Colonialism
Solo exhibition - January 2008
Fredric Snitzer Gallery. Miami, Fl
Fear, Fate, Fame
BFA Exhibition - New World School of the Arts 2007
Freedom Tower. Miami, FL
Projected Visions
Group show - November 2007
New World School of the Arts Gallery
Paint as an Object
Solo exhibition - November 2006
Diaspora Vibe Gallery. Miami, Fl
Rising Stars
Student show, 2006
New World School of the Arts.
Visages and Secrets
Student Show - Art Basel 2005
Laure De Mazieres, Miami Fl.
Florida Calls
Collaboration project with Jonathan Monk - summer 2005
The Moore Space, Miami, Fl
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Gallery 1
Alejandro Contreras
The notion of breaking simple rules is always running in my head. My work plays with visual aspects and materials used in ways they were not meant for, in a non-traditional way. I play with recognizable images, and change them or place them in unusual settings to create juxtaposition. The idea is to trick the viewer’s eye by presenting different recognizable elements, which are contradicted either by setting, balance, compositions, material or placement.
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| [Work 1] | Yanomami |
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| Yanomami | Yanomami |
Gallery 2
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| [Work 5] | [Work 6] |
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| [Work 7] |
Gallery 3
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| Fighter | Yanomami |
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| Yanomani |
