ARTIST STATEMENT: "In my paintings you find the reflection of my essence, of my existence, and of my dreams. My paintings conceive fantastic, imaginative figures, ironically nonexistent, which meet to reveal shaped characters moving and the flow of vibrating colors. They influence the audience to create a personal story." Alejandro Martínez-Peña . |
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| Cara negra. Mixed media on paper-15x15 inches-2004 | |
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ABOUT THE ARTIST: Alejandro Martínez-Peña born in Monterrey, México in the year 1957. He received his Architecture degree from the “Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León”, México, and then went on to do a Postgraduate at the “Politecnico di Milano”, Italy. He started painting since 1974, but it wasn't’t until 1994 when he decided to do it professionally; participating in several exhibitions in México, USA, Cuba, Thailand, Italy and Puerto Rico. |
De la tierra al cielo. Mixed Media on Paper 22.25 x 22.25 inches.2004 |
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| He continued his preparation with seminaries in visual arts at the “Centro de Humanidades de B. C.”. He also attended various workshops of engraving and painting at the “Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Tijuana” and “Centro Cultural Tijuana”. Work Shop in four universities in Bangkok and Chonburi Thailand 2005. | |
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Excerpt written by: Jacinto Astiazarán, August 2000 The poetic vision in the work of Alejandro Martínez-Peña lays on two pillars. The first is a dynamic narrative, the second, a squeezing of subjective moods. Hence, in the narrative of his works, events generate a tension that is resolved when one finds the sense of the reality that is displayed. This is why his pieces recover a life more vital than any mere agglomeration of volumes and planes; the life of his works is centered on a dynamic visual composition that evokes, on the observer, memories of that reality formed by bodies and objects in motion. |
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Alejandro Martínez-Peña painting in Thailand |
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On the other hand, the faces or masks of the transfigured human forms express a moody feeling of gothic restlessness, the expressionist exasperation that seems to make them talk with those, their dispupiled eyes. In fact, they pull us with strength towards them and, at times, it appears as if though they are some ironic onlookers of ourselves, their characters, at this side of the canvas of life. Really, they communicate us with their tenderness and astonishment a great compassion and a feeling of profound empathy. Galerie D’Art International |
Caminata otoñal I. |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
14th Lantern of the East (International Art Fest. 2005) |
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Hacia arriba. Mixed media on canvas. 70x50 inches. 2004 |
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