Jaime Gili
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Jaime Gili is an artist based in London
since 1996.
Since 2002 his work has been contextualised as continuing a tradition of Latinamerican abstract art, especially the Venezuelan optical and kinetic work of artists such as Carlos Cruz-Diez
and Alejandro Otero
, with an input from popular art and London's energy. Critic Fisun Guner wrote in 2003 about his show at the Jerwood Space: "What do you get when you mix Pop, Minimalism, Vorticism, Futurism and graffiti art? The answer may well resemble the work of (...) Jaime Gili." Venezuelan Curator Jesús Fuenmayor wrote in 2006 for the catalogue of Gili's show at Periférico Caracas http://www.perifericocaracas.com that his paintings were "as if someone had thrown a bomb at a work by Cruz-Diez".
Gili received his MA in painting from the Royal College of Art http://www.rca.ac.uk/ in 1998, after studying in Caracas and Barcelona. He completed a PhD at the University of Barcelona in 2001 with a thesis on "Repetition and Seriality in Painting since the 1960's". He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including ‘6 Bienal do Mercosul’ http://www.bienalmercosul.art.br/ in Porto Alegre
, curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, ‘Expander’ at the Royal Academy of Arts http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/ in London, curated by Mustafa Hulusi, ‘Las tres calaveras’ at Periferico Caracas in Caracas, curated by Jesús Fuenmayor, ‘Jump Cuts’ at CIFO http://www.cifo.org in Miami, ‘The Complex of Respect’ at Kunsthalle Bern http://www.kunsthalle-bern.ch, curated by Philippe Pirotte and "Bill t Pittier" at Kunsthalle Winterthur http://www.kunsthallewinterthur.ch. He is represented by Riflemaker http://www.riflemaker.org in London.
He recently won an international competition for one of the world's largest public art project 25000 square metres (269,097.8 sq ft). The tops and sides of 16 large oil tanks along the Fore River in South Portland, Maine
will be painted with a site-specific design by Gili. Works started in 2009 and will take a few years.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
since 1996.
Since 2002 his work has been contextualised as continuing a tradition of Latinamerican abstract art, especially the Venezuelan optical and kinetic work of artists such as Carlos Cruz-Diez
Carlos Cruz-Díez
Carlos Cruz-Diez is a Venezuelan kinetic and op artist. He lives in Paris. He has spent his professional career working and teaching between both Paris and Caracas. His work is represented in museums and public art sites internationally...
and Alejandro Otero
Alejandro Otero
Alejandro Otero was a Venezuelan artist, writer and cultural promoter.He studied at the "Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas de Caracas" from 1939 to 1945...
, with an input from popular art and London's energy. Critic Fisun Guner wrote in 2003 about his show at the Jerwood Space: "What do you get when you mix Pop, Minimalism, Vorticism, Futurism and graffiti art? The answer may well resemble the work of (...) Jaime Gili." Venezuelan Curator Jesús Fuenmayor wrote in 2006 for the catalogue of Gili's show at Periférico Caracas http://www.perifericocaracas.com that his paintings were "as if someone had thrown a bomb at a work by Cruz-Diez".
Gili received his MA in painting from the Royal College of Art http://www.rca.ac.uk/ in 1998, after studying in Caracas and Barcelona. He completed a PhD at the University of Barcelona in 2001 with a thesis on "Repetition and Seriality in Painting since the 1960's". He has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including ‘6 Bienal do Mercosul’ http://www.bienalmercosul.art.br/ in Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, ‘Expander’ at the Royal Academy of Arts http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/ in London, curated by Mustafa Hulusi, ‘Las tres calaveras’ at Periferico Caracas in Caracas, curated by Jesús Fuenmayor, ‘Jump Cuts’ at CIFO http://www.cifo.org in Miami, ‘The Complex of Respect’ at Kunsthalle Bern http://www.kunsthalle-bern.ch, curated by Philippe Pirotte and "Bill t Pittier" at Kunsthalle Winterthur http://www.kunsthallewinterthur.ch. He is represented by Riflemaker http://www.riflemaker.org in London.
He recently won an international competition for one of the world's largest public art project 25000 square metres (269,097.8 sq ft). The tops and sides of 16 large oil tanks along the Fore River in South Portland, Maine
South Portland, Maine
South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, and is the fourth-largest city in the state. Founded in 1895, as of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,002. Known for its working waterfront, South Portland is situated on Portland Harbor and overlooks the skyline of...
will be painted with a site-specific design by Gili. Works started in 2009 and will take a few years.