Latin American visual artist, Jesus Mora, is pleased to invite the public to a solo exhibition of his most recent work. The exhibit, titled "Encounters", will run until July 2, 2013 at the Articsók Gallery located at 1697 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto.
This exhibition "Encounters" shows part of the body of work "Cosmovision Maya", a project supported by Ontario Arts Council and the Fellowship John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. This body of work will be presented in Campeche, Mexico as part of the International Conference of "The researches of the Mayan culture" at the University of Campeche UAC and in Merida at the "Gran Museo del Mundo Maya". The second part of the exhibition "Encounters" conforms a recent body of work that depicts water, inspired in the marvelous undersea landscapes. These two intertwine as one solid exhibition and as a narrative of life.
This exhibition "Encounters" shows part of the body of work "Cosmovision Maya", a project supported by Ontario Arts Council and the Fellowship John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. This body of work will be presented in Campeche, Mexico as part of the International Conference of "The researches of the Mayan culture" at the University of Campeche UAC and in Merida at the "Gran Museo del Mundo Maya". The second part of the exhibition "Encounters" conforms a recent body of work that depicts water, inspired in the marvelous undersea landscapes. These two intertwine as one solid exhibition and as a narrative of life.
Artist Statement
Mora’s work originates from life itself, unity of things and the infinite, depicts how every action intertwines with the next one and the eternal. The same way every sound and every space touch each other. Like molecules in the microscopic world are part of us as well as bacteria, proteins, our own body, trees, the garbage, nature, the planets, the universe and other people. The results of this process are paintings combining organic shapes and fantasy that resemble nature, dreams, imagination, mythology and history. The subjects of my work have a life cycle of their own, within which are contained reality, fantasy, the microscopic world and the universe. This represents a constant conversation between our selves and our surrounding not only in the material world but also in the subconscious one.
Bio
Jesus Mora was born in Naucalpan, Mexico in 1971. At the age of 13 he started to work with metal at his father’s workshop. In 1995 Mora studied drawing and painting in Mexico at “Casa de la cultura de Chapultepec” and “Unidad Cuahutemoc”. In Oaxaca, he got involve with Antonio Mandarin who taught him the technique to make “alebrijes”. In 1997 he moved to Canada and studied drawing and painting at Toronto School of Art and illustration at the studio of Mark Thurman. In 2004 he got a Drawing and Painting diploma from OCAD Ontario College of Art and Design. For the past few years he has participated in several art projects, festivals exhibitions and workshops. He has been exhibiting his work in Canada, Mexico, Italy, Germany and Serbia.
Mora’s work originates from life itself, unity of things and the infinite, depicts how every action intertwines with the next one and the eternal. The same way every sound and every space touch each other. Like molecules in the microscopic world are part of us as well as bacteria, proteins, our own body, trees, the garbage, nature, the planets, the universe and other people. The results of this process are paintings combining organic shapes and fantasy that resemble nature, dreams, imagination, mythology and history. The subjects of my work have a life cycle of their own, within which are contained reality, fantasy, the microscopic world and the universe. This represents a constant conversation between our selves and our surrounding not only in the material world but also in the subconscious one.
Bio
Jesus Mora was born in Naucalpan, Mexico in 1971. At the age of 13 he started to work with metal at his father’s workshop. In 1995 Mora studied drawing and painting in Mexico at “Casa de la cultura de Chapultepec” and “Unidad Cuahutemoc”. In Oaxaca, he got involve with Antonio Mandarin who taught him the technique to make “alebrijes”. In 1997 he moved to Canada and studied drawing and painting at Toronto School of Art and illustration at the studio of Mark Thurman. In 2004 he got a Drawing and Painting diploma from OCAD Ontario College of Art and Design. For the past few years he has participated in several art projects, festivals exhibitions and workshops. He has been exhibiting his work in Canada, Mexico, Italy, Germany and Serbia.