b. 7.30.77, Roswell, NM
Lives and works in Portland Oregon
Education
2014
MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2011
BFA (Cum Laude), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2006-2009
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2018 South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM
2017 Complete Freedom KI77 YOURSELF, Arvia, Los Angeles CA (Died due to unnatural causes)
2014 Reconnoiter, ENEM Space, Sacramento CA
Rope-A-Dope, East Gallery CGU, Claremont CA
2012 American Pie, Unsettled Gallery, Las Cruces NM
Chicanismo, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces NM
2011 Honors, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe NM
Installations & Interventions, The Normal Gallery, Albuquerque NM
2010 One Of Many: A Junior Thesis Show, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque NM
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 La Ultimate Grande, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM
2017 Trust Fall, ALSO, Los Angeles CA
2016 Neither Here Nor There curated by Anne Marie Taylor, The Dojo, Culver City CA
2015 Touched For The Very First Time, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver CO
Coordinated Disregard curated by Amy Boone-McCreesh, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore MD
Yes In My Back Yard, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles CA
Left Field Group Show, Left Field, San Luis Obispo CA
Axle Indoors, Peters Projects, Santa Fe NM
2014 Sugar Rush, ENEM Space, Sacramento CA
2013 III Bienal Cuidad Juarez-El Paso Biennial 2013, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX (catalogued)
2012 Paint Can, Pomona Packing Plant, Pomona CA
Guilty Pleasures, Spark Gallery, Denver CO
2011 Downtown, Kimo Theater Gallery, Albuquerque NM
Harvest, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe NM
Stolen Paint, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe NM
Lectures/Talks
2022 Artist Talk with Gabriel Luis Perez, Las Cruces Museum of Art
2012 Artist on Art Program, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX
Chicanismo, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces NM
Selected Press
Khatchadourian, Alex, “Controlled Chaos: A Conversation With Mixed-Media Artist Gabriel Luis Perez,” Amadeus Arts & Culture Mag online, 4 December 2015
Cavendish, Michael, “Gabriel Luis Perez: The DIADEM Art Papers Interview,” Cavendish Projects for Medium.com, 14 November 2014
“III Bienal Ciudad Juarez-El Paso Biennial 2013,” El Paso Museum of Art/Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juarez, 2013
“Exhibits: Las Cruces Museum of Art,” El Paso Times, 15 June 2012
Paschal, Chiquita, “Taco and a Haircut, Two Bits,” Weekly Alibi, 16 June 2011
Collections
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces NM
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA