Javier Peres

Biography

Peres came to prominence in the early 2000s with the launch of his gallery, Peres Projects. Founded by Peres in San Francisco, California in 2002, Peres Projects is a gallery and art dealership focused on promoting contemporary artists to an international audience. Peres Projects identifies and supports talented artists early in their careers, enabling them to attain widespread acclaim and recognition. Among the artists Peres Projects has brought to forefront over the last decade are Terence Koh, assume vivid astro focus, Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Dash Snow, Matt Greene, Dan Attoe, Bruce LaBruce, Alex Israel, David Ostrowski, Leo Gabin, Marinella Senatore and Brent Wadden. The gallery has also presented numerous exhibitions of the influential American artists Mike Bouchet, Dorothy Iannone and Mark Flood. Recently, the gallery has begun to promote the work younger artists such as Donna Huanca and Melike Kara, as well as mid career American artist Blair Thurman.

Since its inception, the gallery has focused on championing artists early in their careers as well as repositioning lesser known, yet influential mid and late career artists. Javier Peres based Peres Projects on a flexible, project-based model, in contrast to established gallery structures, in order to support his interest in working with a wide range of artists and presenting their work internationally at pivotal moments in their careers. Peres was included in the Art Review Power 100 in 2006. He is also an avid collector of premodern African Art.

Represented Artists

Peres Projects has represented a wide array of contemporary artists since its founding, including assume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Mike Bouchet, Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Amie Dicke, Mark Flood, Leo Gabin, Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Alex Israel, Melike Kara, Terence Koh, Bruce LaBruce, David Ostrowski, Eddie Peake, Kirstine Roepstorff, Dean Sameshima, Marinella Senatore, Agathe Snow, Dash Snow, Mark Titchner, Blair Thurman, and Brent Wadden.

It has operated project spaces in several locations across Europe and North America, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Athens, and Berlin, thereby promoting important artists to international audiences. It currently operates an exhibition space on Berlin's historic Karl-Marx-Allee and a business office in Los Angeles. Artists represented by Peres Projects have been included in a wide array of internationally renowned exhibitions and biennials at leading institutions including:

Manifesta 11, Zurich, CH; 30th São Paulo Biennial, BR; 53rd Biennale di Venezia, Venice, IT; 2nd Moscow Biennial, Moscow, RU; 4th Berlin Biennial, Berlin, DE; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, US; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Ghent, BE; Migros Museum, Zurich, CH; Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, DE; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, US; Le Consortium, Dijon, FR; MOMA, New York, US; Arken Museum, Ishøj, DK; Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, DE; Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, FR; Maxxi Museum, Rome, IT; Castello di Rivoli, IT; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, CA

Peres Projects regularly participates in leading international art fairs such as Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Hong Kong, FIAC, Frieze, and Artissima as well as publishes artist books, monographs and catalogs.