A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
For this presentation of ArtBo, LnS Gallery proposes a two-person exhibition of Jernimo Villa, and Tony Vazquez-Figueroa. Both artists have highly conceptual approaches, and transform unconventional materials into fine art. Each inspired by events in their respective lives, authenticity shines through each created work.
Jeronimo Villa works with sandpaper to create landscape-like renderings and minimalist compositions that ask viewers to question concepts of temporality and longevity. Having grown up surrounded by the arts, and trained as a musician, Villa is able to see the harmonies throughout the variances of life.
Tony Vazquez-Figueroa has explored the substance of crude oil and its many manifestations with the intention of using his artistic skills and vision to analyze its effects on one of the richest global powers of the late 20th century. Using bitumen as a key material in the creation of works, Vazquez-Figueroa has developed a personal archive of paintings, sculptures, objects, and installation, that form the collective memory and heritage for himself and the people of Venezuela.
In conjunction, these two artists elevate the substances that built parts of their lives into artworks for everyone to view, while simultaneously inviting viewers not only into their personal lives but to question what makes up the world around them.
LnS Gallery is committed to presenting and promoting the international reach and impact of contemporary art. Embracing modern artistic diversity, LnS emphasizes uniqueness in form, expression, and technique across a broad spectrum, from traditional to conceptual approaches. Through selective programming, the gallery creates a platform that champions multiculturalism to highlight the exciting variety found in the globalized city of Miami.
From building important private collections through smart acquisitions, to bridging the talent of emerging artists to mid-career status, at LnS every effort is made through engaging the work within a broader art historical proscenium. Co-Founders and Director’s Luisa Lignarolo and Sergio Cernuda are passionate about integrating the program’s artists into private, institutional, non-profit, and educational arenas on an international level.
A vital part of a gallery’s functions is as a cultural keystone, a facet well understood by LnS founders. In such spirit LnS Gallery invites open dialogue accomplished through the program’s rigor and frequent contextualization of a primary roster with the legacies of Modern and Contemporary Greats. By curating comprehensive and thematically pertinent exhibitions of represented artists, LnS presents and preserves moments of today’s fine arts unbound in a universal perspective
Through a conceptually rooted practice, Jeronimo Villa creates work that highlights the frivolity of function by repurposing items to challenge inherent purpose. Refuting the status of obsolete, Villa collects specific, utilitarian materials that juxtapose each other in nature to construct refined geometric artworks transforming their original form entirely. Born in Bogotá, Colombia with a sculptor as a father and a fashion designer as a mother, his fascination with the materiality of objects sprouted early in life by witnessing the transformation of materials firsthand from raw to refined. His early life experiences come through in the aesthetic of his work, weaving three dimensional objects into wall mounted compositions. Villa holds a key understanding of how treatment of materials can drastically change how they will exist, or cease to do so, in perpetuity. Jeronimo Villa trained as a musician at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), graduating in 2008. Later he translated his knack for rhythm and composition to the visual arts and began using experimental materials to collapse a variety of art historical styles and forms. He has completed reputable residencies at Prairie Center of the Arts (Schaumburg, IL, 2012) and Artula Environmental Arts (Salem, OR, 2011). Jeronimo Villa exhibits frequently across Colombia and the United States, and is the current recipient of the DC Art Foundation Residency (Miami, FL, 2022 – Present).
Through a conceptually rooted practice, Jeronimo Villa creates work that highlights the frivolity of function by repurposing items to challenge inherent purpose. Refuting the status of obsolete, Villa collects specific, utilitarian materials that juxtapose each other in nature to construct refined geometric artworks transforming their original form entirely. Born in Bogotá, Colombia with a sculptor as a father and a fashion designer as a mother, his fascination with the materiality of objects sprouted early in life by witnessing the transformation of materials firsthand from raw to refined. His early life experiences come through in the aesthetic of his work, weaving three dimensional objects into wall mounted compositions. Villa holds a key understanding of how treatment of materials can drastically change how they will exist, or cease to do so, in perpetuity. Jeronimo Villa trained as a musician at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), graduating in 2008. Later he translated his knack for rhythm and composition to the visual arts and began using experimental materials to collapse a variety of art historical styles and forms. He has completed reputable residencies at Prairie Center of the Arts (Schaumburg, IL, 2012) and Artula Environmental Arts (Salem, OR, 2011). Jeronimo Villa exhibits frequently across Colombia and the United States, and is the current recipient of the DC Art Foundation Residency (Miami, FL, 2022 – Present).
Through a conceptually rooted practice, Jeronimo Villa creates work that highlights the frivolity of function by repurposing items to challenge inherent purpose. Refuting the status of obsolete, Villa collects specific, utilitarian materials that juxtapose each other in nature to construct refined geometric artworks transforming their original form entirely. Born in Bogotá, Colombia with a sculptor as a father and a fashion designer as a mother, his fascination with the materiality of objects sprouted early in life by witnessing the transformation of materials firsthand from raw to refined. His early life experiences come through in the aesthetic of his work, weaving three dimensional objects into wall mounted compositions. Villa holds a key understanding of how treatment of materials can drastically change how they will exist, or cease to do so, in perpetuity. Jeronimo Villa trained as a musician at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), graduating in 2008. Later he translated his knack for rhythm and composition to the visual arts and began using experimental materials to collapse a variety of art historical styles and forms. He has completed reputable residencies at Prairie Center of the Arts (Schaumburg, IL, 2012) and Artula Environmental Arts (Salem, OR, 2011). Jeronimo Villa exhibits frequently across Colombia and the United States, and is the current recipient of the DC Art Foundation Residency (Miami, FL, 2022 – Present).
Tony Vazquez-Figueroa (*1970 Caracas, Venezuela) has explored thesubstance of crude oil and its many manifestations with the intention of using his artistic skills and vision to analyze its effects on one of the richest global powers of the late 20th century. Using bitumen as a key material in the creation of works, Vazquez-Figueroa has developed a personal archive of paintings, sculptures, objects, and installation, that form the collective memory and heritage for himself and his country. Vazquez-Figueroa's deeply personal research into how oil-rich countries create unique physical environments, such as oil refineries, and peculiar socio-economic and cultural environments, inform his artistic practice, and create a body of work that distills the dystopic reality of overindustrialization
Tony Vazquez-Figueroa (*1970 Caracas, Venezuela) has explored thesubstance of crude oil and its many manifestations with the intention of using his artistic skills and vision to analyze its effects on one of the richest global powers of the late 20th century. Using bitumen as a key material in the creation of works, Vazquez-Figueroa has developed a personal archive of paintings, sculptures, objects, and installation, that form the collective memory and heritage for himself and his country. Vazquez-Figueroa's deeply personal research into how oil-rich countries create unique physical environments, such as oil refineries, and peculiar socio-economic and cultural environments, inform his artistic practice, and create a body of work that distills the dystopic reality of overindustrialization
Tony Vazquez-Figueroa (*1970 Caracas, Venezuela) has explored thesubstance of crude oil and its many manifestations with the intention of using his artistic skills and vision to analyze its effects on one of the richest global powers of the late 20th century. Using bitumen as a key material in the creation of works, Vazquez-Figueroa has developed a personal archive of paintings, sculptures, objects, and installation, that form the collective memory and heritage for himself and his country. Vazquez-Figueroa's deeply personal research into how oil-rich countries create unique physical environments, such as oil refineries, and peculiar socio-economic and cultural environments, inform his artistic practice, and create a body of work that distills the dystopic reality of overindustrialization
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