Jose Luis Serzo

José Luis Serzo - Remains levitation, tribute to an uncomfortable silence between Desor and Solana

Técnica: Oil on canvas

Biografía del Artista: Jose Luis Serzo is a multidisciplinary artist born in Albacete in 1977 and currently based in Madrid. His work has been recognized for his great story-exhibitions in which he combines various artistic disciplines such as painting, drawing, objects, photography, sculpture, video and literature to tell stories where reality and imagination go hand in hand in an aesthetic universe full of personal symbolism. His work must be seen as a full-time cultural exercise. It is not only the observation of his paintings, which brings us closer to his particular creative world and allows us to delight in his technique and the symbolism of his message, but it is only one part of a much larger whole. His work is completed with texts that narrate each of his series, with an explicit story in each of his paintings, with drawings, photographs or videos that introduce us to a series of surrealist stories where the artist leaves us with his particular vision of reality. Serzo's work is a lyrical journey full of hope, a song to life through imagination and fantasy. He believes in a better and more human world and translates that desire into his work with a childlike but completely mature content. She builds worlds that transcend reality and, far from being a refuge from a hostile landscape dominated by pessimism and violence, these worlds try to be a positive alternative, a hopeful platform from which to approach and transform art and even life. Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions in prestigious museums and galleries such as Galería Ferran Cano (Palma de Mallorca), Marena Rooms Gallery (Turin), MCO (Porto), Galería Siboney (Santander), Galería Blanca Soto (Madrid) and many collective exhibitions in centers such as the Museo Freires in Berlin, the Marcelino Botín Foundation (Santander), MATADERO Madrid, Kunstbunker Tumulka in Munich or the Sangsang Madang Art Center in Seoul. His work has also been seen at international fairs such as ARCO, ArteBA (Buenos Aires), ArteLisboa, SCOPE Miami, ArtFrankfurt, ARTCOLOGNE, DIVA Art Fair (New York), PINTA NEW YORK, among others. His work is part of numerous public and private collections, including Caja Castilla la Mancha, MEFIC, the Colección Norte de Arte Contemporáneo of the Government of Cantabria, the Colección de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la UCM, the Museo Municipal de Albacete, among others. His work has been recognized and highlighted mainly for his large story-exhibitions. In his work, he acts as a narrator of fables presenting other possible universes and constructing worlds that transcend reality. These worlds, far from being a refuge from a hostile landscape dominated by pessimism and violence, try to be a positive alternative, a hopeful platform from which to approach and transform art.

Jose Luis Serzo (Albacete, 1977) is a multidisciplinary artist who combines the imaginary and reality in his art. His work is not limited to figuration, it always has a great symbolic charge and a careful staging. With works such as “Levitation of remains” Serzo enters a new stage where great painters such as Ensor or Solana become protagonists. In this way, objects that allude to dreams, memories of his childhood or references to literature and theatre are going to be more present than ever thanks to the influence of these two artists. With all this, his work does not lose its essence, it continues to be an iconographic puzzle that speaks about life, death and art.