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_JAVIER LEÓN PÉREZ
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05 : JAVIER LEÓN PÉREZ BIOGRAPHY
Javier León Pérez was born in Seville in 1977, he lives and works in Sevilla and Madrid, Spain.
He started his formation at the School of Arts of Sevilla, obtaining a graduate degree in 2001, specialising in ceramics and sculpture. In 2007 he received Bachelors degree at the University of Arts in Seville, before completing his MFA in Creation and Investigation MAC+1 at the University Complutense de Madrid, obtaining the highest rating with the research “Return to the Silence”, focused on the pictorial processes where the repetition of elements are analogous to meditative rituals.
Javier’s monochromatic abstract landscapes undulate with rhizomatic movement. In his three-dimensional works, small elements of carefully folded Japanese paper interweave with each other tracing a dance, drawing the viewer into a parallel reality.
In his paintings, drawings and sculptural paper works, the almost obsessive detailed process, and eternal repetition of small elements that cover the surface, act as a mantra, a sacred formula and deeply personal ritual for the artist. For the viewer, the first impact of the powerful colours or monochromatic pallet combined with the tactile oil, graphite or ink textures slowly move into a full aesthetic sensory experience. The eyes explore the surface and discover differences in density, quantity, as well as the games of light and shadow.
