ELIANA PEREZ received her Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art on 2018, and her Bachelor's Degree from the School of Design Altos de Chavon and Parsons The New School in Fine Arts / Illustration on 2016. While in Altos de Chavon, Pérez received the full Parsons x Chavon 2014 Scholarship and moved to New York to finish her bachelor's degree at Parsons, The New School. Pérez has participated in group exhibitions in New York and the Dominican Republic. She also works independently as an illustrator/graphic designer and is the Art Director of the German non-governmental organization WoW (With or Without). She currently lives and works in Brooklyn New York.
ABOUT THE WORK
The portrait of “Julian” brings the questions of identity and the representation of the soul in the human body. Pérez channels the energy from the model in a live painting session on to the canvas. In this particular piece she focuses on the eyes and their gaze. The psychological weight that they carry brings many questions of the models identity as a human and makes us connect with this individuals soul. “Julian” is a work that is unique in Perez’s body of work due to the circumstances of its creation.
ABOUT THE WORK
The portrait of “Julian” brings the questions of identity and the representation of the soul in the human body. Pérez channels the energy from the model in a live painting session on to the canvas. In this particular piece she focuses on the eyes and their gaze. The psychological weight that they carry brings many questions of the models identity as a human and makes us connect with this individuals soul. “Julian” is a work that is unique in Perez’s body of work due to the circumstances of its creation.