NOCTURNOS

Galerie Gilla Loercher is very pleased to present the second solo show of Chilean artist Gonzalo Reyes Araos.
You are warmly invited to the opening on Friday 18 November 2022 from 19:00 - 21:00.
The exhibition comprises a selection of works created in 2022. The exhibited works are the result of the artist's research grant in the Chilean Atacama Desert. "Nocturnos" (nocturnal or nighttime in Spanish) is inspired by the night sky. It is part of an investigation in which Gonzalo Reyes Araos interrogates how contemporary media have conditioned and redefined our bond with nature and how we perceive the world from screens and thought technology. „In recent years the repeated journeys I have undertaken to the Atacama Desert in Chile have been an immense source of inspiration. I observed and learnt about the Andean culture, studied its cosmology and bonded with nature. In ancient times, humanity relied on its natural environment to survive and progress as a society. They recognized themselves as part of this ecosystem or at least accepted that it was the source of all their benefits.“ Gonzalo Reyes Araos wonders to what level we realize ourselves today in a natural ecosystem. To what extent will sunlight and the seasons continue to condition our biological system?
Working in a multidisciplinary approach, Gonzalo Reyes Araos' practice focuses contemporary forms of communication that have conditioned and redefined human relationships.

Chilean artist Gonzalo Reyes Araos (born 1980) studied at the School of Fine Arts of Valparaíso, CL.
Gonzalo Reyes Araos was awarded the VI Juan Francisco Gonzales prize (CL), the II Corral y su bahia painting prize (CL), the Art residency grant at Seoul Art Space Geumchon / Seoul Fundation for Arts and Culture (KR), he was shortlisted for the Losito Kunstpreis 2015 (D), received the H Residency in 2020, Calama (CL) and was awarded the research artist grant awarded by the Berlin Senat for Visual Arts, Berlin in 2021 (D), a.o.
His works have been shown in numerous project spaces, institutions and galleries (Maison de l´Amerique latine, Brussels, BE; Mass Art Museum, Jinan, CN; Geumcheon Art Space Seoul, KR; Balmaceda 1215 Cultural Centre, Valparaiso, CL; House of Culture at Limache, CL; Löwenpalais Lounge Stiftung Starke, Berlin, D; Pantocrator Gallery, Shanghai, CN / Barcelona, ES / Amsterdam, NL; Fisher Gallery at Oberlin College, Ohio, US; Asia Contemporary Art Platform Non Berlin, Berlin, D; Plateau Gallery, Berlin, D; Lage Egal Projektraum, Berlin; Meinblau Projektraum, Berlin, D; Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, D; Galerie Gilla Lörcher, Berlin, D; among others) and at art festivals and art fairs such as Screen Festival Barcelona, 1st Chandong Biennale, Jinan, CN and Kunst am Spreeknie, Schöneweide Art Festival.
His work is part of a number of collections like Shandong Art Museum, CN; Cultural Corporation of Vina del Mar, CL; House of Culture of Limache, CL and private collections in Switzerland, Chile, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and South Korea.

Please note that the gallery is only open after appointment from 23 Dec - 7 Jan 2023.

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