ARTIST STATEMENT
SERGIO QUIROS (/’KEE-ROSS) IS A NYC-BASED ARTIST WORKING IN DIGITAL MEDIA INCLUDING PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, AND AUDIO. HIS WORK SPANS THE RANGE BETWEEN FIGURATIVENESS AND ABSTRACTION, COMBINING ELEMENTS FROM DIFFERENT STYLES SUCH AS SURREALISM, HYPERREALISM, CHIAROSCURO, TENEBRISM, AND PRIMITIVIST SYMBOLISM.
QUIROS’ WORK IS INFLUENCED BY HIS OWN LIFE EXPERIENCE. IT OFTEN ALLUDES TO THE DILEMMA OF HUMAN EXISTENCE IN TIMES OF IDEOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, AND SPIRITUAL FRAGMENTATION AT BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COLLECTIVE LEVELS.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
APRIL 1 – MAY 6
GALEX 56 – NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION, GALESBURG COMMUNITY ART CENTER, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, USA. JURIED BY CLAIRE ASHLEY, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING AND DRAWING.
MAY 13 – JUNE 3
ART SPEAKS – NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION, ART LEAGUE RI (ALRI), PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, USA. JURIED BY DAVID ALLYN, MFA FROM RISD, FOUNDER OF THE COMMUNITY CLAY PROGRAM AT THE STEEL YARD IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND; RECIPIENT OF A MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP; RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL OF THE ARTS FELLOW.
JUNE 11 – JUNE 15
COMPLETELY COLOR – ONLINE EXHIBITION, ORGANIZED BY THE INTER-SOCIETY COLOR COUNCIL AS PART OF THEIR, COLOR IMPACT 2023: COLOR AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, AT THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, USA.