Jose Luis Carranza

BIOGRAPHY

(b. 1981, Lima, Peru) Jose Luis Carranza works long and strict hours, with work days varying from 2 to 16 hours, depending on the intensity required to fulfil the instinctive need that drives his practice. He completed his artistic studies during a time where it was believed that an artist should ‘justify’ his ideas, which he now seeks to destroy with his work. He does not enjoy painting, nor takes pleasure in it, but the need to control his anguish through the creative process is greater than the burden painting causes him. The artist works spontaneously, evoking memories of his childhood and early contact with life experiences. Despite the strong surreal imagery of his work, Carranza doesn’t aim at creating an imaginary world, in his own words, he describes it as: “I don’t escape reality, on the contrary, I move parallel to it”. Carranza has had over a dozen of individual exhibitions, most recently “Historia Natural” in 2017 and “La celebración de las cenizas” in 2019 at Enlace Art Gallery, Lima, Peru.

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WORK
Artemisia

Artemisia

2019 Oil on linen 180 x 150 cm
Golconda

Golconda

2019 Oil on linen 150 x 180 cm
Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Técnica mixta 75 x 55 cm
Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Técnica mixta 75 x 55 cm
Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Técnica mixta 75 x 55 cm
Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Técnica mixta sobre lienzo 150 x 120 cm
Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Técnica mixta 75 x 55 cm c/u
Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Los Cuentos Bárbaros

Técnica mixta 75 x 55 cm
Lázaro Nacido

Lázaro Nacido

2019 Oil on linen 150 cm
"La Batalla Entre los Hombres"

"La Batalla Entre los Hombres"

2009 Óleo sobre tela 180 x 390 cm
La Conquista del Cielo

La Conquista del Cielo

2020 Oil on linen 200 x 150 cm
EXHIBITIONS
Artemisia
Golconda
Los Cuentos Bárbaros
Los Cuentos Bárbaros
Los Cuentos Bárbaros
Los Cuentos Bárbaros
Los Cuentos Bárbaros
Los Cuentos Bárbaros
Lázaro Nacido
"La Batalla Entre los Hombres"
La Conquista del Cielo
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