KOLLABS
Kollabs is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia-Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, Kollabs create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic and urban environments, highlighting the interaction between wildlife and the human experience.
Their work embarks on a journey in which the viewer is presented with a open-ended narrative and no definitive conclusion, engaging the viewer as a participant in the ultimate storyline of each piece. Whether literal or abstract, Nerey and Schofield’s pieces do not rationalize a specific idea of the wilderness, but rather encourage the viewer to interpret the works without limitations set by concrete definitions.
Luis Garcia-Nerey lives and works in Miami Beach, Florida and Anke Schofield lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. The two divide their creative time traveling between studios in both Miami and Atlanta in order to create their provocative pieces.
“This grouping of works focus on the interaction between modern day human society and the forest. Our intentions are to see past the obvious environmental issues and concentrate more on an existential point of view.” - Luis Garcia-Nerey
“Our ultimate goal is for the viewer to achieve a personal conclusion that is not based on the idea of an Other but rather a conclusion that is constructed by the viewers themselves.” - Anke Schofield
Luis Garcia-Nerey
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
Lives and works in Miami, Florida
Education
Long Island University - CW Post – Long Island, New York
New World School of the Arts – Miami, Florida
Residencies
2012 Banff Centre - Banff Art in Residency program (BAIR) Alberta, Canada
2007- 2014 ArtCenter/South Florida - Miami Beach, Florida
2004–2007 Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, Florida
2001 Mattress factory Art Complex
1995-present ,Atlanta GA
Anke Schofield
Born in Ithica, New York
Lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design: Atlanta Master in painting program
Savannah College of Art and Design: Savannah
Art In Amsterdam [2001] Boston College of Art Summer program
Residencies
2012 Banff Centre Artist in Residence Bair Program
2001 Stichting Kunst Academie Ruudt wackers ,Amsterdam summer Maine photographic workshop
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2014 -2013
National Museum of Widlife Art - Western Visions exhibit - Jackson, Wyoming
2012
Hunter Museum of American Art – Spectrum 2012 – Chattanooga, Tennessee
National Museum of Wildlife Art - Western Visions exhibit - Jackson, Wyoming
2011
Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, Texas
Wynwood Art Fair - Miami, Florida
National Museum of Wildlife Art - Jackson, Wyoming
San Francisco Art Fair - Gilman Contemporary – San Francisco, California
Affordable Art Fair - Myers Contemporary – Tribeca, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Inbound - Blue Gallery - Kansas City, Missouri
Urban Forest– Cheryl Hazan Gallery- Tribeca, New York
Kingdom – Soren Christensen Fine Art - New Orleans, Louisiana
Outside-In – Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho
2012
Conversations – Kollabs - Soren Christensen Gallery - New Orleans, Louisiana
Universal Garden – Kollabs - Lanoue fine Art - Boston, Massachusetts
Portrait of a Kingdom – Kollabs - Diehl Gallery - Jackson, Wyoming
2011
Constructing Parallels – Kollabs - Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, Idaho
2010
Urban Flight - Cheryl Hazan Gallery - Tribeca, New York
Bosque II - Astolfi Art - Atlanta Georgia
2009
Bosque - Art Department Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia
