Luis Guerra, born in Santiago of Chile, 1974 Poet and Painter. He lives and works as a nomad. His studies have been in the fileds of Visual Arts (BA and MA in Visual Arts), Linguistic, Literature, Philosophy, and Law. He believe in Bruce Lee's definition about Martial Arts as being to express oneself honestly. His works had been exhibited in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Spain, England, New Zealand, Switzerland, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, China. He has obtained grants and prizes from the Canada Art Council; DIVA Danish International Visual Arts Council; Municipality of Bergen, Norway; Municipality of Hamburg, Germany; DIRAC and FONDART, Ministry of Culture , Chile. He had been guest artist in International Guest Studio of Hamburg (2005); Flaggfabriken Senter fur fotografi og Billedkunst, Norway (2008); El Basilisco, Argentina (2008); Darling Foundation, Montreal, Canada, 2009.
"Disdainful of the limits of art, his work appeals to a viewer willing to endure sarcasm and to recognize popular references far from the art field. Many of this controversial exhibitions have been discussed in the sensationalist press, thus increassing his visibility." COPYING EDEN Recent Art in CHILE, Edited by GERARDO MOSQUERA 2006 printed in Chile by the support of PRINCE CLAUS FUND for Culture and Development; FONDART, Chile
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2010 Celebration of Uncertainty, solo show, Museum of Modern Art, Chiloe, Chile 2010 Untitled 3, SAM art space, Santiago, Chile 2009 Pension Soto, Radar Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 Grant DIVA, Danish International Visual Art Council, Copenhagen, Denmark 2009 Untitled 2, Charlotte Fogh Contemporary Gallery, Copenhage, Denmark 2009, Holy Fool, solo show, Alice Day Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2009 Grant Canada Art Council, Darling Foundation, Montreal, Canada 2008 Untitled, Eye Witness Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2008 Grant and residency at Flaggfabrikken, Bergen, Norway 2008 Study about what is missing, solo show, 3,14 Gallery, Bergen, Norway 2008 Blasphemously additive 2, solo show, Crimson Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008 Blasphemously additive 1, solo show, Traschi Gallery, Santiago of Chile, Chile 2008 LISTE Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland 2008 CIGE 08, International Art Fair of Beijing, Beijing, China 2008 Happiness, Polinesia Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008 Grant DIRAC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Chile 2008 Residency program at El Basilisco, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2007 ARTEBA, International Art Fair Buenos Aires, Argentina, Represented by TRASCHI Gallery, 16-21 May 2007 Latin American Film Festival Utrecht, Netherlands, Louis Hartlooper Complex, 9-16 May 2007 The private timeless time of the surface of painting , solo show, Matthei Gallery, Santiago of Chile 2006 Home is Hard, solo show, Espacio Kúbiko Gallery, Madrid, Spain 2006 Merchandise, solo show, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna National Museum, Santiago, Chile 2006 Multiplication , British Council project Contemporary Art Museum of Santiago, Chile 2005 Traveling Tales, Aratoi Museum of Contemporary Art, Masterton, New Zealand 2005 Pirate Art, Het Wilde Weten, International Art Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2004 Ghost, solo show, First prize Artes y Letras, ANIMAL Gallery, Chile 2003 MitiMota, solo show, First Prize PENTA S.A., Cecilia Palma Gallery, Chile 2003 Photocopy Festival, Proa Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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