Orlando Pelaéz

This exhibit runs from January 14 to February 14. This event is free and open to the public during Clowes Memorial Hall lobby hours: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.

A guided tour and reception will take place on Thursday, January 16 at 6:00 PM.

The guided tour will take place before the National Geographic Live: Women Women Ruled The World. The tour begins at 6:00 p.m. and doors for it will be at 5:45 p.m. The tour starts at the main lobby reception desk. Please allow time for parking and security checks.

Artist Statement:

The majority of my work, throughout my entire career has been focused on Latin American Art, because of my passion for the indigenous cultures and folklore of the Americas in general, and Latin America in particular and a deep desire to share them here in my present home. The last few years I have shifted my attention more toward the American southwest. There is always a contemporary approach to my work to glorify it visually and emotionally with each trace of a desired subject matter. Music and imagery play importat roles in each pieces that I create. It is poetry in motion, that moves me deeply in form and color. As an artist, I feel the need to explor and create new works of art that reflect new visions and renew my whole existence, it is a way to create a new chapter in my career and that’s why I am transcending and focus on the American experience of the great Southwest.