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Miguel Perez Lem, a native of Cordoba, Argentina, was raised in a family which had for generations cultivated flowers and ornamental plants in the understated style of Japanese garden and Ikebana. It was these surroundings of his youth which we see today in his complex art - the bold use of color, the Latin passion and sense of excitement with the natural environment of his native Argentina interlaced with the delicate sense of the Asian esthetic.
After an early flirtation with the intricacies of textile art – the color, texture and forms of Swedish tapestry design and the use of three-dimensional space, Miguel turned to drawing and painting. He has transposed the textural into his own unique vision - a combination of various artistic medium balanced on static surfaces - oils, acrylics, encaustic and Sumi-e style.
In 1992 Miguel moved to Buenos Aires where his artistic palate was expanded to include many interior and exterior design elements. These works included faux finishing, ironworks, the design of home furnishing and accessories and landscape design for an international clientele of manufacturers and architects throughout South America, the United States and Europe. This multi-faceted artist now includes this whole arsenal of talent – the Asian painting, Japanese Sumi-e, hyper-realistic oil painting, and digital photography – in his beautiful and often thought provoking works. These various elements are most intimately woven into his oil and metallic leaf works.
These works combine classical gilding and an Asian influenced artistic style, with subtle images reminiscent of Victorian England. Hyper-realism on abstract backgrounds, simplistic and organic forms expressing great and sometimes tragic ideas is expertly juxtaposed in his art today.
Artistic Studies Background (Private and Apprenticed Studies):
- Textile Art - with Mrs. Graciela Szamrey, in Cordoba, Argentina (1986 - 1991)
- Paint and Drawing with live model - with Mr. Ruben Mena, in Cordoba, Argentina (1989 - 1991)
- Hyper-realistic painting - with Mr. Rodolfo Insaurralde, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1995 - 1998)
- History of furniture and styles - with Mr. Juan Jose Ganduglia, in the Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998)
- Drawing with live model - with Mrs. Andrea Fontenla of Universidad Prilidiano Pueyrredon, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2000 - 2001)
- Drawing with live model - with Mr. Tomas Frachia, in a C.C. Ricardo Rojas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004)
- Chinese Painting - with Mrs. Tai Li Chiu, in a C.C. Ricardo Rojas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004)
- Japanese Sumi-e - with Mrs. Stella Escalante, in a C.C. Ricardo Rojas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004)
- Digital Photography - with Mr. Lucas Engel, in a C.C. Ricardo Rojas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004)
- Encaustic - with Mrs. Sheep Jones, in The Washington Glass School, in DC, USA (2005)
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