Mario Segundo Pérez
Inspired by Atmosphere
The magic realism of Mario Segundo Pérez is characteristic of a chiefly Latin-American concept in painting, literature and film that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into an otherwise realistic scenario. Coined in the 1940s by Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier, the term often is used when referring to the Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Paintings by Pérez are included in numerous private and public collections, including the Ciudad Casa de Gobierno (the Buenos Aires City Hall); the University of Miami School of Architecture, and the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA) at Florida International University.
Painting
Oil on Canvas
Mario Segundo Perez
Born San Juan, Argentina
Studied Fine Arts National University of San Juan
Was recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2003 and 2005
Selected Exhibitions
2015
Divergent Illusions, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, FL
2010
200 Years-200 Masters of Argentine Art, Museum of the Bicentennial, Buenos Aires
2008
Mario Pérez, Zubáran Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mario Pérez: Luz de Luna, Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá, Colombia
2006
Argentina Today, Lucas Carrieri Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005
Pérez: Cielo Bravo, Museo del Puerto de Tarragona, Spain
1998
National Salon of Religious Art Tandil, Argentina
1998
Pro-Arte Painting Salon Cordoba, Argentina
1997
XVI Painting Prize, Salvador University, Borges Cultural Center
1996
Paintings, LXXIII Santa Fe Salon Santa Fe, Argentina
1996
Fraternitas ’96, II American Religious Paintings Salon
Public Collections
Ciudad Casa de Gobierno (the Buenos Aires City Hall)
CARTA at Florida International University