Javier Peres

Template:Wikify-date Javier S. Peres (b. Cuba) is a contemporary art dealer who operates Peres Projects locations in Los Angeles, Berlin and a space in New York operated in conjunction with Terence KOH named Asia Song Society.

Peres came to prominence showing seminal early work by KOH, who has had recent solo shows at both the Secession, Vienna, and Kunsthalle, Zurich, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Matt GREENE, Banks VIOLETTE, Mark Titchner(Turner Prize Nominee), Kaye Donachie (Tate Triennial), Bruce LABRUCE and others in the early 2000's. His influence as a gallerist and critical tastmaker has been validated to some extent by the inclusion of his artists in the intervening 2004 and 2006 Whitney Biennials at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the "USA Today" exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London, UK of works from the Saatchi Collection.

In 2003, Peres exhibited the work of an artist named Terence KOH (formerly asianpunkboy) in Los Angeles in a show titled "The Whole Family." This exhibition, which later traveled to the 2004 Whitney Biennial, is an early example of the mark of Peres on the contemporary art world, making unconventional choices and maintaining a role as a relationship gallerist with unorthodox connections to the stable of artists he represents.

Peres was the cover article in Art Review (May 2006), and more recently ranked 59 in"Art-Review's" top 100 (November 2006).

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'Bibliography'

Bellini, Andrea, "Cautious Alternatives: A New York Tale," Flash Art No. 249, July - September 2006, pp. 106 - 111.
Chaplin, Julia, "Art on the Edge in Mexico City," The New York Times, Travel Section.
Kunitz, Daniel, "The Generous Pirate," Art Review, May 2006, pp. 66 - 70.
Editorial, "Galleries Top Ten," Bon Magazine, Summer 2006, p. 40.

External links

• The Saatchi Gallery
• Terence Koh at Kunsthalle Zurich / Switzerland. Documentary video at Vernissage TV.