Carla Perez. Devourer of Sunsets

About

Charmoli Ciarmoli presents Devourer of Sunsets, a solo exhibition featuring works by Carla Perez. Within an eclectic gathering of paintings, drawings, and sculpture, the artist delves into questions surrounding agency, alienation, and memory. Since their earliest years growing up between the Dominican Republic and New York, Perez possessed a deep seeded desire to become one with botanical forms. “I love nature but more than that, my whole childhood had me wish I could melt into the earth”. The peace fostered out of nature and memories from those times as a child weaving in and out of the garden, and their impact on the artist’s relationship with the natural world now.

Carla Perez (b. 1998) is a Dominican-American multidisciplinary artist based in New York. With a focus on exploring the interplay between alienation, creation, and autonomy, her diverse practice spans watercolors, drawing, oil and encaustic painting, as well as glass sculpture. Through her art, Perez brings forth a world where half-sentient beings and ordinary objects intersect, giving rise to surreal animal-human hybrid bodies and expansive abstract spaces. Within her work, the passage of time finds representation in abandoned abstract natural spaces and forgotten woods, while objects left behind serve as poignant markers. Perez holds an A.A from Chavon School of Design and a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Her captivating artwork has been exhibited in the Dominican Republic and New York, with her pieces also being held in private collections.