Sweet Calm, study 3 Print

“Jonas Peres creates a compelling dialogue between the spiritual depth of Mark Rothko and the cultural immediacy of Andy Warhol.” —NewArts/CP Jonas Peres is a Spanish visual artist based in Madrid, Spain; trained at the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, with advanced studies in Modern Art at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York. His work is driven by a central pursuit: an image for the divine in our time. Through luminous fields of color, subtle horizons and immersive atmospheres, Peres explores the mysterious relationship between light, perception and emotion. His paintings are not meant to be decoded, but experienced — inviting the viewer into a quiet yet powerful state of contemplation. Rooted in art history and informed by his studies in History and Theology at Yale University, Peres began to question how the divine could be reimagined within contemporary visual culture. In subtle dialogue with the spiritual intensity of Mark Rothko and the cultural immediacy of Andy Warhol, he has developed a visual language that bridges contemplative depth and modern sensibility. What began as vibrant pop-inflected compositions has evolved into a refined exploration of color as presence. Each piece is developed through a layered compositional process before its material execution, using inks, pigments and varnishes on canvas or fine art paper to achieve depth, luminosity and resonance. Jonas Peres has participated in exhibitions during the period of the Venice Biennale and at Art Basel Miami. His works are held in private collections in cities including New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Dubai, San Francisco, Seattle, Tokyo, Lisbon, Washington D.C., Madrid, Singapore, Berlin and Rome. In addition to his studio practice, he has collaborated with major cultural institutions and brands such as Universal Music, Penguin Random House, Paramount Pictures, Netflix, National Geographic and New York University.