cisco merel

Panamanian artist Cisco Merel combines the compositional awareness of a classical painter and the graphic qualities of a street artist in order to convey a post-modern Utopia, moments of beauty and color infused into a world of chaos and concrete. Merel earned his BFA at the University of Art in Ganexa, Panama in 2004 and has recently gone on to receive scholarships to  artist residencies in Leipzig and Paris. He has been exhibited throughout Central and South America and most recently in Belgium and Germany. Saltfineart is proud to be the first gallery to represent his work in the United States.

STUDIES/RESIDENCIES

2011              Pilotenkueche – Leipzig
2010             Scholarship Culture France, Cité International des Arts – Paris
2009             Workshop Global Fresh collective – New York
2008             Scholarship Jose Felix LLopis – Panama
2007              Workshop of painting, Saidel Brito – Cuba – Panama
2000-2004     Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Art Ganexa, Panama

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012

Bright Lights, Big Love, Underline Gallery, New York, New York
Colectiva Rara 6, Guatemala, Guatemala

2011

Saltfineart Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Mateo Sariel Gallery, Panama

2009
The New Landscapes, Mateo Sariel Gallery,  Panama
2008
Cisco Colortherapy, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama City

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Ab jetzt muss alles fliegen, Leipzig, Germany
Parallel Doors of Perception, State of L3 Collective, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium
Embajada de Francia en Panama, Mateo Sariel Gallery, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama

2010
“SANS” SAME NEW SHIT, Ana Elena Garuz + Cisco Merel, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama
Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Circa Lap Curated By Pablo Leon de la Barra , (Diablo Rosso Gallery), San Juan, Puerto Rico

2009

Zona Maco México Arte Contemporáneo (Diablo Rosso), Mexico City, MexicoAbstracción Latinoamericana
Parada, Group Show, Panama, August 20
Diestro & Siniestro, Group Exhibition, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama, July 21
Collage Effect, Group Exhibition, University of Panama Gallery, Panama June 25
Global Fresh Collective Conference New York, June

2008
Directors Choice, Lo Mejor de Los mejores, Mateo Sariel Galería, Panamá
HOLIDAYZED&CONFUSED, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama City, December
Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá,14 Artistas Panameños, Museo del Tigre,Tigre, Argentina

BIENNALS

2009
7bienal de Panama, 2005
VI Bienal de Artes visuales del Istmo Centro Americano, Honduras 2009

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

PILOTENKUECHE International Resident Artist, Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany February – May 2011
CulturesFrance/Scholarship, Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris, France

Global Fresh Collective, New York 2009