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José Luis Montes

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Montes(José Luis Montes)

Concept

As an artist I have always appreciated and experienced the contrast between light and shadow, but without a doubt the most characteristic of my work is the intense colour and the spontaneous, deliberately imperfect stroke, is one of the ways in which I express the freedom that means for me the act o...
As an artist I have always appreciated and experienced the contrast between light and shadow, but without a doubt the most characteristic of my work is the intense colour and the spontaneous, deliberately imperfect stroke, is one of the ways in which I express the freedom that means for me the act of painting.
Most of my work has a strong symbolism, totally subjective, so the fish represent the freedom of feelings and inner strength, while the masks, are the means to interpret the mystic, the sacred and the symbolic, without any pretence of wrap it in a religious mood, if not rather making reference to everything that we experience as individuals, what we look at, what we speak and all those silences that we hide.
I also try to print in my work a sense of searching and interpretation of the environment, I often include everyday elements that I use to form and assemble the work as an allegory, guiding the observer into the painting, so that from there he can discover his own interpretation, thus giving a personal value to the work.

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“Montes's Artworks”

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To the bones, triptych

USD 950.00 Year.2024 w18.00 x h37.50 x d0.10 cm

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Dream of a spectral space

USD 560.00 Year.2024 w40.00 x h30.00 x d0.10 cm

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Iguana Iguana

USD 480.00 Year.2024 w20.00 x h20.00 x d0.10 cm

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Breathe of life

USD 2,600.00 Year.2023 w95.00 x h128.00 x d6.00 cm

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With you and your hug

USD 780.00 Year.2022 w44.50 x h58.00 x d0.10 cm

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Silence

USD 1,850.00 Year.2022 w100.00 x h100.00 x d3.50 cm

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Air

USD 390.00 Year.2018 w31.00 x h37.00 x d3.50 cm

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Rooster

USD 720.00 Year.2021 w37.00 x h46.00 x d3.50 cm

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Flight of life

USD 350.00 Year.2022 w21.00 x h29.50 x d0.10 cm

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Adaptation and evolution

USD 830.00 Year.2022 w50.00 x h70.00 x d0.10 cm

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Butterfly flutter

USD 485.00 Year.2022 w29.50 x h40.50 x d0.10 cm

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All her flowers

USD 490.00 Year.2022 w29.50 x h40.50 x d0.10 cm

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The moon and us

USD 1,350.00 Year.2022 w68.00 x h163.00 x d0.10 cm

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In your eyes are my wings

USD 990.00 Year.2022 w58.00 x h89.00 x d0.10 cm

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Onside & Reverse

USD 390.00 Year.2022 w30.80 x h23.60 x d0.10 cm

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Melancholia

USD 650.00 Year.2021 w41.50 x h29.50 x d0.20 cm

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Metempsychosis

USD 1,200.00 Year.2019 w101.00 x h70.00 x d4.00 cm

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Moon tears

USD 1,190.00 Year.2017 w101.00 x h70.00 x d3.40 cm

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Flotsam

USD 580.00 Year.2016 w65.00 x h50.00 x d0.10 cm

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Tehuano Air

USD 495.00 Year.2018 w28.50 x h38.00 x d0.20 cm

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Starry night

USD 640.00 Year.2018 w50.00 x h70.00 x d1.50 cm

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Veloped

USD 770.00 Year.2019 w45.00 x h135.00 x d0.20 cm

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In the clouds

USD 840.00 Year.2016 w90.00 x h60.00 x d0.20 cm

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Who's looking

USD 420.00 Year.2016 w45.00 x h30.00 x d0.20 cm

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Water flower

USD 420.00 Year.2015 w45.00 x h30.00 x d0.20 cm

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The shawl and the flowers

USD 825.00 Year.2020 w54.00 x h81.00 x d1.30 cm

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Who's looking blue edition

USD 420.00 Year.2016 w45.00 x h30.00 x d0.20 cm

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Soy tú

USD 450.00 Year.2018 w44.00 x h31.00 x d0.20 cm

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Black and parrot

USD 980.00 Year.2016 w112.00 x h76.00 x d4.00 cm

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Soul window

USD 1,145.00 Year.2017 w101.00 x h70.00 x d6.00 cm

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Out of water

USD 995.00 Year.2016 w112.00 x h76.00 x d4.20 cm

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From heaven to earth

USD 990.00 Year.2020 w90.00 x h70.00 x d2.00 cm

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Introspection II

USD 450.00 Year.2021 w42.00 x h29.00 x d0.10 cm

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The cross

USD 320.00 Year.2021 w20.00 x h35.00 x d0.20 cm

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Your cross green edition

Sold Out Year.2024 w14.00 x h28.00 x d0.10 cm

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The tie that binds us

Sold Out Year.2022 w35.50 x h50.00 x d0.10 cm

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Tell me your secret

Sold Out Year.2022 w29.50 x h41.50 x d0.10 cm

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Barefoot

Sold Out Year.2022 w44.50 x h58.00 x d0.10 cm

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Three Points

Sold Out Year.2022 w64.00 x h49.00 x d0.10 cm

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Hippocampus pedaling

Sold Out Year.2019 w40.00 x h135.00 x d0.20 cm

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101 Shades of Blue

Sold Out Year.2016 w130.00 x h95.00 x d4.70 cm

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Price Range

USD $320 ~ $2,600

Biography

Born in Cholula in 1968, José Luis Montes discovered his passion for painting at the early age of 12, from that moment he began a non-regulated training that led him to start in the world of painting, experimenting with all the techniques described in the books that he finds in the libraries of the...
Born in Cholula in 1968, José Luis Montes discovered his passion for painting at the early age of 12, from that moment he began a non-regulated training that led him to start in the world of painting, experimenting with all the techniques described in the books that he finds in the libraries of the State of Puebla. Later he becomes a disciple of the painter Eduardo Villanueva who instructs him for several years in his workshop in the Barrio del Artista, in the same city of Puebla, it is here where he holds his first solo exhibition in 1991, later he will exhibit at the Cholula House of Culture in 1993, at the Santa Rosa Museum in 1995, at the Fiesta Americana hotel and at the Casa del Caballero Águila, both in 1997. He begins to work on these dates in a restoration workshop where he has the opportunity to discover and work with ancient techniques that captivate him and with which he still works today in his works, often combining them with current techniques. In 2000 he moved to live in Tulum, in Quintana Roo, where he participated for several years in the Sea Turtle Festival and where in 2007 he obtained the second prize in the Turtle Contest in Xcaret, in 2013 he participated at the Caribbean Festival. In 2016 he moved again, this time to Spain, where he participated in a group exhibition in Madrid at the Eka & Moor Gallery and at the FIG Bilbao at the hand of the Espai d'Art 32 gallery, which is still representing him in Spain. In 2017 he holds a solo exhibition in Casa de Cultura de Mieres, Asturias and in 2018 he held a new solo exhibition in La Revoltosa, Gijón. This same year he moved back to Mexico and settled in Tequisquiapan, Querétaro where he exhibited in the Plaza Pedregal in January 2019 and in December at the Centro Seis, in addition to participating in group exhibitions at the Rulfo Gallery in june
In sept 2021 he participed with Sala Marte gallery in the collective expo "Despojando la Normalidad" in City of México.
In June 2022, he participated in the collective exhibition Alas Verdes Volando en Libertad in favor of Alas Verdes Foundation, in defense of the green macaw.
In January 2023, he presents the exhibition "Natural environment, feminine principle" at the El Alacrán Galeria-Taller, in Cholula, Puebla.

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Awards

2007 2nd place in the La Tortuga contest, Xcaret, Q.Roo, México

Group Exhibitions

2023 Por amor a Puebla, in the Senate of Mexican Republic
2022 "Green Wings Flying in Freedom", Puebla, México
2021 "Stripping away normality" Sala Marte Gallery art, CDMX, México
2019 “Painting in Wonderland” Galería Rulfo, Tequisquiapan, Qro
2016 Participation in Fig Bilbao_16 with Galería Espai d’Art 32, Bilbao, Esp
2016 Galería Eka & Moor, Madrid, 2016
2014 Casa de Cultura Tulum, Quintana Roo, México
2013 Participation in the Caribbean Festival, Quintana Roo, Mex
2010 Ecoglamour Tulum, Q. Roo, México
2010 Sea Turtle Festival, Tulum ( years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 y 2010)

Solo Exhibitions

2023 “Natural environment, feminine principle” El Alacrán Galería-Taller, Cholula, Puebla, Mex
2019 “Horses” Centro Seis, Tequisquiapan, Qro, México
2019 “Moonlight” Plaza Pedregal, Tequisquiapan, Qro,
2018 “Moonlight”, La Revoltosa, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
2017 "Dreams of color" Casa de Cultura de Mieres, Asturias, Spain
2007 "Moving" Casa de Cultura Tulum, Quintana Roo, México
1997 "Religius Artworks" Hotel Fiesta Americana, Puebla, México
1997 "Religius Artworks" Casa del Caballero Águila, Cholula, Puebla
1995 Santa Rosa Museum, Puebla, México
1993 Casa de cultura de Cholula, Puebla, México
1991 Barrio del Artista, Puebla, México

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