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About Derek Gores

ABOUT THE WORK Collage Couture Fashion is constantly reinventing itself while also drawing from the endless diversity of the past. Add in a constant stream of new ideas, and surprising trends are born. Derek Gores takes a similar… Read more

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

ABOUT THE WORK

Collage Couture

Fashion is constantly reinventing itself while also drawing from the endless diversity of the past. Add in a constant stream of new ideas, and surprising trends are born. Derek Gores takes a similar approach. For his extraordinary collages, which quote from fashion photography, he uses mosaic pieces cut from different fashion magazines.

Gores takes – often literally – the written and illustrated out of context in order to express something new. Incredible faces and female figures emerge from the countless individual pieces. At the same time, every movement is perfectly recreated, every detail clearly recognisable. What sets his work apart is its esprit and liveliness.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in New York in 1971, Derek Gores began to experiment with newspaper clippings at the age of 17. Now he does not only create fascinating collages with a very unique aesthetic, he also often consciously uses snippets of articles that contrast with what the image expresses.

The material is not the only thing that is multi-faceted in the collages, but also the levels of textuality. Gores creates authentic experiences, rather than just making pictures of experiences. His role models include artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Max Ernst. After finishing his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, Derek Gores now lives and works in Melbourne, Florida.

TECHNIQUE

For his collages, Derek Gores uses scraps of magazines, documents, logos, and found objects from the digital realm. The artist describes his technique as an intense emotional moment, in which he gives his creativity free reign. He connects memories and thoughts with smirking details, confidently affixing paper to canvas to make perfect artistic compositions. Creative vitality adheres to his art, making it irresistibly fascinating.

Most of my pictures are of beauty, but beauty built of chaos and mess and discord.
Derek Gores

VITA

1971	Born in New York, USA
1993	Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2022	Tropicollage, Gallery 14, Vero Beach, United States Derek Gores Gallery, Melbourne, United States
2018	Loews South Beach, Artist in Residence, Miami, United States
2016	Hotel Bel-Air, Artist in Residence, Los Angeles, United States
2011	Select Fair auf der Art Basel Miami, United States Collage Europe!, Egad Art Lab, Melbourne, United States Collage Couture, Baisden Gallery Tampa, United States
2010	Torn, Baisden Gallery, Tampa, Vereinigte Staaten This is the Sea, Slow Gallery, Melbourne, Vereinigte Staaten Torn, Blank Space Gallery Orlando, United States
2009	Motorcycle: art on the road to good and evil, Deland Museum of Florida Art, United States Torn, 321 Agency, Melbourne, United States

Group Exhibitions

2022	Visual Poetry Group Show, Gallery 14, Vero Beach, United States Charlestown Gallery, Charlestown, United States Eisenhauer Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, United States Galerie Beauchamp Quebec, Canada Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, United States Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, United States Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, United States Artclub Paris, Paris, France
2021	Scope Miami, Miami, United States
2019	Scope Miami, Show with Jon Louis Gonzalez, Miami, United States Moniker Art Fair, New York City, United States Reveal Art Fair, Saratoga Springs, United States LUMAS Gallery London, London, United Kingdom Local Edition, Solo Exhibit Retrospective at the Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, United States
2018	Moniker Art Fair, New York City, United States
2016	LUMAS x LONGINES, Paris, France Aqua Art Miami, Miami, United States Reveal Art Fair, Saratoga Springs, United States
2014	Scope Miami, with Thinkspace Gallery, United States
2013	Gonzo, Tag Galleries, Baltimore, United States Vanguard, Thinkspace Gallery, United States
2012	Wild at Heart, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, United States Synergy, Thinkspace Gallery/Spoke Art, San Francisco, United States
2011	Torn and Tattered, Thinkspace Gallery, United States Lax/Pdx, Together Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States Torn, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento, United States Chemistry, Egad! Art Lab, Melbourne, United States
2010	Robot Love, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, United Statesn London Miles Gallery, London, United Kingdom Love Conquers All, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, United States Re:Form School, New York City, United States Thinkspace 5th Anniversary Show, Los Angeles, United States Still Life Invitational, Elliot Fouts Gallery group Invitational, Sacramento, United States Gallery Provocateur Chicago, United States Manifest Equality, group show by Yosi Sergant and Apple Via, Los Angeles, United States
2009	Memento Mori, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, United States Déjà Vu, Slow Gallery, Melbourne, United States Manifest Hope, Irvine Contemporary, United States 1, Group Exhibition, Slow Gallery, Melbourne, United States
2008	Sublime of the Times, Melbourne, United States The Fine Line, 321 Agency, Melbourne, United Staten
2007	Urban Subversion, Imago Gallery, Melbourne, United States