KALEID Gallery is proud to present:
Lifecasting Series by resident artist Luis Jorge Mieses.
A feature exhibition for the month of February 2021.
Exhibit opens First Friday February 5th, 5pm–9pm.
The idea behind this series is to show the numerous ways the body parts could be captured. I copy the human figure because as time passes the only things left are the beautiful memories embodied in the sculptures.
I make them for different purposes; from getting a commission of an artistic piece to show to keeping memories of our loved ones.
Making sculptures represents intimate time with myself. Through it, I get to relax, feel plenty and express my creativity trying to capture the beauty I see around me.
I started modeling clay, wood carving and preparing molds for the bodies of animals that I needed for taxidermy, trying – in some way – to restore the animal’s lost life in an artistic form. Making that work lighted the sparkle of sculpture in my mind.
Currently, I am devoted to reproducing human body parts using molds and seeking balance in my compositions.
About the Artist:
Luis Jorge Mieses was born in Peru, where he grew up, graduated, and worked as an Industrial Engineer. Mieses inspiration started many years ago when he saw many life size sculptures taken from the people of the Amazonia, at the Pacific International Festival in his country. At the exhibition he watched an explanatory video, where he could understand how the artist took the impressions from the people. Immediately his mind traveled into the jungle with its magnificent splendor and he imagined himself taking the molds from the people that used to live there, in natural way.
Since his move to California in 2001, Mieses has devoted his time to sculpture and taxidermy. Because of the taxidermy work – which required molds preparation, shaping and molding parts for mounting different animals – he discovered the fascinating world of sculpture. Mieses first devoted his time to research and studies of the human figure, and then took art classes at Foothill and De Anza Colleges in California. Consequently, Mieses is achieving his dream though sculpture, capturing hands, faces, feet and various body parts.
Currently Mieses has refined his technique reaching a professional level in the preparation of Lifecasting sculptures.
Mieses’ works are in private collections and galleries.
Exhibition dates: February 5– 26, 2021
Gallery Hours: Fridays 5pm–9pm, Saturdays 12pm–5pm & by appointment.
Free admission. Social distancing and mask required at all times in the gallery.
KALEID Gallery
320 S. 1st St.
downtown San Jose
P: 408-947-1785
E: info@kaleidgallery.com