Kollabs is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In our work, we create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic and urban enviroments, highlighting the interaction between wildlife and the human experience.
Over the past 15 years we have created works that present an anthropomorphized wilderness that blurs the boundaries between wild and domestic. Through ambiguous narratives, we invite viewers to pause and consider their relationships with nature and one another. It is through this reflection that we hope viewers make connections to the power of nature and within themselves.
The power and potential for nature to engage the human conscious is not dictated by race, class, or culture. Nature does not discriminate and is inclusive to all viewers. We reflect on ourselves when we see the behaviors of animals and question our individual relationships to each other and the Earth. It is because of this power that we propose to bring the outside in with our work.
Luis Garcia Nerey lives and works in Miami, Florida and Anke Schofield lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. We divide our creative time traveling between studios in both Miami and Atlanta.
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
2020 -2013
National Museum of Widlife Art - Western Visions exhibit - Jackson, Wyoming
2012
Hunter Museum of American Art – Spectrum 2012 – Chattanooga, Tennessee
National Museum of Wildlife Art - Western Visions exhibit - Jackson, Wyoming
2011
Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, Texas
Wynwood Art Fair - Miami, Florida
National Museum of Wildlife Art - Jackson, Wyoming
San Francisco Art Fair - Gilman Contemporary – San Francisco, California
Affordable Art Fair - Myers Contemporary – Tribeca, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2019
De-Constructing the Narrative - Blue Gallery - Kansa City, Missouri
It’ll Last Longer - Gallery Mar - Park City, Utah
Kingdom - Gallery 1401 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
KOLLABS New Work - Exhibits by Aberson - Tulsa, Oklahoma
2018
Urban Kingdom - Diehl Gallery - Jackson, Wyoming
Wildwoods - Lanoue Gallery - Boston MA
2017
KOLLABS - Exhibits by Aberson - Tulsa, Oklahoma
2016
KOLLABS New Works - Diehl Gallery - Jackson, Wyoming
Native Wilderness - Gallery Mar - Park City, Utah
Majestic State - Blue Gallery - Kansas City - Missouri
Second Nature - Soren Christensen - New Orleans, Louisiana
2105
Art Basel Miami Invitational - Gallery Mar - Miami, Florida
Royal Garden - Blue Gallery - Kansas City, Missouri
2013
Inbound - Blue Gallery - Kansas City, Missouri
Urban Forest– Cheryl Hazan Gallery- Tribeca, New York
Kingdom – Soren Christensen Fine Art - New Orleans, Louisiana
Outside-In – Gilman Contemporary – Sun Valley, Idaho
2012
Conversations – Kollabs - Soren Christensen Gallery - New Orleans, Louisiana
Universal Garden – Kollabs - Lanoue fine Art - Boston, Massachusetts
Portrait of a Kingdom – Kollabs - Diehl Gallery - Jackson, Wyoming
2011
Constructing Parallels – Kollabs - Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, Idaho
2010
Urban Flight - Cheryl Hazan Gallery - Tribeca, New York
Bosque II - Astolfi Art - Atlanta Georgia
2009
Bosque - Art Department Gallery - Atlanta, Georgia
Group Exhibitions
Kollabs exhibits in group shows throughout the year at represented galleries.
Representation
DIEHL GALLERY - JACKSON, WYOMING
BLUE GALLERY - KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
EXHIBIT BY ABERSON - TULSA, OKLAHOMA
AERENA GALLERIES - NAPA - HEALDSBERG - ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA
VISIONS WEST GALLERY, LIVINGSTON, BOSEMAN
TRIMPER GALLERY - GREENWICH, CONNETICUT
WHISTLER CONTEMPORARY - WHISTLER, CANADA
PETERSON CONTEMPORARY - BEND, OREGON
Luis Garcia-Nerey
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
Education
Long Island University - CW Post – Long Island, New York
New World School of the Arts – Miami, Florida
Residencies
2012 Banff Centre - Banff Art in Residency program (BAIR) Alberta, Canada
2007 - 2014 ArtCenter/South Florida - Miami Beach, Florida
2004 - 2007 Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, Florida
2001 - 2004 Mattress Factory Complex, Atlanta, Ga
Anke Schofield
Born in Ithaca, New York
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design: Atlanta Master in painting program
Savannah College of Art and Design: Savannah
Art In Amsterdam [2001] Boston College of Art Summer program
Residencies
2012 Banff Centre Artist in Residence Bair Program
2001 Stichting Kunst Academie Ruudt wackers ,Amsterdam summe
1995 Maine photographic workshop
1995 Mattress factory Art Complex 1995-present ,Atlanta GA