Nery Gabriel Lemus
Nery Gabriel Lemus is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. The subjects in his work range from issues of stereotypes and immigration to problems in society that can lead to the failure of families, such as poverty, abuse, and neglect. Lemus received his BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California (2007) and his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California (2009). Lemus also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine (2008).
His work has been featured at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Vince Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA; New Americans Museum, San Diego, CA; El Paso Museum, El Paso, TX; Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN; Roberts Wesleyan College Rochester, NY; Project Row Houses, Houston, TX; District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC; Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN; 9.99 Gallery, Guatemala City, GU; Museo Regional Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX; and the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, MX, among other venues.
He is a recipient of a California Community Foundation Fellowship, a COLA Fellowship Grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship Award, and a Mignone Fellowship. He is represented by Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles and is the director of the MFA in Visual Art program at Azusa Pacific University.
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Selected Works
The Power to Blossom
Watercolor on paper over panel
60 x 43.5 inches
2024
Camine Ese Camino
Watercolor on paper over panel
30 x 30 inches
2024
Nuestro Lazaro de La Prosperidad
Watercolor on paper over panel
22 x 30 inches
2023
My Door Remembers
Watercolor on paper over panel
22 x 30 inches
2023
On a Wing and a Prayer
Colonial painting with Guatemalan huipil
34 x 20 inches
2020
The Power to Blossom- A Love Offering
to Pico-Union
Watercolor on paper
33 x 41 inches
2022
A Gracious Welcome
Back of Guatemalan huipil and strips from a welcome mat over panel
12 x 9 inches
2022
City Depleted But Not Defeated
Watercolor on paper
18.5 x 25.5 inches
2021
The Lined Face of this Noble Building
Back of Guatemalan huipil, wood, and acrylic
18 x 15.25 inches
2022
Undocumented and Undeterred
Watercolor and gouache on paper
37 x 28 inches
2022
Can’t Stop a Dreamer
Watercolor on paper
23.25 x 37 inches
2021
Immigrant Landscape #6
Watercolor on paper
33.75 x 22.25 inches
2018
Immigrant Landscape #4
Watercolor on paper
17.5 x 23.5 inches
2018
Immigrant Landscape #3
watercolor on paper
17.5 x 23.5 inches
2018
The Strong Mother (Corky and Mom)
Charcoal and acrylic ink on paper
58.5 x 41.5 inches
2015
The Meeting of Corky and Bunchy
Charcoal and acrylic ink on paper
58.5 X 74.5 inches
2015
Our Lives Matter / We Can't Breathe
Acrylic on coconut coir and latex floor mats
110 x 84 inches
2015
Hypocrite's Prayer
Cotton Tapestry
38 x 52 inches
2013
Happy Fathers Day, Mom!
Cotton Tapestry
15.25 x 17.5 inches framed
2013
Always Loved Their Music
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
60 x 41 inches
2010
Qué Barbaridad (What a Barbarity!)
Acrylic on canvas
6 x 5 feet
2011
The Sun Went Down on Their Wrath Diptych
Acrylic on canvas
14 x 18 inches
2011
Oh Say Can You See? (Prejudice)
Acrylic on paper
11 x14 inches, framed
2009
Oh Say Can You See? (Change)
Acrylic on paper
11 x14 inches, framed
2009