Jeronimo Villa
Jerónimo Villa (b. 1990, Bogotá, Colombia) has developed a conceptually rooted practice to create work that highlights the frivolity of function by repurposing items to challenge inherent purpose. Refuting the status of obsolete, Villa collects specific, utilitarian materials that juxtapose each other in nature to construct refined geometric artworks transforming their original form entirely.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia with a sculptor as a father and a fashion designer as a mother, his fascination with the materiality of objects sprouted early in life by witnessing the transformation of materials firsthand from raw to refined. His early life experiences come through in the aesthetic of his work, weaving three dimensional objects into wall mounted compositions. Villa holds a key understanding of how treatment of materials can drastically change how they will exist, or cease to do so, in perpetuity.
Jeronimo Villa trained as a musician at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), graduating in 2008. Later he translated his knack for rhythm and composition to the visual arts and began using experimental materials to collapse a variety of art historical styles and forms. He has completed reputable residencies at Prairie Center of the Arts (Schaumburg, IL, 2012) and Artula Environmental Arts (Salem, OR, 2011). Jeronimo Villa exhibits frequently across Colombia and the United States, and received the DC Art Foundation Residency (Miami, FL, 2022).
ARTWORKS
Entronque Op. 02
(Opus Junction 02), 2023
sandpaper and wood
69 ¾ x 59 ⅞ inches
177 x 152 cm
Entronque Op. 01
(Opus Junction 01), 2023
sandpaper and wood
66 ⅛ x 51 ⅛ inches
168 x 130 cm.
Aparato abrasivo Op. 02
(Opus Abrasive Device 02), 2022
sandpaper, wood, and carborundum
47 ¼ x 39 ⅜ inches
120 x 100 cm.
Velero
(Sailboat), 2023
sandpaper and wood
58 ¼ x 44 inches
148 x 112 cm.