Multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and filmmaker. Harley Cortez has been shown in Los Angeles, New York City, Berlin, Mexico City and Tokyo, Melbourne.
Raised in Los Angeles, CA and Queens, NY, he also lived in his mother’s home country, Guatemala, for a brief time in his youth. His works explore international themes of genetic memory and migration and have been shown and performed in institutions across the globe.
Recently his work has been shown at the Tamayo Museum, Jumex Museum, Charlie James Gallery, Georges Berges Gallery, and the Maia Contemporary in Mexico City.
His solo exhibition in 2016 at The Paper Agency Gallery in Los Angeles titled 'The Poet as Spacemen* was an immersive installation and included a Q&A with astrophysicists, cosmologists, and an astronaut from NASA and JPL. He also exhibited in Tokyo that year.
His recent group exhibitions "Bridging the Abstract " and "Transcendence" featured heavy hitters Laddie John Dill, Elaine de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler.
Raised in Los Angeles, CA and Queens, NY, he also lived in his mother’s home country, Guatemala, for a brief time in his youth. His works explore international themes of genetic memory and migration and have been shown and performed in institutions across the globe.
Recently his work has been shown at the Tamayo Museum, Jumex Museum, Charlie James Gallery, Georges Berges Gallery, and the Maia Contemporary in Mexico City.
His solo exhibition in 2016 at The Paper Agency Gallery in Los Angeles titled 'The Poet as Spacemen* was an immersive installation and included a Q&A with astrophysicists, cosmologists, and an astronaut from NASA and JPL. He also exhibited in Tokyo that year.
His recent group exhibitions "Bridging the Abstract " and "Transcendence" featured heavy hitters Laddie John Dill, Elaine de Kooning, and Helen Frankenthaler.
