Harley Cortez is a multi disciplinary artist, musician, and filmmaker. His work has been shown in Los Angeles, NYC, and Tokyo.
Raised in Los Angeles, CA and Queens, NY, he also lived in his mother's home country, Guatemala, for a brief time as a kid.
His solo exhibition in 2016 at The Paper Agency Gallery in Los Angeles titled "The Poet as Spacemen" was an immersive installation of paintings, film, and music composition and included a Q&A with astrophysicist, cosmologists, and an astronaut from NASA and JPL. He also exhibited in Tokyo that year.
Using various modalities his paintings, drawings, abstract pieces have been used on record covers, film poster art, set design, and art direction.
His career as a musician has seen him travel to various parts of the globe on numerous tours and recording collaborations - including film scores and producing. His first solo LP "TANGIER" will be released in June 2018 with an ambient/classical album ("An Inventory of Memory") release to follow.
His short films include "Igancio" and various experimental films and music videos.
His upcoming solo exhibitions "Voices,Voices [another inventory of memory]" in Tokyo, Japan, "The Ashes of Us" in San Diego, California and "Gestures" in Rabat, Morocco are slated for spring and fall of 2018.
Raised in Los Angeles, CA and Queens, NY, he also lived in his mother's home country, Guatemala, for a brief time as a kid.
His solo exhibition in 2016 at The Paper Agency Gallery in Los Angeles titled "The Poet as Spacemen" was an immersive installation of paintings, film, and music composition and included a Q&A with astrophysicist, cosmologists, and an astronaut from NASA and JPL. He also exhibited in Tokyo that year.
Using various modalities his paintings, drawings, abstract pieces have been used on record covers, film poster art, set design, and art direction.
His career as a musician has seen him travel to various parts of the globe on numerous tours and recording collaborations - including film scores and producing. His first solo LP "TANGIER" will be released in June 2018 with an ambient/classical album ("An Inventory of Memory") release to follow.
His short films include "Igancio" and various experimental films and music videos.
His upcoming solo exhibitions "Voices,Voices [another inventory of memory]" in Tokyo, Japan, "The Ashes of Us" in San Diego, California and "Gestures" in Rabat, Morocco are slated for spring and fall of 2018.
