Cisco Merel
1981 Panamá
Cisco Merel is an artist living and working in Panama. For more than 10 years, he collaborated closely with the workshop of renowned master Carlos Cruz Diez. Merel uses abstraction as a means to address different themes in his work, such as architecture, social contrasts and popular art. In his work, he seeks to rescue the origins of the constructive and socio-cultural systems that surround us in contemporary times.
Merel uses photography, painting, sculpture and installations as a starting point to create a visual and investigative map in each project he develops. His work stands out for his ability to transform everyday experiences into something exceptional and for his ability to generate reflections on culture and society.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Gate of the Sun, Panamá Contemporary Museum, Panamá
2024 Other Way,Efrain Lopez Gallery, New York
2022 Convergent Evolution, NG Art Gallery, Panamá
2022 Hiperlítico, Enlace Art Gallery, Peru
2021 La Máquina del Flow, Galería Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2020 Entre lignes, Adda Gallery, París
2018 Awake & Aware, Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2017 Post-Processing, TCU, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas
2017 Construcción Lineal, Marion Gallery, Panamá
2016 Estudio Modular, Galería Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2016 Visual Systems, Galería La Erre, Guatemala
2014 Recent Works, Marion Gallery, Panamá
2013 Topología tropical, Sol del Río Galería, Guatemala
2013 So Easy/So Hard, Galería Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2011 Abstract Garden, Galería Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2011 Graffiti Nature, Saltfineart Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2009 The New Landscape, Galería Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2008 Cisco Color Therapy, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2006 Landscape, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
Collective Shows
2023 El Patio Zonamaco, Art Baja Califonia, (NG Art Gallery) Mexico
2023 Zonamaco, (NG Art Gallery), Mexico
2020 Scoope Art Fair (NG Art Gallery), Miami
2019 Scoope Art Fair (NG Art Gallery), Nueva York
2019 Detrás del muro, Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
2018 Trampolín, Centro Cultural de España, Panamá
2018 Trueque, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá
2018 Ch.Aco, Feria Internacional de Arte (Marion Gallery), Santiago, Chile
2017 Circles & Circuits – Pacific Standard Time, Chinese American Museum, L.A.
2017 Nu Geometry, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, California
2017 Art Lima (Marion Gallery), Perú2016 Art Toronto (Marion Gallery), Canadá2016 SPECTRA, Marion Gallery, Panamá
2016 Panachina, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá
2016 Muta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá
2015 FlatLander, BMOCA, Colorado
2014 Flat Land, Museo Guadalupe, San Antonio, Texas
2014 La Erre, Proyecto Mural, Guatemala
2013 The New Painters, Saltfineart Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2013 Ergens tussen Mark en Maan, Mechelen, Bélgica
2012 Bright Light, Big Love, Underline Gallery, Nueva York
2012 Macro Fest (Diablo Rosso), Panamá
2012 Rara, Galería Sol del Rio, Guatemala
2012 1,440 minutos, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2011 Ab jetzt muss alles fliegen, Pilotenkueche, Leipzig
2011 VALOARTE, San José, Costa Rica
2010 The State Of L3 Collective, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
2010 SANS: Ana Elena Garuz + Cisco Merel, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2010 Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Diablo Rosso), CircaLap, Puerto Rico
2009 Diestro y Siniestro, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2009 Abstracción Latinoamericana, Galería Arte Consult, Panamá
2009 Zona Maco (Diablo Rosso), México CDMX
2009 Efecto Collage, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá
2009 Parada, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
2008 Bienal del Istmo Centroamericano, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2008 Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá en Argentina, Museo del Tigre, Buenos Aires
2008 Directors Choice, Galería Mateo Sariel, Panamá
2008 Holidayzed & Confused, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2007 Sunny and Chair, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2007 Big Boom, Casa Góngora, Panamá
2007 Given Isthmus, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2007 Wood You, Diablo Rosso, Panamá
2005 7a Bienal de Arte de Panamá, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá
2004 Consumo, progreso o fin, Galería La Bohème, Panamá