'Worked in the theatre industry for more than a decade Luis Xertu (b. 1985, Mexico City, Mexico) is a virtuoso of picturesque theatricality who incorporates camp aesthetic in his poetic paintings with an elegant touch. Xertu's meticulous use of plants as a medium and motif in his artistic practice reveals an aesthetic of failure through the passage of time; the gradual decay of flora leads to a visual transformation where the canvas changes from lush green to autumnal hues, revolutionising the medium of painting by introducing the fourth dimension. As a Mexican diaspora residing in the Netherlands, Xertu draws mythological and spiritual references from his heritage and employs a unique artistic style of environmental romanticism to engage in gender, racial, postcolonial, and capitalist debates.' - Cusson Cheng for Galerie du Monde, HK.
Exhibitions
2022 – Galerie Du Monde Hong Kong, HK - Group show 2021 – MOYA Museum of Young Art Oosterhout, NL - Group show 2021 – Art Rotterdam, NL - Duo presentation 2020 – Tropicana / Pottage Foundation Rotterdam, NL - Group show 2020 – TORCH Gallery Amsterdam, NL - Solo show 2019 – Royal Palace Amsterdam, NL - Group show 2019 – WTC Rotterdam Gallery, NL - Group show 2018 – Gloss Gallery Tel Aviv, IL - Solo show 
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