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Alexis PortillaLarge Oil Painting - "Black Elk" Monochromatic, Abstract Expressionism
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Black Elk
Oil on Canvas
94 x 74" / 7 ft 10" x 6 ft 2"
(Some of these images show his other large scale work in collections around the country)
This is one of his signature large oil paintings by Alexis Portilla, working in abstract expressionism, in a contemporary, timeless piece, gripping with energy and emotional impact. Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture. This piece is inspired by ideas and words of historical figure Black Elk. The themes speak to a yearning for a more coherent universe, and the need to consider meaning and purpose in our actions, and finding balance and awareness.
“Alexis is a poet in space and a painter of original feeling… He conveys a constant sense of expansion.”
Artist Will Barnet (1911-2012), June 2007
“Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.”
Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review.
Black Elk (1866-1950) was an Oglala Lakota holy man, one of the greatest American spiritual visionaries of all time, known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial, “Black Elk Speaks”. Adapted by the poet John Neihardt from a series of interviews, it is one of the most widely read and admired works of American Indian literature.
In 1980, Congress created the Black Elk Wilderness in the Black Hills National Forest that honors Black Elk in a way that the Oglala understand. The highest point in South Dakota is Black Elk Peak.
About Artist:
Alexis Portilla holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BFA from Pratt Institute. His work is in more than 250 private collections worldwide and in many international public and corporate collections including The New York Public Library, Harvard University, Pepsi Co., Warner Music Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Penn State University, Norwest Venture Partners, and Mikasa Corporation. He has exhibited internationally at venues from New York to Hong Kong, including the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan, Hofstra University Museum in New York, and Monmouth Museum in New Jersey.
The artist has shown in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Education
MFA, Columbia University
BFA, Pratt Institute
Selected Public Collections
Penn State University
New York Public Library
Selected Corporate Collections
Harvard Club Cambridge, MA
Meredith and Grew Boston, MA
Farley White Boston, MA
Edwards and Angell Providence, RI
Acadian Asset Management Boston, MA
Proskauer Rose Boston, MA
- Creator:Alexis Portilla (1965, American, Mexican)
- Dimensions:Height: 94 in (238.76 cm)Width: 74 in (187.96 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU24115434642
Alexis Portilla
Mexican-born New York City-based artist Alexis Portilla draws heavily on his surroundings, creating richly textured, atmospheric paintings and prints that feature characteristics commonly associated with Abstract Expressionist and Neo-Expressionist art.
Portilla earned his BFA at Pratt Institute in 1983 and his MFA from Columbia University. He worked as a faculty instructor at Columbia teaching printmaking while maintaining his New York-based art studio. His work is held in public and corporate collections including Pepsi Co., Harvard University, Penn State University and the New York Public Library, among others, with over 250 private collectors worldwide.
Portilla’s exhibition history dates back over 20 years and covers the globe. He has had solo exhibitions at the Hollis Taggart Galleries and other galleries in New York, New Jersey, Atlanta and Hong Kong. Portilla has also participated in group exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Michigan, Hofstra University Museum in New York, and Monmouth Museum in New Jersey.
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Alexis Portilla was born in Mexico City in 1965, and has lived in New York since 1970.
He holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BFA from Pratt Institute.
His work can be found in public and corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad, including The New York Public Library, Penn State University, Harvard University,
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“New York painter Alexis Portilla[’s] layered compositions deserve serious attention.”
–Art Market Report, Summer 2017
“[Portilla] both builds and excavates his canvases with broad swaths of paint, textured
imprints, and scrapes and scratches, layering lines over drifting expanses of rich color [...]
recalling Basquiat and Twombly-lyrical paintings that hover between pure abstraction and
the evocation of unknown atmospheric spaces.”
–Karen Sundberg, Artsy, December 2014
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Farley White, Boston, MA
Acadian Asset Management, Boston, MA
Proskauer Rose, Boston, MA
New Star Financial, Boston, MA
Cross Harbor Capital, Boston, MA
Weil Gotshal
Manges, Providence, RI
Partner Reinsurance, Pembroke, Bermuda
Hale
Dorr, Washington, DC
Bingham Dana
Gould, Boston, MA
Total System Services, Columbus, OH
Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA
Millennia, Boston, MA
Renaissance Worldwide, Waltham, MA
Goodwin Proctor
Hoar, Boston, MA and New York, NY
X.L. Pembroke, Bermuda
Odyssey America RE, New York, NY
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2007 hand + spirit + art, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ
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1992 WNMU McCray Gallery, Silver City, NM
All Fired Up, Impressions Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1991 Southern AZ Clay Artists, Impressions Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1988 Graduate Show, WNMU McCray Gallery, Silver City, NM
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2022 The Unknown Nature of Being, Best of Show Award
2010 Ventana Canyon Abstract Paintings, Honorable Mention
1997 Desert Reflections, Honorable Mention
1993 Southern AZ Clay Artists, Cash Award
1992 WNMU Miller Library Permanent Collection, Purchase Award
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2008-11 Metalsmith Coursework, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ
2003-10 Drawing Studio, Abstract Painting, Tucson, AZ
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1999 Paula Rice workshop, Tucson, AZ
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