About Robert Perez
Robert Perez
b.1981
Robert was born and raised in Norwalk, California. He has always been interested in art, at an early age he would attend shows with his uncle Arturo (turi) Alvo who was an expressionist painter and school teacher in Bayard, New Mexico. Throughout high school Robert would take various art classes (ceramics, plastic, electronics, summer art class). In the early 2000's he was apart of a 2-man electrothrash (drum machine, computer samples, guitar, vocals) band called the Makeout, which would only last about 6 months before dismembering. Around 2004 Robert would help form The White Wall, an electro dance new wave (drums, drum machine, guitar, 4-keyboards, samples) band, based out of south Los Angeles. The White Wall played various shows throughout southern California, dismembering in 2007. Robert graduated from Cerritos College Culinary Program in 2006, and received his silver and gold pins (top student) along with the Ellis Robinson scholarship award in culinary arts. In the summer of 2009 Robert decided to enroll in a drawing class at Cerritos college and later that year enrolled in a printmaking class. Robert has taken printmaking classes off and on since 2009, and won the 2011 John Demott scholarship award for printmaking. Robert currently lives in Riverside, California with his wife and spends as much time in his studio creating while working a full-time warehouse job.
EXHIBITIONS
May 2010
Cerritos College Art Show
April 2010
Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition
November 2010
Solo Art Show 'Life in Realms" Mary Paxton Gallery Norwalk, Ca
May 2011
26th Annual Made in California Juried Exhibition City of Brea Art Gallery
April 2011
Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition
June 2011
CAC Art Box Mary Paxton Gallery
June 2012
Summer Arts at Dos Lagos Juried Art Show
June 2012
CCD Art of All Ages Exhibition
June 2012
CAC Art Box Mary Paxton Gallery
June 2013
CCD Art of All Ages Exhibition
March 2015
CAC Art Box Mary Paxton Gallery
October 2015
Day of the Dead Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles
December 2015
Stone Malone Gallery Holiday Bazaar
March 2017
CAC Art Box Mary Paxton Gallery
June 2017
CCD Art of All Ages Exhibition
AWARDS
April 2011
John Dermott Award
The Cerritos College Art Gallery & Fine Arts and Communication Division
May 2011
Popular Choice Award
Made in California Exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery
November 2011
Juried member of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society
March 2015
Selected Judge for Student Art Scholarship
CAC, City of Norwalk