
STARSKY BRINE’s paintings and drawings captivate audiences with their distinctive style and a recurring theme, the search for the nature of humanity. In his bold works, the artist focuses on characters that are built from a combination of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features, as well as the appropriation of elements from comics and toys from his childhood.
On the one hand, these characters distort reality to venture into an environment of subcultures and urbanism created by the spontaneous intuition of his strokes and the appropriation of the contemporary iconography. On the other hand, they move within the realm of fantasy. In particular, the animals paired with their human characters evoke associations with fairy tales or comics. They are reminiscent of the world of theatre, in which fantasy and poetry but also comedy often serve as catalysts for the creation of critical meaning.
With his works, Brines often questions the interplay of good and evil against the background of the worldwide socio-political climate. Yet Brines does not interpret his themes as ‘black and white.’ They are complex and nonlinear, with charming disruptions, quite serious and yet full of humor.
Brines is personally influenced by his mother and art historically influenced by Latin American figurative art, the German Neoexpressionism, the Italian Transavantgarde, and the COBRA group. His works oscillate between figuration and abstraction. Brines holds a degree in Fine Art from the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón in Caracas.
His work has received international attention in exhibitions and has been incorporated into important collections in cities such as Caracas, Basel, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Santander, Miami, Madrid and Seoul.
STARSKY BRINES
Solo exhibitions (Selection) 2018 The Circus of Beauty, G Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2017 Solos, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, España. 2015 Personajes Extraños. Mariana Monteagudo & Starsky Brines, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia. El Papel del Dibujo. Galería GBG Arts. Caracas, Venezuela. 2013 Stranger than Banana. Gallery Zandari, Seul, Corea del Sur. 2012 Parcelita de Poder. Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia. No Happy Ends. Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, España. 2011 Los Objetos de Zato. ARS Publicidad, Caracas, Venezuela. 2010 Bestiario urbano. Oficina #1, Centro de Arte Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela. Me la pego en la bota. Marisa Marimón Galería de Arte, Orense, España 2009 Caso fortuito. Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, España. Invasiones en el espacio. Pintura en proceso. Galería Artepuy, Caracas, Venezuela. 2008 Zoom-Arterial. Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, España. Campeones urbanos. Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia. 2007 Dibujhatos. Colectivo 77: Starsky Brines + José Vivenes, Galería Spazio Zero, Caracas, Venezuela. 2006 La última página. Plaza cubierta “Carlos Raúl Villanueva”, Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Caracas; Venezuela. 2006 La Pintura de Homero por Starsky Brines. Galería Spazio Zero, Caracas, Venezuela.
Group exhibitions
2017
Expresive Gestures, Galerie Heike Strewlo, Frankfurt/Mai, DE Pintura Pintura Pintura. Por: Víctor Zarza. Espacio Proyectos, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, España.
2015
Lugar de gracias. El Paisaje en la Colección Mercantil. Galería “Braulio Salazar”, Valencia, Venezuel; Art Motion by Sala Mendoza. New York, USA.
2014
Panorámica. Arte Emergente en Venezuela. 2000-2012, Sala Tac. Caracas, Venezuela.
Gráfica Mercantil, indagación y seguimiento. Espacio Mercantil, Caracas, Venezuela.
Art Stage Singapore. Marina Sands Expo And Convention, Singapore.
2013
XII Edición del Premio Eugenio Mendoza. Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
Art Stage Singapore. Marina Sands Expo And Convention, Singapore.
Chaco, stand Galería Fernando Pradilla. Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Art Lima, stand Galería Fernando Pradilla. Lima, Perú.
Drawing Now, Galería Fernando Pradilla. Paris, Francia.
2012
Venezuelan Contemporary Paintings, The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC)
Festival “Por el medio de calle”. como Invitado especial, Chacao. Caracas, Venezuela.
Korean International Art Fair (KIAF), stand Galería Fernando Pradilla, Seoul, South Korea
XXI Feria Iberoamericana de Arte (FIA), stand Galería Fernando Pradilla, Hotel Tamanaco Intercontinental, CCS/Venezuela.
Miedo ≠ Fear. LP Gallery. New York, USA.
Pintón Pasado, Pintura Fresca. Galería GBG Arts. Caracas, Venezuela.
Casa de locos. Ex Instituto Central de Psiquiatría Villa Rivello, Caracas, Venezuela.
Collections
Sander Collection, Darmstadt, Germany Burger Collection, Hong Kong. Koo House Museum of Art & Desing Collection. Seoul CUMOA Chosun University Museum of Art, Seoul National Museum of China. Pekín, China. Collection Mercantil, Caracas, Venezuela. MAAA, Acarigu Art Museuma – Araure, Acarigua – Venezuela
AWARDS
2013
Prize “Omar Carreño” Young artist. College of Architects of Venezuela
2010
Young AVAP Award. Venezuelan Association of Plastic Artists.
2005
Second prize. VIII Salon Cantv Young people with FIA: Open Looks
2004
Grand Prix Juan Lovera. XXXIII Municipal Prize of the Visual Arts Hall Juan Lovera
2003
Honorific mention. XXIII Painting Exhibition, Ateneo de Carúpano
2003
Best Painting Award. VII Regional Exhibition of Young Artists, Puerto La Cruz
0 comments on “STARSKY BRINES”