Ernesto Burgos (Chilean-American, b. 1979, Santa Clara, CA) lives and works in New York, NY. Burgos manipulates commercial materials such as cardboard, fiberglass and resin to create his organically shaped works. The work relays the illusionary and physical space of abstraction; each form mimics the stroke in an inverse or manipulated relationship. He bends, tears, cuts and glues repeatedly until the abstraction becomes three dimensional. Through this bodily process of sculptural painting, he explores the progression of change, mark making, movement and manipulation. The work changes as the viewer’s perspective shifts in relation to the piece, the illusionary space is contorted and expanded adding depth to the gestural motions. Recent solo and two person exhibitions include The Sunday Painter, London, UK (2023); Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2023); Gana Art, Seoul, Korea (2023); AK Contemporary, Cologne, Germany (2022); Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, France (2022); Ross+Kramer Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA (2021); Galeria The Goma, Madrid, Spain (2015, 2019); University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA (2018); Galeria Revolver, Lima, Peru (2017); Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2017); Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA (2017); Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2016). Recent group exhibitions include Club Rhubarb, New York, NY, USA (2022, 2023); Revolver Galeria, New York, NY, USA (2023); Anthony Meier, Mill Valley, CA, USA (2023); Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2023); Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium (2022); Gana Art NineOne, Seoul, Korea (2022); Swivel Gallery, Saugerties, NY, USA (2022); Magenta Plains, New York, NY, USA (2021); Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2021); Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA (2017, 2021); Galeria Alegria, Madrid, Spain (2019); Curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, London, UK (2017); FLAT: TWO, London, UK (2017); The Chimney, New York, NY, USA (2017); Curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, New York, NY, USA (2017); CODE Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark (2016); Aetopoulos, Athens, Greece (2016); Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, USA (2016); 67 Ludlow St, New York, NY, USA (2016); Van Horn, Dusseldorf, Germany (2016); Junior Projects, New York, NY, USA (2015); Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA (2015); Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany (2015); Helper Projects, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2015). Ernesto Burgos’s work is in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg in Magdeburg, Germany.