Roberto Bermejo Exhibits Innovative 'Laser-Rendered' Paintings at Philharmonic Center for the Arts

Spanish-born, New York-based contemporary artist and neuroscientist, Roberto Bermejo, exhibits his acclaimed, hypnotic paintings at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, appearing in the Florida art scene for the first time. Known for inventing a unique software that unleashes extraordinary arrays of color and form that redefine painting, his dynamic images are on view as single, large-scale, laser-rendered paintings and in small jewel-like works of art. Even before digital art was fully embraced by the traditional art world, the late John Coplans, founder and former editor of Art Forum magazine noted, "Bermejo's images are so compelling, you can't not look at them."

Bermejo's series, The Light of Colors, can be seen now through May 2013 at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts, 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard Naples, FL. His ground-breaking artistic process creates an infinite series of unique images, never repeated, reproducing endlessly and, according to Bermejo, "symbolizing both the distinctive and shared traits of each human being." They can be exhibited on any type of digital screen, where the viewer can literally experience the act of continuous creation. Bermejo creates "colors so brilliant, they seem lit from within," observed ArtByte magazine.

"At a time when contemporary art is dominated by a growing banalization of its content and form, it is especially valuable to meet an artist whose seriousness and commitment cannot be questioned," says Iria Candela, curator at the Tate Modern in London.

Bermejo applies his scientific programming skills to explore new ways of painting. Bermejo explains, "My work transformed when I gained access to an almost infinite palette of colors through the computer. I can then precisely place these color values across the computer's virtual canvas, on photographic paper, on canvas, or projected through space on walls. Each painting contains some 500 colors and tones and more than one million fine brush strokes that I carefully distribute across the surface. For each new project, I build custom software, rather than using existing commercial programs, which just limit one's creativity. As the boundaries between different media (photography, painting and video) become even narrower, I believe, regardless of the media, my content and artistic process, remains that of a painting."

According to George Fifield, founder and director of the Boston Cyberarts Festival, who featured Bermejo's work at several Cyberarts Festivals, "Taking something from analogue to digital frees up...Bermejo...not just to discover a new realm of creativity but to reinvent it completely."

"The artwork of Roberto Bermejo reflects, above all, a rigorous search to express a series of thematic concerns through a distinctly personal style," Tate Modern curator, Iria Candela stressed. "It is in this meticulous and stubborn process to configure a unified, innovative artistic body of work, that he melds his background of scientific inquiry with his charismatic personality."

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