The Eye Of The Storm is also Jeremy’s first ever solo exhibition with a gallery

While often misused in everyday language, the “eye” of a storm actually refers to the calmest area within a windstorm; a region spared from the surrounding chaos. However, winds being moving forces, the eye keeps shifting position, blowing away the illusion of a refuge in the midst of the turmoil.

Unusual Art

Drawing on this imagery, Jeremy has created an exhibition that assembles 16 new paintings into a gallery of portraits swept by the winds. Inspired by ancient mythology, fantasy literature, and video games, the artist sees his art as a form of worldbuilding.

With each work, he builds a universe populated by non-normative allegories, where allegedly frivolous ideas, such as a cyclops winning a beauty contest (Miss Cyclope 23, 2023), invite reflection on nonconforming bodies and identities.

Art To Be Experienced

The exhibition unfolds an overarching narrative that connects the paintings, both spatially and conceptually, while immersing you in the work. Art is meant to be felt, not just seen, and this exhibition is the perfect opportunity to do so.

Through The Eye of the Storm, Jeremy, whose early practice comprised installation work, presents an augmented experience, as a soundscape complements the paintings and envelops the viewer.

Art Evolving

Starting with a gentle breeze and growing into a thunderstorm, several sonic layers overlap and follow the progression of the exhibition and its storyline, echoing the visual leitmotif that runs throughout the gallery space, a mischievous wind that sweeps and swirls across each canvas.

While the anthropomorphic figure has long been central to Jeremy’s practice, it takes on a new dimension in this most recent body of work. Departing from the amorphous and faceless characters of Mourning Opulence, his previous exhibition with Peres Projects, Jeremy delves into portraiture through a series of bust portraits and situational full-length ones.

More information can be found on the Official Peres Projects Website.