Juan Esteban Pérez Daza

Juan Esteban Pérez Daza, who signs his works as Esteban, J. Esteban, or Esteban Pérez, is a painter and visual artist. He was born in Santiago, Chile, on November 15, 1939. He studied at the University of Chile's School of Applied Arts and graduated in 1963. In 1965, he moved to New York, and from 1969 to 1971, he taught enameling workshops at Riverside Church. Pérez uses enamel on steel to create compositions that illuminate the beauty of color and light.

Awards and distinctions

1963 Second Prize in Painting, Art & Technique Exhibition, Santiago, Chile

Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City, United States

Constructivist Space Drawing, mural-wall sculpture, porcelain enamel on steel, 32 feet × 8 feet × 4 inches

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States

Flying Experiment, enamel on copper, 20 × 20 cm

Exhibitions

1969 Metarco Galleries, New York City, United States 1970 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, United States 1974, 1976 Knoll International, Washington, D.C., United States 1976 Taller Guayasamín, Caracas, Venezuela 1977 Sala de Exhibiciones Skriba, Santiago, Chile 1979 Centro Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela 1980 Sutton Gallery, New York City, United States 1985, 1986, 1987 Pierre Antoine Gallery, Washington, D.C., United States 1991 Cucalon Gallery, International Art Exposition, Miami, United States