Elle Pérez Launches Casa Pérez Residency in Puerto Rico
Elle Pérez, an artist, is aiming to raise $100,000 to buy shares from her family and transform their ancestral home in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, into an artist residency called Casa Pérez. This house has been in Pérez's family since the 1920s and was once her great-grandmother's home a century ago. To help fund this project, she’s selling chromogenic studio prints for $1,795 each, made in collaboration with the cultural organization Public Relations based in New York and Glasgow. Pérez's work has been featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial as well as solo exhibits at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2022 and Carnegie Museum of Art in 2021. With real estate speculation rising in Cabo Rojo, particularly due to a new $2 billion Esencia resort, this residency aims to support both Puerto Rican and international artists while honoring her family's legacy.
Key facts
- Elle Pérez is raising $100,000 to buy out relatives and turn a family home in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, into an artist residency called Casa Pérez.
- The house has been in Pérez's family since the 1920s and was where their great-grandmother lived a century ago.
- Pérez is selling a portfolio of chromogenic studio prints for $1,795 each, in collaboration with Public Relations.
- Pérez's work was featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.
- Pérez had solo exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art (2022) and Carnegie Museum of Art (2021).
- Pérez is represented by 47 Canal in New York and Commonwealth and Council in Los Angeles.
- Cabo Rojo has seen real estate speculation, including the planned $2 billion Esencia resort.
- The residency aims to host both Puerto Rican and international artists.
Entities
Artists
- Elle Pérez
- Claude Monet
Institutions
- Arts & Letters
- Whitney Biennial
- Baltimore Museum of Art
- Carnegie Museum of Art
- 47 Canal
- Commonwealth and Council
- Public Relations
- Casa Pérez
Locations
- Upper Manhattan
- New York
- Puerto Rico
- Cabo Rojo
- Giverny
- France
- Los Angeles
- Glasgow