HALF GALLERY

New York, NY

43 E 78th Street
New York, NY 10075
www.halfgallery.com

Half Gallery was established by Bill Powers in 2008, on the Lower East Side. In 2013 the Galley moved to the Upper East Side, NYC, above the boutique owned by his wife- fashion designer Cynthia Rowley. The husband-and-wife duo founded Exhibition A in 2010, which produces Limited Edition Prints and Objects by Contemporary Artists. Additionally, Powers contributes regularly to ARTnews and the French fashion magazine Purple. Presenting a Solo Exhibition of Eddie Martinez for its Inauguration, Half Gallery focuses on discovering and championing young emerging Artists, including Vaughn Spann, Genieve Figgis, Daniel Heidkamp, Hiejin Yoo, and Anna Park.

ALEX BECERRA

Rooted in the deep history of Modern European painting, specifically influenced by German Neo-Expressionism, Becerra has an unparalleled ability in maneuvering oil paint as he layers it on in thick, sweeping lines of impasto raised inches off the canvas. His thoughtful compositions incorporate all classical types of painting from self-portraiture and the female nude to still life and genre scenes, all dotted with recurring context-specific objects like beer bottles and car rims.

Seemingly quotidian, these symbols carry personal significance relating to his adolescence in Southern California and subsequent entrance into the international world of art. In this way, Becerra’s highly referential work bears a distinct aesthetic and energetic vibrancy unique to the artist.  

Alex Becerra (b. 1989, Piru, California, USA) has been the subject of Solo Exhibitions at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL; Weiss International, Berlin, DE; ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and Karma International, Zurich, CH + Los Angeles, CA. His work has been included in Group Exhibitions worldwide, including: Galeria Javier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, Spain; Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, DE; Karma International, Zurich, CH ; Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI; The Journal Gallery, New York, NY; and Almine Rech, New York, NY; among others. Alex Becerra lives and works in Los Angeles.

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