Pedro Vélez Fake Shows (invitations, posters , offset and banners) 1999-on going

Uni Las Vas Rasfur Falut: David Robbins and The Maclaughlin Group, curated by Pedro Velez in '05Photographic banner, 2/2at NADA Art Fair 05





Hell in LAMB UC Elections, curated by Pedro Velez in '04
at Ingalls Associates Gallery, Miami



review in Art US

Tropical Setting for all the Exotic Artists,curated by Pedro Velez

1/1 offset poster

'05

Wall of Fake Shows at TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago

Be Aggressive: Ralph Nader, Mike Kelley, Dune. Curated by Pedro Velezflyer and posters distributed at exhibition: The Suburban Political Poster Project 
Lothringer Dreizehn of the City of Munich and Max Fish, NYC. 2003

installation view

article in Collezioni Italy


Sports, Hope and Loss (Barry Bonds), curated by Pedro Velezdistributed at Yerba Buena Arts Center and published at the Poor Pony #113 in an event by Shane Selzer. 


*The name of Julia Child included in invitation for exhibition.



Hirsch Farm Projects on Easter Island, curated by Pedro Velezcolored flyers, edition of a 1,000'02

cryptic text on invitation for exhibition The Aging Quail at Galeria Comercial



Brian Wilson's Synchronized Swimming, curated by Pedro Velezpostcards and flyers, '02


No Metaphorspostcard


front side of The Dams Piedras Negras, curated by Pedro Vélezpostcard

back side of postcard: The Dams Piedras Negras,curated by Pedro Vélez
Adults in PJ BwleranMy Space banner (from Hell in Lamb UC on line exhibition series and viral campaigns)

Godfucks Miami onto Others
My Space banner

Godfucks Miami onto Others in ChicagoMy Space banner


The Aging Quailsflyer (the ex governor)


Smoke s in its Rethoric' s
My Space banner

Paul Kemp and Hunter Thompson(The Rum Diaries)My Space banner


Studentspostcard, 2002

Adult Republicans in JFKMy Space banner


KDUTRAphotographic flyer

Drunk Dictators: Milosevic (Wisconsin Death Trip) at LMCC, NYC; Galeria Comercial, PR

"Milosevic" (2005)

Wall and floor collage first exhibited at Galeria Comercial in Puerto Rico and later at Manic and Wasted, curated by Randall Garret at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in NYC. The materials include: a tilted wall, drawings, ink, paper, posters, Benetton banner, colored pins, acrylic, nylon, photographs, a Wisconsin T-shirt, private e-mail conversations and cryptic text drawn on the floor and the wall. With this work I tried to make connections between Fidel Castro, Vladimir Milosevich and the book Wisconsin Death Trip. "Milosevic" is now in the collection of Carlos López in Puerto Rico .


 

 


 

 

 


 


 







 

The Bribe at Waiting Room Gallery Minneapolis 2001

"The Bribe" was a piece about corruption and confict of interest in the artworld. I offered a $150.00, (the generic value of a 500 word review in publications), to anybody who managed to write and publish a review of the show. Nobody took the bait or maybe I was too cheap.

Pedro Velez "Refrigerator Shows 1999-2003"

Performance/action/curatorial process and social sculpture. I would decorate or re-arrange friends refrigerators. I would also curate my own fridge a hundred times.The final product is the documentation in the form of C-Prints.

Pedro Velez and his fans?

Pedro Velez Refrigerator Show at MAPR

Installation view at MAPR

Death and Metal

Gerald's Fridge and Artforum

HOPE/Brian Wilson in Illinois

installation at Museo Arte Puerto Rico

1707 West Division Fridge

Death of Luis Muñoz Marín (with original historical newspaper clippings)

Dead President

Metal Fridge

The land of signs
Art and the word as we know it
BY RANDI HOPKINS

JENNIFER RAMSEY AND PEDRO VELEZ: Refrigerator Show finds the individual in the quasi-mass-marketed.

"Five flights up in an old loft building in Chinatown, Oni Gallery is percolating its own fresh mix of art offerings, and the gallery’s dedication to giving support and shape to the new and often untested is turning this funky not-for-profit gallery into a center of significant art and performance activity. Spanning two floors, it’s a spacious and sociable space. Openings of exhibitions in the fifth-floor gallery are accompanied by a reception in the fourth-floor performance/film/readings space, which includes a couple of small tables set up in front of huge windows overlooking Washington Street — a great observation spot on a Saturday night."

"Another work that finds the individual in the quasi-mass-marketed is the large-scale photograph Refrigerator Show, by Jennifer Ramsey and Pedro Velez. A refrigerator plastered with postcards and posters from various art exhibitions stands in an ordinary kitchen, next to the sink, near a window sill with a meandering potted plant. But this is not a " found " or random photograph; the items on this refrigerator have been arranged by Velez, who is himself both an artist and a curator. The photograph reminds us that we all organize the ephemera of our particular lives in a way that reflects our visual tastes as well as our notion of what’s interesting or important. These days, some people’s refrigerators say more about them than their bookshelves or even their CD collections."

Issue Date: May 16-23, 2002