Jaime Adrover in Venice
THIS Â INTERVIEW Â IS A RESPONSE FROM A Q & A Â WRITTEN FOR THE ARTIST AND EDITED BY CECILIA PAZ.
I am from Miami, Fl and I am 32 years old. My parents are Colombian and Chilean. Since I could hold a pencil I have been drawing and when I turned five I started formal oil painting classes for a while. After a few years I kept painting on my own. I was always involved in art somehow. From designing my grade schools logos to painting murals while I was in the Navy. Art always chose me as a means to an end and I am grateful for that.
The Scorpion Prince by Jaime Adrover
After I graduated High School, I went to Live in Paris to study with my uncle (an established painter at the time) while studying French at the Sorbonne. I tried getting in to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but did not get in unfortunately. By then, I was homesick and returned to Miami where I joined the Navy for awhile. I went back to school and received my Associates in Fine Arts from Miami Dade College and will be graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Florida International University Fall of 2011.
I love the human figure and it comes natural for me to represent it in all of its different forms, whether they are skinny, plus-sized, old, or young models. By abstracting certain elements of the composition it gives me the freedom to be more expressive and loose. The combination of Realism and Abstraction is what I prefer.
The Waiting Room by Jaime Adrover
I usually complete the under painting in acrylic and then finish with oils sometimes incorporating gold leaf, spray paint, nails, and thread.Usually, I finish a series of paintings with a common style or theme and then I move on to a new idea. Right now, I am working with the resurrection of ghosts from early 20th century Black and White Photography. I appropriate family photos or find photos while allowing history, memory, and fictitious memory to fill in the surrounding atmosphere with a mysterious narrative. They are kind of a celebration of life through the acknowledgement of death.
Meditation by Jaime Adrover
Miami is tough, no doubt. But it is up to us as artists and patrons to stick in there and help Miami through its maturation process and change the perception that we are all a bunch of uncivilized flip-flop wearin’ tacky art people.Art Basel and the surrounding fairs are a showcase of the most cutting edge contemporary art, according to the Blue Chip galleries. Some work is great and some work is hideous. Regardless, I am happy that our city gets to host such a big event and I attend every year.
Making art is not only fun, but it has always been an escape from the troubles of life. As many artists would agree, when we are working the mind drifts into a meditative state where problems seem to dissolve. My favorite piece is the one I am working on right now. It is a morning beach scene based on the memory of family vintage photos where colors are dim and figures slowly glide in a joyous dreamlike state.
Hand by Jaime Adrover
Artists who inspire me are Master painters  like Masaccio, Caravaggio, Bosch, and Durer. Contemporary artists which inspire me and are still young and producing amazing work are Neo Rauch, Charlie Isoe, and Josh Keyes.
I think if you call yourself an artist you have to produce art that affects someone beside yourself someway. It does not have to be in a positive way, but it does have to alter the viewer’s perspective somehow.
Currently, I am exhibiting at Gab Studio in Wynwood where usually I show new work every month. I have also exhibited in Paris, Japan, New York, California, and throughout South Florida.
I do sculpt with focus on form or the human figure. Usually I work with aluminum, clay, or wood. I also do installation work where I create narrative scenes in rooms where the viewer is a voyeur into a past moment in time.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
EMAIL: adrover_jaime @yahoo.com
