2024
Artists Luis Garcia-Nerey and Anke Schofield examine the boundaries between undomesticated animals and domesticated environments in their wondrous collaboration called KOLLABS. Each of their narrative paintings — which are typically mixed media works that feature wildlife photography, scraps of magazine print advertisements and more — explores the balance between humans and forest creatures, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationships with nature.
KOLLABS was formed in 2007 by Miami, Florida-based Garcia-Nerey and Schofield, who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.
Born in 1973 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Garcia-Nerey studied at Long Island University in New York and Miami’s New World School of the Arts. Schofield was born in 1972 in Ithaca, New York, and studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia where she obtained her BFA and MFA degrees.
In order to create their provocative works, the KOLLABS founders travel between studios in Miami and Atlanta. Together, they combine their individual artistic talents to produce their series of anthropomorphized animal paintings. For instance, in the mixed-media work Betty and Bea, a bear is portrayed sitting on a luxurious chair, interacting with a hummingbird, while Valery depicts a hawk balancing precariously on champagne labels.
Throughout the 2000s, KOLLABS has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. The duo has also shown its works at several art fairs and museum shows including the Affordable Art Fair in Tribeca, New York, San Francisco Art Fair, Art Wynwood in Miami, Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston, the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
On 1stDibs, discover a selection of KOLLABS mixed-media art and paintings.
Kollabs - PIP & PIPPER, Painting 2023
By Kollabs
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Kollabs is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In our work, we create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic and u...
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Untitled
By Jordy Kerwick
Located in London, GB
Jordy Kerwick Untitled, 2024 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 250 x 200 cm 78 1/2 x 98 1/2 inches Jordan Kerwick’s gritty, thickly impastoed paintings range from haunting figu...
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Exodus V
Located in London, GB
Zavier Ellis Exodus V, 2023 Signed on reverse Acrylic, emulsion, ink, wax crayon, collage on birch ply 30 x 24 cm 11.8 x 9.4 inches Zavier Ellis combines the use of text with painte...
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled, 1971, mixed media collage with painted and printed elements on paper, signed and dated lower right, 9 x 10 5/8 inches, exhibited Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, unknown date...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Denver, CO
This framed collage work by artist Mario Zoots featured a ghostly visage on a white background. The included frame allows the work to take center stage, showcasing the works deckle e...
Paper
Beline
By Jennifer JL Jones
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jennifer J L Jones (b.1971 Virginia) is an American artist raised in rural Virginia and on the central east coast of Florida. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School ...
Mixed Media
184
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fa...
Paper
153
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Tucson, AZ / Santa Fe, NM ::: b. 1981] JENNY DAY (b.1981) is a painter who divides her time between Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Draw...
Paper, Mixed Media
125
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
[Tucson, AZ / Santa Fe, NM ::: b. 1981] JENNY DAY (b.1981) is a painter who divides her time between Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Draw...
Paper, Mixed Media
Exodus
Located in London, GB
Zavier Ellis Exodus, 2022 Acrylic, emulsion, oil bar, spray paint, collage, tape on birch ply 165.0 x 120.0 cm Zavier Ellis combines the use of text with painterly, collage, assembl...
Mixed Media
Luca
By Kollabs
Located in Napa, CA
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, they create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic an...
Resin, Panel
Harmony
By Kollabs
Located in Napa, CA
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, they create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic an...
Resin, Mixed Media, Panel
Vince
By Kollabs
Located in Napa, CA
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, they create compositions juxtaposing undomest...
Resin, Panel
Knox
By Kollabs
Located in Napa, CA
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, they create compositions juxtaposing undomest...
Resin, Panel
Fisher
By Kollabs
Located in Napa, CA
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, they create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic an...
Resin, Panel
Soren and Silas
By Kollabs
Located in Napa, CA
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, they create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic ...
Mixed Media, Panel
