Pepe López Reus

Pepe López Reus is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, memory, and social transformation through sculpture, performance, installation, and photography. Transforming everyday urban materials into poetic statements, López addresses themes of consumerism, violence, and alienation. His acclaimed series Ponchos turns plastic bags into wearable sculptures that symbolize transformation and liberation. López has exhibited internationally, including at the Havana Biennial, Mercosul Biennial, MAD Museum in New York, and Kino Saito (2025), among others. Recipient of the AICA Venezuela Best Solo Show and a UNESCO Aschberg Residency, his work is featured in key academic and curatorial publications such as Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture (University of California Press, 2025) and Portadores de sentido (Fundación Cisneros, 2019).