*Jonas Peres, Spanish contemporary visual artist exploring the divine.
Jonas Peres, Madrid
“Jonas Peres creates a compelling dialogue between the spiritual depth of Mark Rothko and the cultural immediacy of Andy Warhol.” —NewArts/CP
An image for the divine in our time.
Jonas Peres is a Spanish visual artist based in Madrid, Spain; trained at the California Institute of the Arts, L.A, CA. with advanced studies in Modern Art at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, NYC. and studies in History and Divinity at Yale University
His work is grounded in a central question: how can the divine be experienced in our time?
Through years of studying ancient civilizations, sacred iconography and modern abstraction, Peres came to understand that traditional symbols no longer fully express contemporary spiritual sensibility. Rather than revisit historical imagery, he sought a new visual language — one capable of speaking directly to the emotional and perceptual landscape of the present.
He found that language in light — revealed and intensified through color.
For Peres, color is not decorative — it is the material presence of light. Through horizons, luminous fields and subtle chromatic transitions, his paintings create immersive atmospheres where depth and vibration invite the viewer into a contemplative state. His works do not narrate belief; they generate presence.
They do not illustrate the divine — they make space for it.
Across his distinct yet interconnected series — Horizon, Sanctum, Presence, Glory, Euphoria and Mystic — Peres approaches this investigation from multiple perspectives: the threshold, the interior field, the centered manifestation, radiant elevation, ecstatic expansion and organic emergence. →
“Jonas Peres creates luminous, dreamlike fields where color resonates with a subtle yet powerful emotional presence” —NewArts/CP
→ Together, these bodies of work form a cohesive meditation on light embodied through color — an image of the invisible made present in our time.
Influenced conceptually by the spiritual intensity of Mark Rothko and the cultural awareness of Andy Warhol, Peres develops a body of work situated between emotional abstraction and contemporary visual culture. What began as a vibrant, pop-inflected exploration of color has evolved into a refined investigation of chromatic fields as vehicles for transcendence
His works have been exhibited internationally, including presentations in Venice during the period of the Venice Biennale and at Art Basel Miami. His paintings are held in private collections across major art capitals including New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Dubai, San Francisco, Seattle, Tokyo, Vatican City, Washington D.C., Lisbon, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Singapore, Berlin and Rome.
Select works form part of private collections located in White House Circle, Washington D.C., and within the Empire State Building in New York.
In parallel with his studio practice, Peres has collaborated with major cultural and media institutions including Universal Music, The New York Times Best Sellers, Penguin Random House, Paramount Pictures, Netflix, National Geographic and New York University, bringing his visual language into dialogue with global audiences.●
Jonas Peres, in the Studio
Jonas Peres Studio
Madrid | Spain collector@jonasperes.co
Map of artworks
around the world.
Jonas Peres Original Artworks.
Notes
Notes on Light
By Jonas Peres
I have long been drawn to the question of how the sacred has been made visible throughout history. From ancient civilizations to Renaissance altarpieces, artists sought to give form to what exceeds form — to render the invisible perceptible. …