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Gerville Rene Larsen
Gerville Rene Larsen is a 6th generation Crucian, born and raised on the island of St. Croix in the
U.S. Virgin Islands. He studied at the St. Croix School of the Arts and has a Degree in Architecture
from Cornell University where he was taught by the artist Eleanor Mikus. His creative efforts
throughout the years have resulted in various honors and awards in the fields of art and
architecture. Gerville is Principal & Owner of TALLER LARJAS, LLC, which houses a fine art
gallery, his art studio and his architectural firm here in Christiansted, St. Croix. His works have
been selected to represent the USVI in several international art biennials, including Santo
Domingo, D.R. and Cuenca, Ecuador. Gerville was also invited to represent the USVI at the 2001
Florence, Italy Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea. One of his works entitled “The Crowning”, which
was exhibited in the IV Bienal del Caribe in the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, is also
the image used for the cover of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award First Prize winner entitled
“Emersion” by the poet James Whitley.
Gerville's work is both visually and intellectually stimulating. Each of his yearly collections
further hones his artistic voice. Gerville believes that Art is a vehicle of personal expression
providing insight into the mind of the author. “Within my work, buried in the canvas through
pigment and strokes, images are captured typically representing a personal experience that may
be positive, negative, exhilarating or frustrating. The interpretation of my work is solely left to the
individual's perception which allows each piece to retain its own vivacity in expressing an
experience and consequently makes these images continue to live in the mind and psyche of
each new viewer it engages.”
SOLO SHOWS:
cuando me toques, Cafe Berlin, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. '04.
space between, Walsh Metal Works Gallery. St. Croix. May '02.
fervid&forthright, TALLER LARJAS. St. Croix. Jan. '01.
ERUBESCENCE, TALLER LARJAS. St. Croix. Apr. '00.
GROUP SHOWS:
Daily Strife, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix Oct. '09. Curated show by Janet Cook-Rutnik
and Lisa Ladner with visiting critic, Kendall Henry.
tumbando cana ... RAISING CANE. Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. St. Croix. Oct. '06. Guest
Curator in conjunction with Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Brenda Torres, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Looking The Other Way: Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. St. Croix. Feb. '06.
Collectiva: Museo de las Americas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nov, 5, '02 – Jan. 15, '03.
A Celebration of Diversity: In Pursuit of Fine Art. Walsh Metal Works Gallery. St. Croix. Jan. '02.
Africa in the Heart of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Grand Galleria, St. Thomas – Apr. '01
Mattye Reed Cultural Heritage Center, Greensboro, N.C. Sep. '01 - May '02.
Contemporary Caribbean Vision. Walsh Metal Works Gallery. St. Croix. Jun. '01.
Provenience. Christiansted. April '95.
BIENNIALS:
IV Bienal del Caribe. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Nov. - Dec. '01.
VI Bienal de Pintura. Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca Ecuador. Nov. - Dec. '98.
III Bienal del Caribe y Latino America. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Nov. - Dec. '96.
II Bienal del Caribe y Latino America. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Nov.-Dec. '94.
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Cornell University - BArch. January 1989.
St. Croix School of the Arts - 1981 & 1982.
U.S. Virgin Islands. He studied at the St. Croix School of the Arts and has a Degree in Architecture
from Cornell University where he was taught by the artist Eleanor Mikus. His creative efforts
throughout the years have resulted in various honors and awards in the fields of art and
architecture. Gerville is Principal & Owner of TALLER LARJAS, LLC, which houses a fine art
gallery, his art studio and his architectural firm here in Christiansted, St. Croix. His works have
been selected to represent the USVI in several international art biennials, including Santo
Domingo, D.R. and Cuenca, Ecuador. Gerville was also invited to represent the USVI at the 2001
Florence, Italy Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea. One of his works entitled “The Crowning”, which
was exhibited in the IV Bienal del Caribe in the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, is also
the image used for the cover of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award First Prize winner entitled
“Emersion” by the poet James Whitley.
Gerville's work is both visually and intellectually stimulating. Each of his yearly collections
further hones his artistic voice. Gerville believes that Art is a vehicle of personal expression
providing insight into the mind of the author. “Within my work, buried in the canvas through
pigment and strokes, images are captured typically representing a personal experience that may
be positive, negative, exhilarating or frustrating. The interpretation of my work is solely left to the
individual's perception which allows each piece to retain its own vivacity in expressing an
experience and consequently makes these images continue to live in the mind and psyche of
each new viewer it engages.”
SOLO SHOWS:
cuando me toques, Cafe Berlin, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. '04.
space between, Walsh Metal Works Gallery. St. Croix. May '02.
fervid&forthright, TALLER LARJAS. St. Croix. Jan. '01.
ERUBESCENCE, TALLER LARJAS. St. Croix. Apr. '00.
GROUP SHOWS:
Daily Strife, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix Oct. '09. Curated show by Janet Cook-Rutnik
and Lisa Ladner with visiting critic, Kendall Henry.
tumbando cana ... RAISING CANE. Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. St. Croix. Oct. '06. Guest
Curator in conjunction with Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Brenda Torres, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Looking The Other Way: Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. St. Croix. Feb. '06.
Collectiva: Museo de las Americas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nov, 5, '02 – Jan. 15, '03.
A Celebration of Diversity: In Pursuit of Fine Art. Walsh Metal Works Gallery. St. Croix. Jan. '02.
Africa in the Heart of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Grand Galleria, St. Thomas – Apr. '01
Mattye Reed Cultural Heritage Center, Greensboro, N.C. Sep. '01 - May '02.
Contemporary Caribbean Vision. Walsh Metal Works Gallery. St. Croix. Jun. '01.
Provenience. Christiansted. April '95.
BIENNIALS:
IV Bienal del Caribe. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Nov. - Dec. '01.
VI Bienal de Pintura. Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca Ecuador. Nov. - Dec. '98.
III Bienal del Caribe y Latino America. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Nov. - Dec. '96.
II Bienal del Caribe y Latino America. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Nov.-Dec. '94.
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Cornell University - BArch. January 1989.
St. Croix School of the Arts - 1981 & 1982.