Biography

Born in Leiden, Zuid Holland
Lives and works in The Hague

1994 – 2001 : Lives and works in the Cévennes, France
2002 – 2011 : Lives and works in Zierikzee, Netherlands

EDUCATION

1986 – 1988 : Studies etching, Atelier de gravure Escudié, Toulouse
1989 – 1991 : Studies at St. Lukas Kunstacademie, Brussel
1991 – 1994 : Studies at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1994 – 2000 : Works in collaboration with the abstract painter Ben Joppe

EXHIBITIONS

2003 : Season’s Galleries, The Hague : Guido Pera, paintings
2007 : Galerie Clement, Amsterdam : Guido Pera, paintings
2009 : Kunstschouw, Schouwen Duiveland : Guido Pera, landscape paintings
2010 : Kunstroute Zierikzee, Zeeland : Open atelier, works on paper
2011 : Galerie KOS, Zierikzee : Een nieuwe lente, landscape paintings
2012 : Stichting Ben Joppe, Zierikzee : Duo exhibition Pera-Joppe, a dialogue
2013 : CBS Voorburg, The Hague : Group exhibition, recent works on paper
2013 : Roof Gallery, Amsterdam : Guido Pera, paintings 2006-2012
2014 : Bink 36, The Hague : Group exhibition, mural painting
2015 : Roof Gallery, Amsterdam : Guido Pera, paintings
2016 : Bink 36, The Hague : Guido Pera, woodcuts and linocuts
2020 : Sale communale, Seillans (FR) : Group exhibition, l’homme et la nature, early paintings
2021 : Galerie Arttra, Amsterdam : Group exhibition, ode aan Adriaen Coorte, paintings
2021 : Galerie Thaler Originalgrafik, Leipzig (DE) : Duo exhibition with Seb Goegel, paintings
2021 : Galerie Thaler Originalgrafik, Berlin (DE) : Positions Art Fair, Guido Pera, paintings
2021 : Stanza Bookshop, The Hague : Still lifes with sunflowers, paintings
2022 : Galerie Artmozsphere, The Hague : Guido Pera, best paintings 2010-2022
2023 : Galerie Arttra, Amsterdam : Guido Pera, lichamelijke landschappen, recent paintings
2024 : Kunstruimte 411, Haarlem : Guido Pera, recent paintings

DEALERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION

Bax Art concepts and services : www.baxart.com, Amsterdam
Studio Roof : www.studioroof.com, Amsterdam
Galerie Arttra : www.arttra.com, Amsterdam
Thaler Originalgrafik : www.thaler-originalgrafik.de, Leipzig

PUBLICATIONS

2002 : Provinciaalse Zeeuwse Courant, Zeeuwse horizonnen uit wanhoop, Ernst Jan Rozendaal.
2005 : De vrije ruimte, Provinciaalse Zeeuwse Courant.
2007 : Radio TV Noord Holland, Polshoogte, interview met Andrea van Pol.
2012 : De illusie van totale vrijheid, Rogier Helwig.
2021 : Ode aan Adriaen Coorte, NRC.
2023 : Lichamelijke Landschappen van Guido Pera, Marianne Schutte.

PROJECTS

2008 : Curator and artistic advisor at Stichting Ben Joppe from 2008 until 2015
2010 : Short biography of the painter Ben Joppe, Stichting Ben Joppe publisher
2011 : Research on Hockney’s Secret Knowledge, darkroom experiments, Zierikzee
2011 : Organisation exhibition Ben Joppe, schilder van het onmogelijke, Zeeuwse Bibliotheek, Middelburg
2011 : Assembly for the book ‘Ben Joppe, schilder van het onmogelijke’, by art historian Dr. Marty Bax
2012 : Organisation exhibition ‘Ben Joppe Sashiburi, Long time no see’, Steendrukkerij, Amsterdam
2012 : Organisation exhibition Ben Joppe, Arttra Cultureel organisatiebureau, Amsterdam
2013 : Live presentation of tablet art, Roof Gallery, Amsterdam
2014 : Documentary on the Russian pianist Andrej Hoteev, in collaboration with art historian Dr. Marty Bax
2015 : Imprints, publication of book with Fabrice Schomberg, Sketchedworlds, Den Haag – Tel Aviv
2016 : Sketched Worlds, Drawings and woodcuts for the stories of Fabrice Schomberg