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Jorge B. Perez

Jorge Bernardo Perez Jr.

Born on September 8th 1979 in Miami, Florida. Jorge is an interdisciplinary artist of Cuban descent. Focusing primarily on painting, writing, and performance art. He has been NYC based since 2000 and has exhibited his art at many spaces including Artist Space, Petite Gallery and Clementine Gallery.

Jorge was part of a performance art duo called Corpse Flowers with his late partner, artist Jonny Tingle. CF incorporated video, performance art and painting into their pieces. Their most notable piece being "Healing Rites" in 2010. The premiere performance was on June 26 2010 at 350 Bowery. Healing Rites was a dark live adaptation of Rene Magritte's "The Lovers". This performance featured Heather Litteer and a soundtrack by Bela Bartok.

Corpse Flowers went on to create and produce the show Murder Poses: murder as performance. This premiered in October of 2011 at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. This live stage performance was accompanied by a 40 minute film that followed the artful killings of a fictional murderer called The snapshot killer.

In 2018 Jorge collaborated with artist Erykah Badu on a merch collection for her annual birthday concert in Dallas, Texas. The collaboration resulted in the "Bless You Bruja" party using the "Bruja Badu" piece.

After taking on the role of caregiver and death doula for 2 years to his partner who was battling ALS, and following the death of his partner in 2023. Jorge has began writing his first book. A love story that doubles as a grieving guide.