Néstor Pérez-Molière was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and currently resides in The Bronx, New York. His art entails a process of self-discovery; a series of confessionals revealing private conflicts; hoping towards catharsis. Through this cathartic process he hopes to connect with the viewer’s struggles and depathologize negative feelings so that they can be seen as a source for political action rather than its antithesis. Néstor exposes mental health issues like depression, dysmorphia, food addictions, and loneliness: describing their mechanisms, scrutinizing their origins, and illuminating the impossibility of fixing them. His practice mainly takes place in the realm of photography but has also incorporated performance, drawing, video, installation, and intaglio techniques into his works.
Our Story
During COVID, one way to beat lockdown boredom was online dating. They met on an LGBT app, and neither expected much, especially given the lockdown and the distance; Nestor in New York and Neel in North Carolina. After a background check, Nestor and his friend Monica thought Neel was trustworthy enough to visit. During Thanksgiving 2021, the three of them spent a weekend together in Greensboro, NC. Since then, Nestor and Neel have been in love, spending time between NC and NY from 2021 to 2023. When Neel finished his first master’s degree in May 2023, they decided it was the right moment to move to NY. That move turned out to be the best decision, as they are now planning to marry.