Expanded Painting & The Virtual Studio. .
Oil on canvas, Virtual Reality (VR) drawing/sculpture, 3D animation (Blender), 4K video loop, and augmented reality (AR)
The Metamorphosis of the Landscape / Paesaggio Ideale investigates the construction of contemporary landscape through a continuous dialectic between immersive virtual environments and physical pictorial matter. Drawing inspiration from historical traditions of the "constructed landscape"—where Renaissance painters composed idealized scenes in the studio rather than painting directly from nature—this project relocates the artist's studio into Virtual Reality.
The research unfolds through two complementary phases of exhibition and production:
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Paesaggio Ideale
The Expanded Studio (VR Experience & Installation):
Presented at Adrián Ibáñez Gallery (Bogotá) within the framework of Baudrillardian simulation, this phase allows viewers to enter the virtual environment via VR headsets. Here, the digital space functions as an active studio where compositions, volumetric forms, and spatial ideas originate.
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The Metamorphosis of the Landscape
Pictorial Embodiment (Oil on Canvas)
Exhibited at Carlos Orozco Gallery (Medellín) under the show Poéticas topo-gráficas, this phase translates virtual data back onto physical canvas—giving body to that which was born without a body. The resulting oil paintings merge the structural rigor of modern painting (cubist fragmentation, expressive gesture) with a contemporary awareness of simulated spaces.
MP-A012 - 30x30cm -Acrilico sobre lienzo- 2026
MP-O001- 50x50 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O002- 60x60 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O003- 90x90 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O004- 50x50 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O005- 30x30 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O006- 30x30 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O007- 30x30 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O008 - 30x30cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O009 - 30x30cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O010 - 60x60cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025
MP-O011 - 100x100 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2026 SOLD
MP-O013- 30x30 cm -Oleo sobre lienzo- 2025 SOLD
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"A series of majestic calm and fierce certainty. The elements recall the purest roots of modern art (1870–1970), yet the space they construct belongs undoubtedly to contemporary art. References are assimilated with astonishing originality: cubist fragmentation, expressionist emotion, and abstractions that free the landscape from literalness."
— Luis Fernando Valencia, Art Critic and Curator (On The Metamorphosis of the Landscape at Carlos Orozco Gallery, 2026).
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[ ES ] Resumen Curatorial:
Metamorfosis del paisaje / Paesaggio ideale investiga la relación entre la pintura al óleo y los entornos inmersivos en Realidad Virtual. El proyecto traslada el taller del artista a la simulación digital para construir un "paisaje ideal" que posteriormente se traduce a la materia física sobre el lienzo. Desarrollado entre la Galería Adrián Ibáñez (Bogotá) y la Galería Carlos Orozco (Medellín), la obra propone darle cuerpo pictórico a paisajes nacidos en la inmaterialidad virtual.
