Nocturnos: Painted Midnight Poems

Thinkspace Projects presents a debut solo exhibition with RJ Quiralta from Mexico, featuring 16 new works on canvas, paper, and found objects that blend whimsical, romantic, and darkly humorous themes. About 'Nocturnos: Painted Midnight Poems' features 16 new works, including a series of works on canvas, paper and found objects that all magicaly highlight Quiralta's work blends whimsical, romantic, and darkly humorous themes into visual storytelling, often inspirred by literature, mythology, and personal nostalgia. RJ's current 'Nocturnos' series emulates late-night inspiration, mixing vintage and modern visuals with mythological and platonic themes of love and companionship. His work often feels like a stage play, inviting viewers to sit in the front row and witness a blend of humor, nostalgia and emotional depth. Artist Statement: I was born and raised in a little town in the country side of mid western Mexico, in what was a mix of country life and a suburban feel, at some extent. I was born at the end of the 70's and grew up during the 80's, I've been drawing since I can remember and as expected, I spend too much time in my imagination and thus I wasn't a bright student and hardly finished high achool, and due to lack of knowledge and good judgment, I deprived myself of higher education. As the years passed I got deeper into a state of nothingness, and desperate for a way out and thanks to my muse and family I decided to go back into art making after more than a decade of rarely drawing. Due to a constrained situation in which I live, I have not many options, thus doing art has givien me a way to help myself move forward. I had many influences through out my life, and once I understood them I was able to craft and pursue a style, I always wanted to be known for my artwork itself and not for my name on it. I started with mostly art based on illustration, ink on paper and now I mixed that with painting on canvases or panels, at the end is not the medium or the rendering but the style and characters that I created that define what I do, and it pleases me to keep developing them along my own stories and mythologies. Read more Toggle Mixed media Painting Drawing