*Carlos Vega
Bio
Carlos Vega is a Chilean visual artist whose work stands at the intersection of abstraction and expanded figuration. Trained in visual arts in Chile, he has developed a practice focused on painting and drawing, exploring the relationship between matter, gesture, and compositional structure. His work is characterized by layered surfaces, glazes, and a restrained palette that builds introspective atmospheres. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in cultural institutions and galleries in Chile, consolidating a sustained presence in the contemporary art scene. His production engages with painterly tradition, emphasizing process and materiality.
Statement
Carlos Vega’s artistic practice is articulated around painting as a space for material and perceptual inquiry. Through layering, transparencies, and restrained gestures, he constructs surfaces that reveal the time of process and the tension between control and chance. His work explores visual memory and the ability of color to generate subtle emotional states. Vega conceives the pictorial act as a silent exercise in reflection, where matter becomes language and the image emerges through accumulation and erosion.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
