Gregorio Zanardi

Born in Argentina in 2000, Gregorio Zanardi stands as a compelling voice in contemporary figurative painting, operating fluidly across analog and digital mediums. His practice emerges from a profound spiritual desire crystallized during his adolescence: the aspiration to be 'less human' and 'more alive,' a pursuit that began taking shape in 2019 through meditation and inner discovery. For Zanardi, painting serves fundamentally as 'a space of freedom, play and personal exploration,' where he deliberately 'mixes restlessness and beauty' to create tension between aesthetic harmony and subtle discomfort.

The artist's process operates through 'a balance between instinct and intention,' allowing the unconscious to guide expression toward an 'authentic and powerful visual language.' This pursuit manifests vividly in his latest series, where animals function as 'mirrors of human emotion' - solid, grounded compositions generating 'power and stability' while human figures merge with them, creating what he describes as 'harmony in the midst of chaos, a balance of opposites.' This philosophy echoes the principle: 'As above, so below. Light only truly shines in darkness.'

The breakthrough Blue Fear emerged during a moment of 'animal clarity' - a 3:40 a.m. surge of creation when something 'poured out of me, fluid, fast, and joyful,' guided by the tiger that 'would guide me into something new.' Channeling the ethos that inspiration finds the artist prepared, Zanardi employs ritual - mate, music, and solitude - to access the meditative state where 'the unconscious guide the expression.'

As a manifesto, his work represents 'disobeying the artificial and honoring the natural.' Rejecting contemporary perfectionism, Zanardi declares: 'I'm not seeking beauty - I'm seeking truth.' His canvases proclaim that 'we are body, error, desire, and nature,' reminding viewers that in the flow state, 'nothing is perfect, only life is.'