Spotlight Artist

Pedro Trueba Ramírez

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Escándalo

Four dogs on an orange tiled floor with scattered toys and objects.

oil and acrylic on canvas

Quién dice que no es verdad

Four people seated at a table with only their legs visible on a pink tiled floor.

oil and acrylic on canvas

Alta Noche

Person slumped over a cluttered table, dog lying underneath on a messy floor.

oil and acrylic on canvas

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Artist Statement

 Using a range of media that includes painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber work, and found objects, my work is a playful and surreal synthesis where reality mingles with imaginative absurdity to reframe the familiar. I construct narratives that blend personal and collective memory, weaving lessons and stories from friends and family with my life experiences.

Each work serves as a scene displayed on an intimate stage, an everyday setting where something unscripted might happen, even in stillness. The figures and objects are familiar fragments from life, reimagined in vivid detail. Working from memory, I distort dimensionality and color to capture moments that feel like close-up glimpses of larger narratives. Each scene becomes a symbolic fragment or synecdoche of an experience—a snapshot that invites the viewer to wonder at the world when it’s reframed through my distinct perspective.

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