Biography
Robinson Moreno is a Venezuelan-Colombian artist based in Caracas that uses street art, engraving and moving images as tools for social denunciation, solidarity, and collective transformation. His first creative expression was through hundreds of graffiti and wallpaper interventions on Caracas and Bogota’s streets, often with images grounded on his working-class and peasant roots. Over the years, his artistic practice has been informed by his experiences with formal art training and social militancy.
His studies in Visual Arts and Visual Communication helped him to add new layers of reflection and control over his naturally naive, visceral, and grotesque visual style. His work also explores social practice and transformative action, collaborating with environmental and gender collectives from Caracas in the production of online and offline art interventions and campaigns.
His current work revolves around Venezuelan indigenous mythology, memories of his ancestors, and his experiences in Caracas’s underground, looking through the mirror of the unconscious and magical realism.
During his residency, Moreno produced scenes for his animation project Galaxia, which is his first animation short film. He explored and experimented with different media and techniques to achieve a fluid ink on paper visual and animation style.
Moreno led the workshop “Weaving the Myth” where participants brought to life a character who carries a city in a bag full of memories. Starting with a line-art animation base, participant colored at least three frames, transforming the story with their personal touch. With the frames combined, they crafted a collaborative animated sequence.
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