Digital Art x UVNT Art Fair x Las Rozas Village
FEBRUARY 13th to 26th 2023
The public art program UVNT Art Fair x Las Rozas Village extends beyond the physical plane through an exhibition of digital art that travels the screens of the streets of Madrid. 3D animations, video-performances, digital nature or motion graphics are some of the languages that represent a new generation of young artists that have emerged as a result of innovative digital tools. Many of them transfer their work from the screen to the tangible, from a more expressionist or naive style to something more realistic and editorial.
More than 100 JCDecaux digital marquees located in the city's main visual hubs will showcase the new creativity of seven young artists: Filip Custic, Andrei Warren, Marta Ochoa with Pablo Aragón, Actual Objects, Nicole Ruggiero and Tokyo Tommy.
Thanks to the collaboration of Madrid Capital de Moda, Todo está en Madrid and JcDecaux
Marta Ochoa y Pablo Aragón
Marta Ochoa Castillo trained as an architect in Madrid, however, her practice is currently multidisciplinary and linked to other creative areas such as art direction, scenography, visual arts and design.
In 2019 Emmanuel, Yosi, Ismael and Marta founded Casa Antillón. A collective, based in Carabanchel, that proposes transversal actions from architecture, dealing with universal themes such as society and contemporary culture, applying it to the local context and domestic objects that surround us day by day.Pablo Aragón is a visual artist based in Madrid interested in telling seemingly sweet stories that hide a nebulous sense of loss, nostalgia and longing. Interested since childhood in the narrative quality of video games and making use of the infinite possibilities of the digital medium, he combines surrealism and photorealism as a vehicle of transport to the innocent and dark, uncertain and sweet world of adults inhabited by children.
Actual Objects
Actual Objects is an experimental multidisciplinary creative studio founded by artists, architects, and creative theorists who use technology to create critical work about the changing world around us. AO is known for its provocative work for artists and clients like Marine Serre, Hood By Air, Travis Scott, Nike, MoMA, and Yves Tumor, among many more. AO also develops in-house projects, most recently an interactive art installation “Vicky” shown in 2022 at 180 the Strand in London.
Andrei Warren
Andrei Warren, 30, is a visual artist worldwide raised, founder of Misato Studio.
Andrei’s artistic work is heavily influenced by two main artistic channels. One of them is Contemporary Art, which is triggered by human development and the relationships that humans establish with the essence of the elements that surround them. The other one is Asian Anime and its creative path on reinterpretation of mundane events from daily life.
He works in the fields of creative direction, digital art, 3D, audiovisual installations and more. Some highlights in his career are iconic 3D animations for fashion brands like Mugler, ALYX, Burberry or global digital campaigns for streetwear brands such as Nike or Converse, among others. Besides, he works closely with musicians like Kelman Duran, Dj Florentino or Brodinski in developing digital artworks along them.
Tokyo Tommy
Italian based Artist Tokyo Tommy (*1999) has been exploring the process of creating sculptures through a VR headset.
Tommy has developed a characteristic language that introduces his colourful, vibrant characters.
Nicole Ruggiero
Nicole Ruggiero is a 3D visual artist whose work concentrates on tech and culture. Nicole does commercial work, commissions, fine artwork, and curation. She has worked with brands such as Porsche, Lady Gaga, Calvin Harris, Adult Swim, Snapchat, and New York Times. Her recent exhibitions are as follows: a group exhibition at Art Basel Miami with Superchief and H+ (2022), a solo show at 11 Newel Gallery in Brooklyn, NY (2022), a group show with SuperRare in Manhattan, NY (2022), Christie’s viewing exhibition during Art Dubai (2022), a group exhibition at HEK Basel during Art Basel Switzerland (2021), a group exhibition at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Germany (2021), and an international billboard exhibition with Porsche (2021).
Filip Custic
filip custic (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 1993) works across photography, performance and video to address themes around identity, body and our relationship with technology. Mirrors and screens are a recurring features, a reference to our age of image-obsession and selfies, and custic also uses symbols, references to science, and art-historical borrowings in his art. The artist focuses his work on the crossover between technology and the body, talking about identity and how technological objects can help us celebrate the diversity of identities of human beings.
custic is the artist behind the album visuals for Rosalía’s El Mal Querer and Lil Nas’s US No 1 hit, MONTERO (Call me by your name). He also has worked for Spanish fashion designer, Palomo Spain.
His artwork has been exhibited nationally at Caixaforum (Barcelona, Spain), La Térmica (Málaga, Spain), Matadero Madrid (Madrid, Spain), Sala Amós Salvador (Logroño, Spain), Casa de México (Madrid, Spain) and in Colección SOLO (Madrid, Spain).
Internationally his work has been shown at MdbK Leipzig (Germany), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (Croatia), or Palazzo Giustinian Lolin in Venezia (Italy).
