Ivan Brens

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Ivan Brens

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  • Under the sun
  • Mystic air
  • Sound of lust
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  • Sculptures

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Art Bio and Statement

My work centers on the distortion of the human figure as a reflection of inner struggle and emotional unrest. Through this visual language, I explore the weight of racial and social injustice embedded in our history.

Urban environments often surface in my compositions, echoing the decay and tension of modern society. These elements suggest raw emotions and  tribal sounds. 

Movement is essential to the composition intended to be experienced from multiple perspectives and visual sights. Images shifting and evolving like jazz-fluid, improvisational, and rooted in interaction. This sense of interchangeability invites viewers into an active dialogue with the work. 

I deliberately resist confinement to a single style of tradition. By merging techniques,  movements, and visual languages , each piece develops its own identity-independent, uncategorized, and driven by its internal logic and message. Layering and process remain visible, revealing the act of the creation itself. Through expressionistic forms and textured surfaces, I aim to evoke a visceral response: one that reflects the fragility, tension, and complexity of the modern world. My use of color is both vibrant and uneasy, combining playfulness with a primitive intensity. This contrast conveys a sense of alienation and disturbance, prompting viewers to question their own perceptions, purpose and understanding of the played reality.



  


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CV and Exhibitions

       

EDUCATION
Mass. College of Art, 1995.
Studies: Sculpture: Foundry, woodcarving, and metals. University of Massachusetts, 1994, U.S.A.
Studies: Printmaking and photography.
Mass. Media Newspaper, Univ. of Mass. Boston, 1994, U.S.A. Instituto de Arquitectos y Agronomos 1991, Dominican Republic. Illustrator and calligrapher. 

EXHIBITIONS
*New Art Center Gallery, Newton, MA. USA 2022
Art as Salve Group Exhibit Curated by Dior Coren.
*BlindBoxes Curated NFT Collectibles Platform, 5 NFT minted, 2020 to present. *LUXEMBOURG Art Prize, Certificate of International Art Participation. Luxembourg, Europe 2020.
*ART SCOPE, SEE/ME –Art takes Miami 2019, Featured in the projection room. Miami, U.SA.
*ARTAVITA Online gallery participation, Certificate of Excellence 2016 *ZEITGEIST GALLERY, Two artists exhibit, 2/2004. Cambridge, MA. U.S.A. *PAPP GALLERY, Solo exhibit. 2002
*THE PIANO FACTORY GALLERY, two artists exhibit. 2001. Boston, MA. U.S.A. 

*PAPP GALLERY, Solo exhibit, 2001. New York, N.Y. U.S.A. *MUSEE DES BEAUX ART D’UNET/ BIENNAL DU SUD OUEST.1998 International Biennial Participation. La Comanderie, France. *HARBOUR GALLERY, Group exhibit.1994
University of Massachusetts at Boston, U.S.A 

PUBLICATION
*The Asset Times Magazine, Online Worldwide Magazine 2022 

*GALLERY BILL MAGAZINE, New York, U.S.A. May 2001 *DIRECT ART MAGAZINE, New York, U.S.A. Volume 4, 200 

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