María José Benvenuto
María José Benvenuto is a visual artist who stands out for her analytical ability, with a deep knowledge of materials and a special technical fluency, and who immerses us through painting in a synthesis of landscape where she reflects on nature and the feeling of change and transformation that various migrations have caused her. María José offers the landscape, the natural, as a theoretical solution, as a common axis that humans interpret equally everywhere, with which to address the problem of change and adaptation that any migratory experience entails. How we understand our environment and our state of belonging to it, where issues of how we remember it and how change and adaptation contrast with the immutability of the natural environment lie beneath the surface.
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Reflected Currents
In Reflected Currents, Benvenuto delves into her research on memory and movement by incorporating mirrored composite aluminum as an active support. If in Echoes of Memories the painting was born from inner memory and in Ocean Memories from the constant flow of nature, this series introduces a new dimension: reflection as a present experience. The specular surface does not act as a background, but as a living element that fragments the image and transforms it according to light, space, and the viewer's position. The pictorial gesture, intuitive and fluid, dialogues with the reflection without imposing itself, generating a constant tension between control and chance. The artist's characteristic colors float on the aluminum like layers of suspended energy, while the work is activated in each encounter. Memory ceases to be mere evocation to become a shared experience, proposing an expanded painting that is completed in time and in the gaze of the beholder.
Ocean Memories
It is an evocative collection of abstract art created to capture the essence of nature's constant movement, its incessant energy, and its imposing force. Each work in this collection reflects the infinite dynamics of the ocean, where each wave, each current, and each breeze tells a story of perpetual transformation. Just like the ocean, her painting process is a constant flow, a journey that never stops. It is a dance of colors and forms that intertwine in a visual symphony, always in motion, always changing. The works in "Ocean Memories" invite us to immerse ourselves in this process, to witness the power of nature and artistic creation in its purest and most elemental state.
Echoes of memories
In this series, I allow intuition to guide the composition, drawing from memories stored in my subconscious that deliberately emerge during the creative process. Each stroke and color are imbued with deep personal meanings, bringing to life compositions that are both spontaneous and intentional. I seek to connect the personal with the universal, showing how memories and unconscious intuitions can be transformed into art that speaks to everyone. "Echoes of Memory" is a celebration of the depth and beauty found in the act of remembering and creating, where symbolism plays a crucial role. The colors yellow, red, blue, orange, and green appear constantly, evoking everyday elements of daily life: the sun, the sea, the sky, flowers, and vegetation. These colors not only represent the nature that surrounds us but also channel vibrant and dynamic energies that infuse each work with a sense of movement and depth.
Controlled freedom
Collection of abstract art where her intentional and controlled brushstrokes are the true protagonists. Each stroke, thought out and executed with precision, becomes the cornerstone of compositions that, despite their deliberate construction, emanate a sense of freedom and spontaneity. In this collection, each brushstroke tells a story of control and liberation, where my precision as an artist meets the beauty of chance. Through these meticulous movements, I seek to capture the duality between structure and freedom, demonstrating how control can give rise to free and fluid expressions. They invite the viewer to explore the tensions and harmonies between the intentional and the accidental, creating a space where abstract art finds its balance between the foreseen and the unexpected.
