Prana Genius

“X-Rays” by Jamie Martinez using Triangulism

Kaliptus — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:48:44 +0000

Bio:
Visual artist, Jamie Martinez immigrated to Florida at the age of twelve from his native Cali, Colombia. After attending Miami International University of Art and Design and receiving the prestigious Hispanic Designer’s Scholarship, he moved to New York to pursue his Bachelor’s degree at The Fashion Institute of Technology and to follow his dream in the visual arts.

Martinez loves to experiment with unique materials that give his creations texture and depth. Not one to follow others, his work clearly expresses his unique vision of life and art; particularly through a visual innovation he calls “Triangulism” in which he “cuts” (his own term) images into triangulate segments as a way to express their essential form.

He has an innate sense of style and design and a keen eye for composition as evinced in his outstanding photographic work, which he considers a side pursuit. An avid surfer, Martinez’s sense of physicality translates to his art via his subject matter which is, more often than not, figurative. He is founder and editor of the highly popular blog, Artefuse. His work been has exhibited in New York, Miami and also Canada. Jamie Martinez lives and works in New York City and is currently represented by Dino Eli Gallery in the Lower East Side.

Artist Statement:
My artwork is geometrically structured and often linear, depending on the inspiration and the series that I am working on. I have coined the term, “Triangulism” to express my belief that the triangle is the most important geometric form.

My process involves deconstructing each image into triangles exploring the true meaning, form and structure of my subject. Everything in life is part of a three point system: beginning, middle, and end. Triangulism connects the dots by using straight lines, therefore addressing the current digital age, where everything is directly connected to something else. I believe that geometric triangles hold immense power and energy. I have always been obsessed with how strong, bold, and light triangles are. That said I try to show that triangles have a softer side to them as well, and if applied correctly, they can be used to create any image.

My color pallets depend on the mood of the work and the inspiration behind it. I take great pride in and am extremely dedicated to my art and try to translate as much of my energy as possible into every creation.

www.jamiemartinez.net

www.triangulism.com

Digable Arts Festival 2012 | Monroe Center of Arts | Hoboken NJ

Kaliptus — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:00:42 +0000

Adam (Psybe)

Colleen Blackard

Scribles & KC (Gnomes Grown)

Ninetta Nappi

Art by Kaliptus

Art of Kaliptus

Art by Kaliptus

Jh Miller

Anna Ryabtsov

Kris Dulfer

Art by Kris Dulfer

Roland Ramos & Papa Ramos

Dorian R. Monsalve

Art by Martin Cash

Bioluminescence, Baby Zohar, Analis Cardenas and Caridad Rivera

Art by Vincent Zambrano

Uta Brauser

Anna Dominguez & The Melinder

James Cardena buys one of the “Hyperspace” series by Kaliptus

KALIPTUS | HYPERSPACE SERIES | SELECTED WORKS | 2012

Kaliptus — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:40:18 +0000

THE CREATION OF GEOMETRIC UNIVERSES
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

TELEPATHIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SHAMANS
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

DESIGN YOUR OWN PARADISE
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

HYPNAGOGIC VISION OF THE NOMMOS
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

YETI WIZARD
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

VEIL KEEPER
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

COSMIC ENGINE
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

CAVE ELDER
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

INSECTOIDAL ENCOUNTER
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

HE WHO MAKES THE GRASS GREEN
Ink & watercolors on paper/5×7 inches

“It’s a Small, Small World” Art Exhibition photos

Kaliptus — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:11:50 +0000

I’m excited to be one of the artists to exhibit at Hennessy Youngman’s “It’s a Small, Small World” Group Artshow at Family Business Gallery. Lot’s of art celebrities, collectors, artists and cool people came to the opening reception. Spank Rock also performed which was fucking awesome. Show is up from April 3rd to the 16th

For more photos click below
IT’S A SMALL SMALL WORLD by Hennessy Youngman at Family Business!

Beyond The Abyss | Solo Art Exhibition | Kaliptus

Kaliptus — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:46:42 +0000

Orchard Windows Gallery presents BEYOND THE ABYSS
Solo Art Exhibition by KALIPTUS
Curated by DINO ELI

Opening Reception: January 13th 2012
Exhibition: January 13th to January 20th

Kaliptus has created a universe of its own, an exhibition of multimedia and contemporary fine arts that takes those present on a vision quest to the gap in between the Real and the Unreal. Experience a sensory overload of divine trauma that points the finger at man, the mind, some of the deepest secrets of the universe and what lies beyond the “inner abyss”

This exhibition took place inside two galleries

“THANATOS” Room: Orchard Windows Gallery on 37 Orchard Street NY
“EROS” Room: Dino Eli Gallery on 81 Hester Street NY

Here are some photos of the event.
Click here for photos of Eros Room
kaliptus.blogspot.com/2012/01/beyond-abyss-eros-room-photos.html
Click here for photos of Thanatos Room
kaliptus.blogspot.com/2012/01/beyond-abyss-thanatos-room-photos_15.html

(Both galleries are a walkable distance from each other and no less than a few yards apart.)

Improv sounds by PHUSE.ANALYSIS

facebook.com/pages/Phuse-analysis/151413218210110

For gallery inquires please call 917-995-1001
email: windowgallery@gmx.com

orchardwindowsgallery.com/
kaliptus.blogspot.com/

EROS ROOM | Dino Eli Gallery, New York

THANATOS ROOM | Orchard Windows Gallery, New York

Orchard Windows Gallery presents “BEYOND THE ABYSS” by KALIPTUS Curated by DINO ELI

Kaliptus — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:56:31 +0000

Orchard Windows Gallery presents BEYOND THE ABYSS
Solo Art Exhibition by KALIPTUS
Curated by DINO ELI

On the first Friday, the 13th of 2012, step into a portal that will take you through and beyond the abyss.

This exhibition takes place inside two galleries

“THANATOS” Room: Orchard Windows Gallery on 37 Orchard Street
“EROS” Room: Dino Eli Gallery on 81 Hester Street

Here are some photos of the event.
Click here for photos of Eros Room
Click here for photos of Thanatos Room

(Both galleries are a walkable distance from each other and no less than a few yards apart.)

Improv sounds by PHUSE.ANALYSIS

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Phuse-analysis/151413218210110

For gallery inquires please call 917-995-1001
email: windowgallery@gmx.com

http://www.orchardwindowsgallery.com/

http://kaliptus.blogspot.com/

Jamie Martinez opening for “I’m having trouble cutting this Ballerina” using Triangulism at Orchard Windows Gallery.

Kaliptus — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:46:31 +0000

Jamie Martinez’s Triangulism “I’m having trouble cutting this ballerina” opening at Orchard Windows Gallery

another very successful opening for Jamie Martinez at Orchard Windows Gallery for “I’m having trouble cutting this ballerina”. This is Jamie’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The collection consisted of eight paintings of this gorgeous ballerina, who took over 500 photos at Jamie’s studio, and then, he handpicked 8 of the best poses to become paintings. The most intriguing part of the collection is how he broke the painting into triangles (The technique is called Triangulism); which is what he is known for. Triangulism deconstructs the image by using geometric triangles, and by process of elimination, only its core triangles are left to show its true meaning, form and structure. He believes that everything in life is part of a three point system: beginning, middle, and end. The triangles give the paintings a bit more contrast because the ballerina is so soft, gentle and flexible; while the triangles are stiff, sharp, and give the painting a lot of structure. He also showed two large framed story boards of his photographs; which are a mixture of street and Polaroid inspired photography. The Gallery was pretty packed and it seemed like everyone was having a really good time. The show was curated by Dino Eli who did a fantastic job in pulling the idea and collection together. Also, the reason Jamie called the show “I’m having trouble cutting this ballerina” is because he was having trouble breaking (He uses the word cutting) the ballerina into triangles. After months of work, he solved the problem by breaking almost all the painting into triangles, which he had never done before. The show runs from September 30th to October 9th at Orchard Windows Gallery and it’s worth taking a look at because it’s something different. Orchard Windows Gallery is located on 37 Orchard Street NYC.

For more press please contact:

JHMNYC@GMAIL.COM

WWW.JAMIEMARTINEZ.NET

WWW.ORCHARDWINDOWSGALLERY.COM

Best regards,

Jamie Martinez
Jhmnyc@gmail.com
www.jamiemartinez.net
www.triangulism.com
www.artefuse.com

Vi Veri Universum Vivus Vici

Kaliptus — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:12:17 +0000

The Inspiration 3008-Episode IV: The Shake Up

Kaliptus — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:58:10 +0000

My boy & colleague from SVA (School of Visual Arts) MFA Computer Art Dept, Maurice Lee, whom also worked on some of the music tracks for my animation FALX,.. releases the illest album… for real~!!!

You can download all the tracks for free. Be sure to check him out!
http://jiggz.net/

MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge!

Kaliptus — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:24:14 +0000

MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge has got to be the dopest show MTV has hosted in a long time. I recently got commissioned to create a campaign animation for WFPF and discovered the world of Parkour.

Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK), also parcours, or l’art du déplacement [1] (English: the art of displacement) is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.[2] It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves are employed. The object of parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one’s environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails.

As soon as I get the approval from WFPF to spread the animation I made, I will post it here

http://www.mtv.com/shows/parkour/series.jhtml

In the mean time be sure to check out the full MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge episodes by clicking on the link above.

In-Joy!