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Venantius J Pinto lives in New York city, where he constantly looks for possibilities into phenomena that pass within his senses. He graduated from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and has since reflected upon experiences situated at the intersection of religion, sexuality and social consciousness; through a range of forms, and recently “layering” it together in artists book, including drawings. Layering is a metaphor for encapsulating fragments that convey power, compassion, the memory of time and culture.

Through drawing and printmaking, I have been able to achieve the kind of marks that are organic and reveal underlying emotions of our thoughts and ideas. I enter spaces through my drawings and in doing so bring out a nature that otherwise I would not be privy to. Drawing to me is one of the most organic of process. Towards a fruitful marriage of my thoughts and their depiction through drawing and print, I have been constantly in a search that has ranged from the traditional to the digital. Drawing allows me to reflect on ideas that lend themselves to deep introspection. My works are reflections on ideas situated at the intersection of religion, sexuality, and social consciousness. “Layering” is a metaphor for encapsulating fragments and wholes that convey power, compassion, and the memory of time & culture. I use color as discrete units of energy in an attempt to portray an ineffable, archetypal numinosity. As an Indian artist laborer, of Goan parentage, my focus has been to incorporate the essential understanding of various cultures to create complex wholes as a means to learning. I have always thought of conveying the essence of Indian sensibility through the use of forms developed elsewhere—whether be it through drawing, painting or printmaking.

Venantius J Pinto lives in New York city, where he constantly looks for possibilities into phenomena that pass within his senses. He graduated from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and has since reflected upon experiences situated at the intersection of religion, sexuality and social consciousness; through a range of forms, and recently “layering” it together in artists book, including drawings. L... More