Marlon Portales
Region: South
My work, primarily expressed through painting and installations, is a symbolic celebration of existential and intellectual inquiries that are fundamental to me, as they are deeply inspired by my intimate and spiritual life. Through a nuanced lens, I explore masculinity, identity, race, relationships, and love—complex and often controversial themes filtered through a personal and poetic perspective.
I portray characters, narratives, and fictional settings shaped by dreams, nightmares, desires, fears, insecurities, and fantasies. My vision delves into an inclusive masculinity in constant metamorphosis, an identity that grows ever more diverse and complex, where individuals and collectives express emotions and behaviors traditionally coded as feminine, such as vulnerability, insecurity, melancholy, heartbreak, and empathy. I present a fictional, almost romantic subject: an alter ego in perpetual transition and transformation, questioning their own human nature and deepest passions.
