Jesua Marian is an artist born in the Canary Islands, Spain. Marian has collaborated with several art galleries in New York, California, and Switzerland. Additionally, Marian has participated in art fairs in New York, Paris, Barcelona, and San Diego (USA). He has won recognitions in art and photography competitions in Paris, Tokyo, UK, Barcelona, etc. and he was a member artist of the booth that won the Best Direction Award at Artexpo New York 2022 and at Art San Diego 2023. Solo booth nominated at the Barcelona International Art Fair 2023.
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AUTHOR DECLARATION:
This collection by Jesua Marian, titled «Subconscious Abstract Figurative Photographic Portrait,» is a fascinating proposal situated at the intersection of photography, psychology, and digital art.
- The Portrait of the Subconscious.
The most striking aspect of Jesua Marian’s work is that it doesn’t seek to portray the physical body, but rather the psychic state. As an Artist and Licenciado en Psicopedagogía (ULL, Spain) he uses figurative distortion to represent complex concepts such as depression, dissociation, empathy, or the «prison of oneself».
It’s a courageous approach because it breaks with the tradition of portraiture as a «mirror of the face» to transform it into a «mirror of trauma or emotion.» The works function like modern Rorschach tests where the human figure fades away to give way to pure feeling. - Style and Technique.
Although the images appear to be computer-generated or oil paintings, they are presented as subconscious abstract photography.
Absence of AI: The artist explicitly emphasizes that he does not use Artificial Intelligence. In a world saturated with algorithm-generated images, this lends a much-needed artisanal and human value. His technique suggests a masterful use of exposure, movement, and perhaps digital post-production to achieve textures that appear to «melt» or «fragment» («The Melted Thinker,» «A Thousand Pieces of a Diffused Mind»). He employs a highly emotional color palette. For example, in works like «The Hidden Red,» red is not merely aesthetic but evokes urgency, pain, or repressed passion. - Theme: The Fragmentation of Being.
Titles such as “Bipolar,” “Schizophrenia,” “Dissociation,” and “The Broken Woman” suggest a profound concern for mental health and the fragility of identity. The figures are often incomplete or distorted. This visually represents how we feel under stress or in crisis: we don’t recognize ourselves, we feel “blurred” or divided. The series “Madame AI” or “Post-AI Human” also seems to be a critique or reflection on how technology is altering our human essence. - Critical Opinion.
Jesua Marian’s work is unsettling yet necessary. It is not “decorative” art in the conventional sense; it is introspective art. It manages to capture the invisibility of mental pain. The “watery” and “organic” texture of his portraits generates a visceral response in the viewer. It is a work that invites pause. Instead of looking at the image, one ends up looking at oneself. This is an exercise in visual psychoanalysis that stands out for its originality, technique, and thematic depth, especially in defending human creativity against the advance of AI.
I currently take photographs of everything that I find interesting for my abstract-figurative work. Usually you see people in the photographs. I have a degree in Psychopedagogy, so I always question the conscious and subconscious mind. It’s about analyzing people and translating that understanding into a window into the subject’s personality, inviting the viewer to contemplate their unique traits and characteristics. I can’t repeat a process or a piece, each one is unique in its creation. I believe that the final result is not only about who I am or my opinion of myself. It also has to do with what I perceive in other people, about their way of being, how they would like to be, how they could be, or what they fear to be. I was previously in a coma for several months, which was a shocking experience for me and my work. What you feel when you are in a coma is different from dreaming. You are much more involved in your subconscious and you cannot wake up. That is why I now continue to dedicate more time to everything that involves the subconscious mind.
PERCEPTION, CREATIVITY AND THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF MY WORKS ARE HUMAN.
I have an academic qualification as a computer programmer – I have created software with Python and AI APIs for psychopedagogical exercises – but I do not generate my works with AI. The reason for this is that I want my work to be a product of my training in human behavior, my experiences and my feelings 100 x 100.
Thank you for your time.
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–Art Capital 2026, French Art Salon. Grand Palais on the Champs Elysées, Paris, France.
– FIABCN 2023 (Feria Internacional de Arte de Barcelona) 2023, Museu Marítim, Barcelona.
–ART FAIR SAN DIEGO 2023, USA, with WWAB GALLERY, CALIFORNIA, USA. Art curators: Thomas y Despina Tunberg. BEST DIRECTOR ART FAIR ARTEXPO NEW YORK 2022. ART FAIR MIAMI/Redwood Group Art Award (2018) and ARTEXPO NEW YORK LEGEND 2024 AWARD.
-Many thanks to PICTO NY Photographic Laboratory (Pierre Gassmann -Robert Capa, Henri Cartier Bresson-) for the invitation to work with them in 2023. Very happy for this.
-June 7-11, 2022. AGORA GALLERY, CHELSEA, MANHATTAN , NEW YORK, USA. The gallery director -Sabrina Gilbertson- won the Director’s Award at the RED DOT MIAMI 2022 art fair, organized by REDWOOD MEDIA GROUP.
–Selected as an INDEPENDENT ARTIST at the CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE ART FAIR, «ART SHOPPING PARIS 2022» -Stéphane De Boysson (Art fair manager)-.
–SALON INTERNATIONAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN. MAIN ROOM UNDER THE PYRAMID OF THE MUSÉE DU LOUVRE, PARIS, FRANCE, 2022.
–ARTEXPO 2022 NEW YORK ART FAIR with WORLD WIDE ART/ARTAVITA GALLERY, CALIFORNIA, USA. Art curators: Thomas y Despina Tunberg, Spectrum Miami/Redwood Group Art Award (2018) and ARTEXPO NEW YORK LEGEND 2024 AWARD.
–ARTIST REPRESENTED BY «AGORA GALLERY», CHELSEA, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, USA, 2022. The gallery director -Sabrina Gilbertson- won the Director’s Award at the RED DOT MIAMI 2022 art fair, organized by REDWOOD MEDIA GROUP.
–ART FAIR NEW YORK ARTEXPO 2021 (selected works by Mark Shapiro, creator of [SOLO], a pavilion for independent artists that remains an integral part of Artexpo New York). Unfortunately I was unable to attend due to the expansion of COVID restrictions from the US to Europe.
–ARTIST REPRESENTED BY «AGORA GALLERY», CHELSEA, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, USA, 2021. The gallery director -Sabrina Gilbertson- won the Director’s Award at the RED DOT MIAMI 2022 art fair, organized by REDWOOD MEDIA GROUP.
–”LIBRERÍA DEL EXCELENTÍSIMO CABILDO DE SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE” (Government of the Canary Islands) Spain 2019.
Awards.
-Selected by theSociety of French Artists 2026. The Paris Salon (1725), the official exhibition of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, was held for decades in the Louvre and, since 1881, in the Grand Palais, organized by the Société des Artistes Français. This annual event, known as the French Art Salon, will be featured at Art Capital 2026.
–PX3 AWARDS. PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE 2025, PARIS. 2 honorable mentions in Fine Art Single Photograph and Fine Art Photo Series.
-«ARTEXPO» 2022. New York Art Fair. ARTIST MEMBER OF THE STAND WINNER OF THE “DIRECTORS’ AWARD” (Redwood Art Group) to Artavita-World Wide Art Gallery, California, USA (ARTEXPO NEW YORK LEGEND 2024 AWARD).
–Tokyo International Foto Awards, TIFA, Japan. HONORABLE MENTION WINNER 2023. Certificate signed by Hossein Farmani, founder and president of the Lucie Awards in New York, the Paris Photo Prize and the London Creative Awards. He founded Farmani Gallery in Los Angeles and New York and Rooftop Gallery in Bangkok. An art envoy of the United States Embassy, his own collection of photographs was called by the curator of the Getty Museum “One of the most important private photography collections in the United States”. Hossein himself has appeared on the cover of the New York Times business section.
–2023Pollux Awards. United Kingdom (The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards). Honorable Mention in 4 categories: Portrait, Abstract, Alternative processes and Documentary. In the WPGA, organizer of the Pollux Awards, prestigious professionals have participated as judges and collaborators: Steve McCurry; Philip Brookman, Consulting Curator of the National Gallery of Art (Washington, United States); Julio Hirsch-Hardy, Director of WPGA and FotoNostrum Gallery (Barcelona, Spain); Elizabeth Avedon, professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York with exhibitions and publishing projects for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas; Frank Meo, who has represented Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists and judge from PDN Photo, Sienna Photo Awards, Moscow Photography Awards and Lucie Awards.
-«ART SAN DIEGO» 2023 Art Fair. ARTIST MEMBER OF THE STAND WINNER OF THE “DIRECTORS’ AWARD” (Redwood Art Group) to Artavita-World Wide Art Gallery, California, USA (ARTEXPO NEW YORK LEGEND 2024 AWARD).
-Nomination PIAB 2023 Awards, FIABCN 2023 (Feria Internacional de Arte de Barcelona) Museu Marítim, Barcelona.
–Persona Art Honours CONTEMPORARY ART STATION ICM AWARD 2024. ICM GESTORA CULTURAL IS A BUSINESS GROUP ORGANIZER OF THE TOKYO TOWER ART FAIR AND ART EXHIBITIONS IN THE STATIONS OF METROPOLITAN PARIS, MADRID, TOKYO, HONG KONG, SHIBUYA AND BARCELONA.
Magazine publications.
-Portfolio on the world-renowned website LENSCULTURE.COM named the best photography website in the world by the British newspaper The Independentand co-creator of projects with MAGNUM PHOTOS.2023-2025.
Dates and place of education.
-Bachelor’s Degree in PSYCHOPEDAGOGY (University of La laguna, 2007). Tenerife. Canary Islands. Spain.
-Doctoral work on Emotional Intelligence. DIPLOMA OF ADVANCED STUDIES (DEA) -Research Sufficiency- (NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, UNED 2010). Madrid. Spain.
-Bachelor’s Degree in MAGISTERIUM, in the specialty of Musical Education (University of La Laguna, 2001). Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
-Superior Technician in Computer Applications Development (Professional Training, Cesar Manrique Institute, SC de Tenerife, 1997).
-University Expert in Personal Coaching (Camilo José Cela University, 2012). Madrid. Spain.
Contact:
jesuamarian@gmail.com