Ruben Orgye Artist with paint-stained clothing and red gloves squats in front of an abstract colorful painting of a humanoid figure with a city skyline and a red and yellow color scheme.

I am drawn to the body as a territory of tension, where the desire to be seen collides with the fear of exposure, where what we reveal confronts what we try to protect. My work emerges from that conflict, in a search for what breaks through when the ego begins to crack: something more raw, more honest.

Masks, fragmented faces, and long eyelashes— symbols of exaggerated feminine sensuality— act in my work as mechanisms of both attraction and defense: ways to please, to seduce, and at the same time, to conceal.

As Picasso and Modigliani understood, the mask does not disguise, it reveals.

My pictorial language is gestural, physical, and emotional. I am not merely interested in representing bodies, but in creating, through many of my paintings, mental landscapes where desire, vulnerability, and identity coexist in a state of tension.

Influenced by Bacon, Schiele, Tracey Emin, and De Kooning, I work with stains, raw strokes, and unstable forms that aim to express rather than describe.

Dos personas observando pinturas en una galería de arte en blanco y negro.
Silueta de una persona con gorra y una bebida, observando una pintura en un espacio con fondo texturizado en blanco y negro.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Misonny Art Festival
ArtBasel · Le Consulat, Paris

An exhibition in the midst of ArtBasel Paris featuring queer contemporary art revolves around the themes of skin, texture, and sensuality. SKINS is an art exhibition that brings together various works from local and international artists focused on touch, sensuality, companionship, and both human and artificial surfaces.

Each artist has expressed the theme through their unique personal art and invites us on a journey that transcends mere skin. It is a pleasure to exhibit alongside the works of Giovanni Leandro Bassan, Ian Bertolucci, Gastón Lisak, Juliana Plexxo, Frederic Imbert, Ricardo Fumanal, Daniela McNulty, and Alexandre Desmidt.

Evento social en espacio interior con gente conversando y observando arte en las paredes. Hay esculturas y decoración tipo industrial. La gente está de pie en pequeños grupos distribuidos por el lugar.

7 Vices

Art solo exhibition, Barcelona

Un grupo de personas observa una actuación de danza contemporánea en una galería de arte. Dos bailarinas vestidas con ropa ajustada de color beige realizan una performance en el centro de la sala, que tiene paredes blancas y un mural abstracto. El suelo está adornado con palabras en carteles de cartón.
exposición de arte contemporáneo del artista contemporaneo Ruben Orgye con tres pinturas abstractas oscuras colgando en las paredes blancas, piso de madera y columnas de soporte blancas
Un grupo de personas reunidas en una sala grande iluminada con luz cálida, vista a través de puertas abiertas. La sala tiene paredes con pintura desgastada y decoraciones artísticas del artista contemporaneo Ruben Orgye.
Grupo de personas observando arte en una galería con arte moderno en las paredes del artista contemporaneo Ruben Orgye.

The exhibition took place in the iconic Casa Rius venue, where large-format artworks challenged conventions by offering a personal reinterpretation of the seven deadly sins, capturing the audience’s attention. It was an invitation to embark on a visual journey that transcended the boundaries of conventional art, incorporating music, color, and a surprise performance for those attending the opening.