Savior El Mundo

Savior El Mundo's works are profoundly moving compositions which envelope the viewer with the very visibility of their formal processes. A fresh update on Jackson Pollock, Mundo's gestural works are infused with pervasive color and gloss, resulting in an incomparable vibrancy and spontaneity. Through layering up to ten compositions upon any given canvas, Mundo achieves a textural complexity which takes time to decipher even as it grips the viewer instantaneously. Behind the dense web of poured and splattered lines this Cherokee Indian/Puerto Rican artist unravels an emotional spindle as dense as his own heritage. His process is rooted in the rituals of Cherokee ceremonies, which he believes help him to bring out "strength and boldness into the scribbles, the lines, the background color, the force of the paint splatters." He transfers the angst of an unresolved adolescence into deeply spiritual works which are bold and self confident, energetic to the point of being riveting.

Born in Harlem, New York, Savior El Mundo has practiced art mediums as diverse as hip hop breakdancing and independent filmmaking. His films have appeared in numerous festival circuits, including showings at the New York Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. He is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.