ART AS A MEDIUM TO REPRESENT THE VENEZUELAN CRISIS
Mixed Media · Creative Direction · Concept Development
A visual exploration of the Venezuelan crisis through mixed media.
The Concept
This project was created as a response to the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, a country deeply affected by hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages, political unrest, and mass displacement .
Rather than documenting the crisis through traditional reporting, I wanted to translate it into something felt.
Something human.
The Work
Through a series of mixed media pieces, I explored the emotional and physical realities Venezuelans face daily.
Each piece combines:
• Painting
• Drawing
• Collage
• Crayon melting
• Digital manipulation
The backgrounds incorporate real headlines and excerpts from published articles, grounding the work in reality while layering it with emotion and interpretation.
The Tension
The work reflects a contradiction that is difficult to explain but deeply understood by Venezuelans:
Despair and patriotism existing at the same time.
A country facing extreme hardship, yet still loved fiercely by its people.
While news headlines focus on crisis, statistics, and collapse, they often fail to capture this emotional duality.
Reflection
This project is deeply personal.
The crisis has affected my family, my friends, and my identity. It is not distant, it is lived.
Through this work, I wanted to give form to experiences that are often reduced to numbers and headlines.
To show that behind every statistic, there is emotion, memory, and pride.
I will always be proud to call myself Venezuelan.
And if I can use art as a way to speak for my country, there is no other story I would rather tell.