Intangible (Copy1)

Ramon Leon is a Miami based Venezuelan visual artist. He is known for his signature motifs, "Fantasmas" (Ghosts) and "Caras Largas" (Long Faces). Leon has had four solo shows in Miami. His group exhibitions include “The Art of Reggae" (2015-2017), "Los Frutos del Futuro" (The Fruits of the Future, 2019), "Postales del Limbo" (Postcards from Limbo, 2022-2023), and "21x21 SUMARTE" (2023). More recently, he participated in the "Venezuela Art Fair III Edition" (2023). His work has been exhibited in Miami, New York, Cyprus, Liverpool, Mexico City, and Zaragoza.

INtangible

RAMON LEON
curatorial advisors: Rafa Muci and Camilo Pino

at MIFA Miami International Fine Arts. April 04-25, 2024.

Ramon Leon’s work is a constant confrontation between the intangible and the concrete. In the transition from abstract expressions to tangible forms, Leon captures the essence of what it means to be simultaneously present and absent.

In INtangible the artist dares to fuse his early work with his latest production. The result is powerful: gestures become stories, tales of deep human emotion.

His early ghosts can be read as a metaphor for the connections that define our lives, suggesting that what is intangible, often holds more weight than what we can see and touch, a theme Leon develops throughout his work.

Leon's more recent creations, his faces, are not mere portraits, but narratives drawn in bold strokes, human features inviting introspective exploration. They are built upon abstract lines —raw power and spontaneity — from which concrete figures emerge as if by chance. Contrasting colors in Leon's faces do not just fill space, but speak of life's complexity and the shadows and feelings that define us.

This work is the product of a conscious and meticulous craft. Only an artist in full control of his techniques could achieve the balance we observe in this exquisite combination of ghosts, faces, and abstraction.

In INtangible, Leon makes us see beyond the apparent and ultimately face our emotions, memories, and ghosts as they inhabit silence. We are in front of a testament to the power of abstraction to express the concrete. Without a doubt, the highest point in the artist’s career.