CHAKAL IS A PAINTER AND TATTOO ARTIST WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, ROOTED IN PAINTING AND TATTOO CULTURE.

HIS WORK EXPLORES THE TENSION BETWEEN BEAUTY AND DISTORTION, DESIRE AND DECAY. WORKING ACROSS OIL, WATERCOLOR, GRAPHITE AND DIGITAL MEDIA, HE CREATES IMAGES THAT EXIST BETWEEN FINE ART, ILLUSTRATION AND TATTOO LANGUAGE.

INFLUENCED BY EXPRESSIONISM, POP AND PULP CULTURE, UNDERGROUND AESTHETICS, MUSIC AND SUBCULTURE, CHAKAL ART IS AN ONGOING EXPLORATION OF THE HUMAN FIGURE AND ITS SHADOWS. PAINTING SINCE HIS UNIVERSITY YEARS, CHAKAL HAS EXHIBITED HIS WORK IN LATIN AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.

BORN IN 1976, HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WITNESS TO HIS TIME. HIS PAINTINGS REFLECT THE CHANGES, CONTRADICTIONS AND BEAUTY OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM. THROUGH DECADES OF PAINTING, CHAKAL HAS FORGED A VISUAL LANGUAGE ENTIRELY HIS OWN. HIS WORK OFTEN LEAVES THE VIEWER WITH A DISTURBING YET INESCAPABLE QUESTION: WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE THE MIND THAT CREATED THESE IMAGES?