German Murillo
German Murillo is an artist based in multicultural spaces.
From early ages he started exploring the colors of the tropics through studies of architecture, native music and folk dances. Photography brought him into deeper contact with the people and sociological situations through the lens of photojournalism, which along got him in touch with the arts of the whole world, specially the scenic arts, which he portrayed extensively.
His more structured career as graphic designer put him inside mainstream advertising agencies, a great school not just for the rising art of digital imagery at the time, but also for typography, color management, book creation, resourcefulness and collaborations with creative directors and other fellow artists. He regularly presents and collaborates in art exhibitions. His main inspiration comes from natural design, where rocks, trees, roots and branches, interacting in the elements and changing with the seasons are major subjects. Digital, analog, historic, or alchemic photographic processes may be expected.
The immersion in digital art creates another exploration opportunity for German by means of the creation of visual presentations, the art of telling stories through sequences of elements in motion, to deliver a clear message to a specific audience, usually presented on flat screens. It is a golden opportunity where his studies on psychology and visual perception play a prevailing role in the creation of utilitarian or functional art. Impact with minimalism might be his leading direction when creating the concept for a presentation.
For German, art has evolved beyond the two-dimensionality of the rectangular format, into the more sculptural creation of scale models and dioramas. Scenes of natural wonder, fictional landscapes, beings and vehicles from different worlds who tell stories. Non existent worlds become realities that can be lit and captured on camera to later be transformed again into photographic art. His creations are often enriched with the use of the art of collage. You may say it is the multiculturality of art.
“I love art”, German says, “I always have, but I give my top priority to be a nice human being, an honest person, to be a kind husband, and an out of this world dad.”
