International Artist Feature: Panama

Welcome back to our International Artist Series.

Today,
we're catching up with four amazing artists from Panama, a Central American country with incredible history and culture. I
asked each artist how
their region and culture influenced their work, and they delivered
great
responses.

Reyniel Caldera

Let's begin with Reyniel Caldera, a fantastic multidisciplinary designer currently living in Panama. Originally from Venezuela, he creates 3D illustrations of incredible futuristic and otherworldly scenes.

See more in his portfolio.

Alien Burger

Panamá brings to me the possibilities to explore different environments. It's where I love to visit and walk for hours. The
Casco Viejo is one of those places where I love to come on the
weekends; the diversity of people and cultures that you can know here
is a unique experience.

Simple City

I think Panamá is a place where you can find unique stories from
different places and people. This is a key thing that I think is a big
inspiration for my work, although sometimes I create a mix of everything.

Primitive Organism

Re-Born

Being an immigrant that comes from Venezuela, I've been living in Panamá for four years now, and I can say I've had unique opportunities for working with
amazing people.

Art here is the same as Freedom. The creative community
comes from everywhere in the world to share ideas, projects, new
techniques and knowledge. In every place you go, you will find
a piece of art in the subway, streets and buildings.

Alexander Barranco

Next is Alexander Barranco, a graphic designer and art director with an incredible way with color. Enjoy his fascinating print work made for local and international brands.

See more in his portfolio.

GOD

I personally love a lot about living in Panamá, but what I love the most is
how easily the different cultures get mixed, there's a lot of people
from all around the world coming to work, live and enjoy Panamá.

That
along with the strong Caribbean local culture, the food,
and the fashion, all get melted into a unique vibe.

Acto, Edificio Mónaco

I think my work is often very different within itself, but certainly where I live right now has added a lot of color
to my work and a constant necessity of mixing styles. Never going one way for too long,
always combining.

Vine.Ly

Songs & Fonts

The art community here is growing, it has that energy and strength of a
young art community. There are things happening everywhere, from talks to expos and even street art.

Panamá is awakening, strong.

Fernando Tuñón

Illustrator and art director Fernando Tuñón shares his awesome illustrations inspired by our favorite pop culture references. Enjoy this selection of creative characters, concepts, and fan art ideas below.

See more in his portfolio.

Street Samurai

What I enjoy the most about Panamá is that no matter where you go, you
will always find someone you know. In the strange case that you find
yourself all alone then Panamanians got you covered, we are incredibly
friendly and warm people, ready to make conversation and have a great
laugh.

Illustration

I grew up in the 90s. Just in the middle of an explosion of cartoons
on TV every day and right at the advent of mainstream video games.
Absorbing all those images and animation from all over the world made me
fall in love with art in general.

Black Panther

ARCADE

The aesthetic sense of Panama is usually based on nature and local
folklore but I have lived in the city all my life—where buildings and
social life are the norm, so I focus more on the urban side of
Panamanian life.

The Panama art scene is still in its infancy but right now it´s
better than ever. We all try to make the best art possible so
people can enjoy it and since we are all friends we collaborate and help
each other a lot.

Juan García

Our final feature belongs to Juan García, a 3D designer and art director currently living in Panama, Panama. With a wide variety of digital art skills, he brings epic, hyper-realistic 3D scenes to life.

See more in his portfolio and follow him on Instagram.

Dirty Mercedes

I am originally from Colombia and my artistic
background belongs more to South America than Central American cultures. I think that
talking in an artistic way we are very different.

KAMSA

My culture
has had influence over my work in the way that me becoming a very resourceful and
creative artist has a lot to do with making great things with less resources.

Mech Concept 01

Saimus Character

The 3D community here is very limited but the 3D community around the
world is enough for me. There are a lot of artists always willing to help others in many different aspects.

Many thanks to the artists who took the time to answer my
questions and share a bit about themselves and how their country and/or culture
has affected their work. You can check out more of their work in the links
below:

• Reyniel Caldera


• 
  Alexander Barranco
  
  


• Fernando Tuñón


• Juan García

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