Artist Statement

Abel Alejandro Gonzalez Pardo Vargas is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity as something fragmented, looped, and constantly shifting. Through experimental video, animation, photography, and digital art, he examines how emotion, memory, and presence are shaped by the digital world.

He often works with mannequins, artificial environments, and motion based repetition to reflect the emotional rhythms of life inside screens. His work draws from social media aesthetics, where content loops endlessly and the self becomes a curated performance. Abel treats animation not only as a craft but as a way of thinking, a form of choreography that blends code, movement, and emotion.

Influenced by his Cuban roots and life in Miami, his practice moves between personal memory and collective experience. He mixes analog and digital methods to create poetic visual spaces where identity dissolves and reassembles. His work invites viewers to slow down and question how we remember, how we represent ourselves, and what is lost in translation between the real and the virtual.

Bio

Abel Alejandro Gonzalez Pardo Vargas is a Cuban born multidisciplinary artist based in Miami. His practice spans 2D and 3D animation, experimental video, digital art, and photography, with a focus on identity, nostalgia, and the influence of digital culture.

He holds an Associate of Arts in Computer Art Animation and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation and a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science at Florida International University.

Through the use of motion capture, glitch effects, layered editing, and interface design, Abel creates works that reflect on how digital platforms shape perception and memory. His work is a reflection of both inner landscapes and external pressures, offering a space where repetition becomes reflection and identity becomes movement.