Ely Phenix

I was born premature.
I was told that at birth the tissues of my body were not yet complete. 
Maybe that’s why I’ve always felt like an alien.

And this may be the reason why I continually keep searching for feeling myself in the womb 
submerged in the amniotic fluid.

For 9 months we all dive in our mother’s amniotic fluid. 

And did you know that liquid is chemically almost identical to ocean water?

That’s why painting underwater takes me to a state of connection and relaxation similar to the one a baby can feel inside his mother.

After all, 80% of our body is water, so the connection among my body, the sea and painting is very different from the one I feel painting in my studio.

Today we live in an absolute disconnection from nature, and are impregnated with the urban and digital.

So with my work I want to make people aware of the importance of connecting with nature, 
to feel the sea through a new and different experience.

The importance of being one with the ocean. 

Academic training
• 2015 Master in Polysegnic Model Art Therapy. ArTeA specialization in Artetherapy Milan, Italy.
• 1989 Graduate in Art. Escuela de Cómic, Milan, Italy.
Selection Courses of specialization
• 1989 Disney Academy with Giovan Battista Carpi, Milan, Italy
• 1989 - 1993 Hyperrealistic illustration. Maestro Genny Buccheri, Italy
• 1993 Specialization course in airbrush. Comic School, Milan, Italy
• 2009 - 2011 Art of Fire. Patrizia Arvieri School, Italy

2021-
My personal exhibition "Pincelladas de oceano" was exhibited in Lanzarote Art Gallery
Here is the book of the exhibition in collaboration with the photograph of my works Sergio Hanquet:
https://lanzaroteartgallery.com/pinceladas-oceano-visita-virtual/