Sayil Moes

Artist, Architect, and Sculptor, exhibiting locally and internationally, Sayil Moes has devoted his practice and life to creative expression. Using charcoal as his main tool, Sayil's works explore and portray human paradigms hidden in the subconscious mind. About his art he expresses:

My work is a journey into the unknown, a deep immersion into the subconscious where the boundaries of reality blur and the surreal takes control. Using charcoal, the oldest tool of human expression, I access the rawest and wildest aspects of the psyche, allowing forms and figures to emerge from chaos. Each charcoal stroke becomes a portal to hidden emotions, unresolved tensions, and universal truths that often remain buried beneath the surface.

I do not seek control in my art; instead, I surrender to the process, letting the subconscious take the lead. My figures are not limited by realism or convention. They are fragments of thought, desire, fear, and memory, coexisting in spaces where light and shadow shape their existence. By drawing without references, I remove the filter of logic, inviting the viewer into a dreamlike world where the irrational makes sense and the impossible feels familiar.

At the heart of my work lies a fascination with the d...

B.A Architecture, Cal-Poly California
Advance Design: National Technical University of Athens

2025 – Artime Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Group exhibition (current)

2024 – CICMA (Centro Integral de Cultura, MZT, Mexico
Solo exhibition: "Umbrales de la Psique" – 30 charcoal drawings, Mexico City

2024 – Centro Cultural, Mexico
Solo exhibition: "Subconsciente: Conexión Universal" (traveling version – 21 pieces)

2023 – Museo de Arte de Mazatlán, Galería Antonio López Sáenz, Mexico
Solo exhibition: "Subconsciente: Conexión Universal" – 25 charcoal drawings + immersive VR installation
(Presented by Instituto de Cultura)

2022 – Museo de Arte de Mazatlán, Mazatlán, Mexico
Group exhibition: "Confluencias: Multiversos de Expresión" – VR installation and drawings from “Coffee Sketch” series