My work is an expression of my existential reality; it captures my surroundings and my relationships within them. My creative need comes from a deep passion to communicate through forms and color; this allows me to venture into an expressionist character who struggles to give line and shape to that reality. Art has many different functions but it is always transmitting a message, what is being said visually or how it is interpreted can vary for each person who experiences art, for me it is important that the message have as little interference as possible, the mediums I use allow me to be direct and obvious or convey an idea through a more abstract form, the plasticity in art is the plasticity of the human experience.

BIOGRAPHY

Spartacous Cacao was born in San Francisco, California in 1978 to Salvadoran emigrants, when he was eight years old his family moved to the Mojave Desert, growing up there he was impacted by the wide open spaces and the brilliant color of the south west, this is where he first began to develop his creativity. In 1999 he began his journey as a studio artist studying ceramics and printmaking along with painting and sculpture at Los Angeles Community College. living in LA since then and experiencing the cultural richness which has created a new material and non material culture is what inspires much of Cacao's work, he also finds it necessary to stay in touch with his own identity and culture through art and is committed to expressing his views on the social depravities which societies tolerate. His art often reflects contemporary politics because he makes the link that none of us is truly separate and that everyday people make history; it is a fusion of these experiences what makes up the essence of his artwork.