BIOGRAPHY
Multidisciplinary visual artist Delsy Rubio was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where she successfully completed her studies in Plastic Expression, with a focus on Drawing and Painting and Graphic Arts, at the “Julio Árraga” School of Plastic Arts (1979-1985). From an early age, her love for art provided her with a prolific career as a graphic designer and entrepreneur, acting as Art Director in advertising campaigns, an experience reflected in her current work with a distinctive style. As the creator of the graphic image for the International Art and Antiques Fair of Maracaibo (2004-2011), she consolidated her passion for art and design.
In 2011, she began her artistic proposal with a discourse of geometric, monochromatic, and minimalist abstraction. For the development of her work, she is inspired by intangible themes, exploring the perfect geometry of nature and the relationship between humanity and the universe, using different technologies, techniques, and materials such as wood painted in automotive acrylic and aluminum pigmented by molecular transfer at high temperatures. She creates sculptures that stand out under the light, showcasing volumes and multi-level forms with reflection effects and the displacement of interrupted lines in space that connect harmoniously.
Throughout her career, she has received numerous recognitions, including the Honorable Mention at the Chess in Art Salon of the Centro de Bellas Artes Ateneo de Maracaibo in Venezuela in 2014 and the Second Prize at the “Origins in Geometry” Biennial in Dallas, Texas, organized by the only Museum of Geometric & MADI Art in the USA, a prize that gave her the opportunity to be part of the museum’s collection in 2019. In 2023, her work was recognized with the Honor of Merit in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
Delsy Rubio has participated in numerous exhibitions, both individual and collective, in Venezuela, the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, Peru, and Spain. Her work is found in private collections around the world and has a permanent exhibition in Doral, Florida. She has been published by curator Despina Tumberg in the book “XI Contemporary International Master,” and interviewed by various media such as “Conexiones” magazine, “Doral Voice” radio, “Voces de Marca” radio, and “El Venezolano TV”. Additionally, she was the subject of an article in “Art Journal,” the Italian art magazine titled “Delsy Rubio is the wind and the color” by Michela Turra.
DELSY RUBIO
By Edith Monge Silva
The mouth speaks of the richness of the heart, says the sacred text. This statement applies to all areas and, in particular, to art. There is no possible creation in its deepest sense, without the presence of the “animus” that rests in the artist’s mind.
In an increasingly refined language, Delsy Rubio explores the metaphor of man’s relationships with the universe, recreating the life cycles of the earth so closely linked to the cosmography of which we are part. The harmonious composition of curved and straight lines in her work also speaks to us of her own vital perception of his balance.
Delsy Rubio’s pieces are permeated with serenity and silence. All of them convey with delicate eloquence the close relationship with nature and their respect for an imaginary environment where excesses have no place.
Hers is a systematic work that has allowed her to explore from a very young age the richness of lines and colors, the simplicity of figures, minimalism, geometry and abstraction in an ordered universe, but at the same time flexible where volumes can generate the illusion of movement.
Hers is also the look accustomed to observing the play of light and shadow that is expressed, in her most recent works, through discontinuous reliefs and shapes that highlight the qualities of the materials used. It is this deliberate interruption in the relief that conveys the feeling that the levels are floating freely.
Faced with the aesthetic proposal of Delsy Rubio, the viewer manages to immerse himself as an interlocutor in the dialogue of his volumes and make the spaces they inhabit his own. It is therefore a fortunate encounter with art, a joint celebration between the public and the artist.-
Five in Motion – 3rd Edition, Group Exhibition. Miami, 2021
DELSY RUBIO INTERCONNECTED
By Carol Damian, Ph.D.
Geometric Abstraction is now a distinct and influential category of Modern Art in Venezuela. Delsy Rubio creates unique approaches to the style, technically and conceptually. Beyond the key components of compositions that are informed by rigorous attention to lines and forms based on geometric precision, her works are further dissected into interactive pieces, to fit together like a puzzle. In her latest series, she uses a special collage-like technique with industrial materials that play with space, light and reflection to enhance the surface and activate simple formal elements in the viewers’ eyes. Despite the reductive quality of the abstract method, these works are inspired by nature, time, and place. In this difficult and challenging period marked by a pandemic and political crisis in her homeland, she takes solace in the careful manipulation of each unit to produce composite imagery open to many interpretations and arrangements. Nature is basic to her process: subtle references to the cycles of the moon, the sea, and mountain views may be observed, but are not necessary for the work’s effectiveness. The viewer is invited to perceive personal meaning within, to identify the essence of nature, or to just appreciate the design aesthetic that informs the careful assembly of the parts.-
Vacuus Solo Exhibition. Curatorial Text. Miami, 2021