Humanoid II Mixed Media Sculpture

This mixed media sculpture explores the fragile balance between structured thought and fluid human perception

Artwork Description

 about this Mixed Media sculpture

The Cubes mixed media sculpture series explores the complex relationship between structured thought and subjective perception. Each sculpture features a transparent acrylic cube, symbolizing reason, a vessel for organized, logical thinking. Emerging from or piercing this structure are carefully arranged pin formations that suggest abstract mental functions.

This sculptural piece captures the evolving nature of the human body, emphasizing its structure, fragility, and psychological depth. Formed by hand, it reflects the artist’s return to clay as a medium for intimate and emotional expression through tactile process.

The body is shown as an anonymous suspended figure, neither fully formed nor absent, yet emotionally and psychologically present. Each curve and fold evokes skin, vulnerability, and the passage of time, offering a quiet meditation on identity and being. Sensuality and existential weight merge in soft clay-like textures, revealing the complexity of the body as both object and experience.

This work explores how we inhabit our bodies, how they absorb, reflect, and shape our contact with the external world. It invites viewers to confront their own physical and emotional perceptions as well as society’s influence on the body’s image.

artist statement

I see myself as a full-time visual consumer, constantly absorbing and responding to my surroundings. My artistic journey spans sculpture, engraving, and photography, each helping shape my visual language. Sculptural practice became my core medium, where I reconstruct emotions and build alternative narratives.

Through materials and photographs, I assemble illusions that question reality and perceived truth. My work explores the creation of identity and sensation through the reconfiguration of visual and emotional fragments. Each piece invites reflection on the human psyche, its fragility, adaptability, and layered meaning.

I examine the mind as a transformable and ever-shifting entity. We are shaped by our environments, political realities, and existential tensions. I do not depict a specific individual, but rather the universal state of becoming. Every human presence encountered influences my process, feeding a deeper reflection on shared psychological landscapes.

Artist Bio

Diana Beltran was born in Bogotá in 1978. She earned her Master of Fine Arts at the National University of Colombia. Her artistic focus centers primarily on photography, with consistent and wide-ranging output.

Beltran has exhibited solo and collectively in Colombia, Spain, USA, Germany, Peru, Venezuela, Singapore, and Dubai. Her work is included in collections in Chile, Colombia, USA, Panama, Spain, Mexico, Peru, London, and Dubai. She debuted at the National University’s Art Museum in a group show curated by Gustavo Zalamea.

Her work was shown alongside major Colombian artists like Beatriz González and Bernardo Salcedo. Graduating with honors, she moved to Spain for a master’s in photography at EFTI School in Madrid. Her thesis work was featured in PhotoEspaña 2008. That same year, she won the Novel Dove First Photography Prize.

In 2010, she returned to Colombia with her exhibition Photo Dimensions at the Chamber of Commerce. In 2013, she took part in Emerging Generation, curated by Eduardo Serrano. Since then, she exhibits regularly, exploring photography’s expansive forms and existential themes. Beltran currently lives and works in Bogotá.

View her Dubai collection of available artworks here

customization

Every mixed media sculpture cube is customizable in gold, copper, silver, steel or nickel pins in a clear acrylic box. For custom orders please contact us directly.

Care

• Avoid direct sunlight to prevent discoloration or warping.
• Dust regularly with a soft microfiber cloth.
• Use only water or acrylic-safe cleaners; avoid harsh chemicals or alcohol-based products.
• Handle with clean hands or gloves to prevent smudges or scratches.
• Keep away from sharp objects to avoid surface damage.
• Display in a stable, vibration-free area to protect delicate pin structures.

copyright

This mixed media sculpture is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.