About
Dario Salvatore Bucheli is an artist born in a small steel-manufacturing city in northern Mexico, who moved to the United States seven years ago. After receiving his BA in Art with a concentration in painting from the University of Dallas, he worked as an Art Handler for numerous private companies in the Dallas Metroplex Area. He is currently an MFA candidate at Texas Christian University.
Although he was raised Roman Catholic, he has recently developed an interest in Zen Buddhism. It’s disciplined approach to developing insight and self-awareness through the repetitive act of counting breaths in seated meditation is a great source of inspiration. The dialogue between these two religious traditions, and the identities they create in him, also inform his work,
Artist Statement
Art making is a fundamental aspect of my own spiritual path to self-understanding. This path has been directed by a rigorous and methodical observation of my mind through the practice of Zen sitting meditation and my Christian upbringing. The process of creating an art object serves the purpose of understanding subjects like the subtle workings of the mind, memory, faith, doubt, and intuition.
Most of my work takes the shape of painting. They paintings reflect the act of sitting meditation by placing emphasis on the repetition of certain formal elements. Like counting breaths, singing mantras, or praying the rosary, the repetitive action is a catalyst for bringing attention to one's spiritual state in the present moment. Most of my paintings begin without a specific direction in mind, so each brushstroke requires my full concentration, to the point where the division between myself and the work fades away.
Artist Statement
Art making is a fundamental aspect of my own spiritual path to self-understanding. This path has been directed by a rigorous and methodical observation of my mind through the practice of Zen sitting meditation and my Christian upbringing. Although most of my work takes the shape of painting, I also make drawings, small sculptural works, and performances.
Recently, my work has been concerned with analyzing the traditions of Western civilization that have shaped me into who I am. Through this analysis I seek to question its validity and relevance in the globalized contemporary environment we live in today.
Dario Salvatore Bucheli is an artist born in a small steel-manufacturing city in northern Mexico, who moved to the United States seven years ago. After receiving his BA in Art with a concentration in painting from the University of Dallas, he worked as an Art Handler for numerous private companies in the Dallas Metroplex Area. He is currently an MFA candidate at Texas Christian University.
Although he was raised Roman Catholic, he has recently developed an interest in Zen Buddhism. It’s disciplined approach to developing insight and self-awareness through the repetitive act of counting breaths in seated meditation is a great source of inspiration. The dialogue between these two religious traditions, and the identities they create in him, also inform his work,
Artist Statement
Art making is a fundamental aspect of my own spiritual path to self-understanding. This path has been directed by a rigorous and methodical observation of my mind through the practice of Zen sitting meditation and my Christian upbringing. The process of creating an art object serves the purpose of understanding subjects like the subtle workings of the mind, memory, faith, doubt, and intuition.
Most of my work takes the shape of painting. They paintings reflect the act of sitting meditation by placing emphasis on the repetition of certain formal elements. Like counting breaths, singing mantras, or praying the rosary, the repetitive action is a catalyst for bringing attention to one's spiritual state in the present moment. Most of my paintings begin without a specific direction in mind, so each brushstroke requires my full concentration, to the point where the division between myself and the work fades away.
Artist Statement
Art making is a fundamental aspect of my own spiritual path to self-understanding. This path has been directed by a rigorous and methodical observation of my mind through the practice of Zen sitting meditation and my Christian upbringing. Although most of my work takes the shape of painting, I also make drawings, small sculptural works, and performances.
Recently, my work has been concerned with analyzing the traditions of Western civilization that have shaped me into who I am. Through this analysis I seek to question its validity and relevance in the globalized contemporary environment we live in today.