About | Keanu Sapadi

Keanu Sapadi plays with powerful gestures and persuasive imagery. Fluid forms and dynamic patterns reveal vibrance, an attribute of color, that he translates into drawing. He explores the energy of his body, the sensitivity of his wrist and fingertips, non-controlled approach and custom-built tools to enhance movement and impose parameters. Despite diversity, his logic remains understandable without additional context.

Mischievous humour is pinched into the scenery by displaying the influence of subculture like metal, indie and emo, as well as cartoon, anime and video games, further researched in digital drawing. He uses his work to initiate a discussion addressing healthy progression in an accelerated society. He makes a clear point for the full range of emotions, rather than dividing them in good and bad. Ultimately, he critiques the post-modern individual's lack of diversified perspective, focusing too much on being well. According to Sapadi this is the first step towards a dysfunctional emotional balance, comparable to the one-dimensional madness of fictional characters.

A deep sense of safety echoes through his drawings. As if a paternalistic voice remains silent out of kindness, believing in a progressive outcome due to autonomous exploration and discovery. The artist's images invoke an experienced, akin to abstract expressionism, but with different concentration. This phenomenon stems from his process-oriented method.

Sapadi's fascination to explore and discover fuels his artistic process. Experiencing the beautiful, but harsh reality as it is. Through observation he translates, what is happening. - "Things happen in space. Space itself is not affected. Things simply fill the emptiness that space provides. The same goes for feelings." - A belief aiding in reflection, helping Keanu Sapadi to maintain composure amidst his artistic calamity, blending tranquility into the creative chaos. Opening combinations that should repel themselves, but attract. His imagery leaves an invitation into abstract landscapes of seemingly destructive emotions, that otherwise have no home.