Zhivago Duncan is a Syrian-American multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Merida Yucatan. His work spans a wide range of mediums, including elaborate large-scale paintings, drawings, raku ceramic sculptures, kinetic dioramas, and immersive installations.
The unifying conceptual thread running through Zhivago’s work is an exploration of the evolution of human consciousness and the construction of reality through culture. By weaving elements of the ancient creation myths with texts on physics, metaphysics, astronomy, artificial intelligence, and contemporary philosophy,
Duncan creates his own distinctive mythology, attempting to reconcile the different theories, myths, and cultural practices from which we derive our conceptions of consciousness into his work. Furthermore, Duncan’s artistic themes are expressed through a hieroglyphic language and iconography that symbolize elements of consciousness and emotional states.
