Victoria Iranzo
Biography
Victoria Iranzo builds surreal, stage-like scenes that blur the boundaries between painting and theater. Her process begins with handcrafted dolls and backdrops—miniature protagonists placed within gouache or oil-rendered environments, photographed in the studio, and finally translated into richly colored canvases. The dolls bear no faces but gain character through their bespoke costumes, acting as silent witnesses in her poetic visual narratives Her compositions navigate between intimacy and ambiguity, where figures inhabit dreamlike settings charged with symbolic potential. Iranzo’s mastery of pigment and texture evokes emotional states—earthy tones suggest nostalgia while pastel forms evoke otherworldliness. The resulting works feel both familiar and uncanny, inviting slow engagement and introspection Drawing on a background in visual design and intuitive image-making, Iranzo treats the studio as a site of dialogue between object, fabric, camera, and canvas. Each painting emerges from carefully orchestrated combinations of motif and memory, yet the finished image stands alone as a visual fragment imbued with emotional resonance. Her art becomes a meditation on process, identity, and the imaginative potential embedded in everyday materials and childhood recollections. ...