Ethereal Artist | Desiree Ruiz V

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ABOUT DESIREE

Desiree Ruiz Velázquez is an independent interdisciplinary artist. She’s an oil painter, fashion designer, and published poet born and raised in Puerto Rico.

“I could never keep my hands still as a kid. Not even now as an adult. I always had to have a paper and pencils just to do something with my hands. And so, that's how I started losing myself for hours straight, drawing and writing."

She went to school to study fashion design, a time when she had evening wear collections walk down the runway at local fashion shows in Orlando, Florida.

After she graduated, she compiled all the poems she had written over the years for her poetry book "El Hechizo de la Amapola", which was published in 2018 by Caligrama Editorial.

She then immersed in the art industry, exhibiting her works at museums and galleries in Central Florida.

ABOUT HER WORK

Desiree is a self-taught artist who paints primarily in oils.

Her earlier body of work sought to shape what has always fascinated her; the hidden. Her curiosity towards divination and spiritual ascension practices fueled the majority of her oil paintings. Things such as Tarot, shadow work, higher consciousness, the afterlife, and crystal healing, were Desiree’s main source of inspiration.

She loves tying symbolism into her work, which are often derived from meanings found in Tarot, crystals, and cosmic beings.

“I’m terrified of death. I become less afraid when I envision that I will encounter those ethereal divine beings that I paint, full of color and full of cosmic dust. I imagine that they float and that they exist in the spiritual realm—which, I imagine, looks like our universe—. I like to think of them as warm and welcoming beings that are one with space, one with constellations, one with the nebula, and with everything out there. That’s how I cope with this fear.”

After having a few group exhibitions, she single-handedly hosted, organized, and curated her first solo art show, "UNCERTAINTY REALMS, The Art of the Unknown", where she exhibited over 42 original works of art.

Desiree is also the Founder & Fashion Designer of the emerging womenswear fashion brand, Desiree & Denise, which launched its first global collection with SHEIN in Summer 2022.