Francisco Contreras Esquinca a.k.a. ACHTUNGRAEL

Multimedia Artist / Artista Multimedia

Artistic Statement

For me, creation is an act of radical honesty. I spent years working in advertising and audiovisual production until I realized I could no longer design other people’s ideas. My work is born from a desire to reconnect with my deepest truth — a visceral need to explore the invisible, to trace through lines, forms, and rhythm the secret maps of the human soul and ancestral memory.

My visual language is abstract, intuitive, and in many ways, indescribable. I’m guided by aesthetic balance, visual rhythm, and the pulse of geometry that seems to emerge on its own from a place beyond thought. I work primarily with acrylic paint, often using my hands as brushes, and industrial acrylic markers to create dense, intricate compositions where electronic symbols, geometric patterns, and the mystical resonance of Mesoamerican cultures converge.

A fundamental duality —and at the same time a sacred balance— defines the soul of my work:
On one side, my mother, who deeply believed in my artistic path and introduced me to the magic of sacred geometry, the silent intelligence that gives shape to nature, to the universe, and to the great mystery.
On the other, my father, an electronics engineer, who taught me from a young age how to build electronic devices, planting in my mind the logic and beauty of circuit systems — a vision of how technology has accompanied humanity since the discovery of fire and continues to shape our path today.
This union of the spiritual and the technical, the chaotic and the ordered, becomes balance — and it’s the heartbeat behind each of my pieces.

I don’t aim to transmit a specific message. Each viewer is a different universe, and what interests me is to create visual attraction and aesthetic intrigue — that something in the piece catches their attention, looks back at them, and invites them inward. What ties all my works together is one central idea: everything is connected through an invisible energetic network — a vision I experienced firsthand through DMT, and that has become a guiding thread in my creative journey.

Influenced by artists such as Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Siqueiros, Tamayo, and thinkers like Nietzsche and Octavio Paz, my style has evolved into a form of complex abstraction that stands apart from contemporary trends. It’s hard to classify — some might find it strange, even alien — yet it remains deeply human.

My physical and digital work is a constant exploration of that intersection between the ancient and the future, between the human trace and the technological impulse. Each piece is a fragment of a greater system, like nodes of a vast cosmic network pulsing from the heart of time.

 

Declaración Artística

 

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Crear es, para mí, un acto de honestidad radical. Durante años trabajé en el mundo de la publicidad y la producción audiovisual, hasta que comprendí que no podía seguir diseñando ideas ajenas. Mi obra nace del deseo de reconectar con mi verdad más profunda: una necesidad visceral de explorar lo invisible, de trazar con líneas, formas y ritmo los mapas secretos del alma humana y de la memoria ancestral.

 

Mi lenguaje es abstracto, intuitivo y, en muchos sentidos, indescriptible. Me guía el equilibrio estético, el ritmo visual, la pulsación de una geometría que parece emerger sola desde un lugar más allá del pensamiento. Utilizo pintura acrílica y herramientas no convencionales —como mis propias manos o plumones industriales— para crear composiciones densas, intrincadas, donde convergen símbolos electrónicos, trazos geométricos y la resonancia mística de las culturas mesoamericanas.

Una fuerza ambivalente —y al mismo tiempo complementaria— define el alma de mi obra:
Por un lado, mi madre, quien creyó profundamente en mi camino artístico y me enseñó desde pequeño el poder de la geometría sagrada, esa inteligencia silenciosa que da forma a la naturaleza, al universo y al misterio.


Por el otro, mi padre, ingeniero electrónico, me transmitió la lógica, la estructura y la belleza funcional de los circuitos electrónicos, sembrando en mí una visión profunda de cómo la tecnología ha acompañado al ser humano desde el descubrimiento del fuego hasta el presente.
Esa unión entre lo espiritual y lo técnico, lo caótico y lo ordenado, se convierte en equilibrio, y es el corazón que pulsa detrás de cada pieza que creo.

No busco transmitir un mensaje específico. Cada espectador es un universo distinto, y lo que me interesa es provocar atracción e intriga estética: que algo en la obra los detenga, los mire de vuelta, los invite a adentrarse. Lo que une todas mis piezas es una idea central: todo está conectado a través de una red energética invisible, una visión que pude experimentar profundamente bajo el efecto del DMT y que desde entonces se convirtió en un hilo conductor de mi creación.

Influenciado por artistas como Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Siqueiros, Tamayo, y pensadores como Nietzsche y Octavio Paz, mi estilo ha evolucionado hacia una abstracción compleja que se desmarca de las corrientes convencionales. Es difícil de clasificar: puede parecer raro, incluso alienígena, pero al mismo tiempo profundamente humano.

 

Mi obra física y digital es una exploración constante de esa intersección entre lo antiguo y lo futuro, entre el trazo humano y el impulso tecnológico. Cada pieza es un fragmento de un sistema más grande, como si las pinturas fueran nodos de una vasta red cósmica que pulsa desde el corazón del tiempo.

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Where i come from

I was born December 2nd 1978 in Mexico City, Mexico. The first approach i had to art was through music when i was about 5 years old, specially with progressive rock bands from the 70's like Genesis, Rush, King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, that fantasy world woke up my curiosity into an incredible universe not only of music but with cover albums as well, psychedelia, fantasy and imagination were a very important part of my life at a very early stage.  I've been creating physical and digital Art since 1999 going through acrylic paintings, jpgs, abstract art videos, music, animation, video mapping, live visuals and installations.

Where i am

I am a full time multidiciplinary artist developing my own aesthetics style and artistic voice both in analog and digital realms and that is helping me understand more of me as a human being expressing in a deep and complex way. In this journey i am exploring my body, mind and my soul depicting visualy myself as a system with inputs, processes and outputs and i am learning more about me in every piece i make. The main inputs for my creative process are the thoughts and abstractions about the cosmos, time/space, geometry, technology, ancient civilizations and human behavior.

The mix of it all depicted through my aesthetic vision and a very unique artistic voice give birth to my creations.

Where i am going

As an artist, I'm looking to the future with excitement and ambition. My goal is to create work that is inspired and meaningful, work that provides a window into my world and my thoughts. I'm aiming for success, both in terms of recognition and achievement. I hope to have my art be seen and appreciated, to gain the recognition of the art world and to have my creativity be celebrated. I'm striving to reach a level of success that will be both visible and lasting. I'm working to create a lasting legacy through my artwork. 

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