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Saint Saturday
Nikko Mercialo (Saint Saturday) is a Vancouver-based contemporary artist and designer whose work strives to reconcile inner conflict and the tidal sweep of our emotions with an external world that is both brutal and beautiful. Uniting the opulent dramatics of classical Western tradition with a flair for vibrant contemporary aesthetic, he explores the vanishing difference between fact and fiction in today’s world, and how context differentiates fantasy from reality.
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The nameless yet hauntingly familiar figures in his work become metaphoric vessels for the psyche, embodying eternal themes of optimism, hope and ascension, as well as sorrow, isolation and oblivion. The magnetic tension between form and flesh, sensuality and raw power evokes a complex mood which is simultaneously atmospheric and incendiary.
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Through relentless inquiry into self, structure and society Mercialo aims to foster wild emotion and speculative contemplation in the same breath - asking us to discover ourselves in the space between.
 DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL123 x 123 cm Acrylic, oil, pastel charcoal, water colour, latex on canvas £3600 |  FAUSTIAN BARGAIN92 x 102 cm Oil & acrylic on canvas £3200 |  THEN ICARUS TOOK FLIGHT102 x 152 cm Acrylic, oil, gouache, charcoal and spray on latex primed, finished with a blend of matte mediums and satin varnish. £4200 |  ELEVATION91 x 123 cm Oil, charcoal infused acrylic with 24 carat gold leaf on canvas £3300 |  YOU ARE ALL OF MY REASONS81 x 122 cm Acrylic, pastel, watercolor, charcoal and latex on canvas £4200 |  SOVEREIGN I102 x 102 cm Acrylic, spray, oil, charcoal on canvas in white Available in black £3000 |  UNDER THE SLEEP OF THE BLACK LOTUS122 x 122 cm Acrylic, gouache, charcoal, spray on latex primed stretched gallery canvas £3600 |
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 Yugen76 x 102 cm Acrylic, pastel, gouache, spray on canvas £3200 |  Hyperform152 x 122 cm Acrylic, gouache, charcoal, spray on latex primed stretched gallery canvas £3600 |  EXQUISITE CRUELTY91 x 122 cm Acrylic, charcoal, pastel, gouache, and on canvas £3950 |  SOVEREIGN II91 x 91 cm Oil, acrylic, and pure corroded copper leaf on canvas New Price TBC |  ENOLA'S ORBIT102 x 122 cm Oil & acrylic on canvas £3300 |  Gemini Rising153 x 123 cm Acrylic, oil, spray on canvas £4200 |  WOLF LIKE ME102 x 132 cm Acrylic, gouache, charcoal, wolf bone ashes, airbrushed latex, oil pastel on canvas £4250 |