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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 FEEL

DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL

123 x 123 cm Acrylic, oil, pastel charcoal, water colour, latex on canvas £3600

FAUSTIAN BARGAIN

FAUSTIAN BARGAIN

92 x 102 cm Oil & acrylic on canvas £3200

THEN ICARUS TOOK FLIGHT

THEN ICARUS TOOK FLIGHT

102 x 152 cm Acrylic, oil, gouache, charcoal and spray on latex primed, finished with a blend of matte mediums and satin varnish. £4200

ELEVATION

ELEVATION

91 x 123 cm Oil, charcoal infused acrylic with 24 carat gold leaf on canvas £3300

YOU ARE ALL OF MY REASONS

YOU ARE ALL OF MY REASONS

81 x 122 cm Acrylic, pastel, watercolor, charcoal and latex on canvas £4200

SOVEREIGN I

SOVEREIGN I

102 x 102 cm Acrylic, spray, oil, charcoal on canvas in white Available in black £3000

UNDER THE SLEEP OF THE BLACK LOTUS

UNDER THE SLEEP OF THE BLACK LOTUS

122 x 122 cm Acrylic, gouache, charcoal, spray on latex primed stretched gallery canvas £3600

Yugen

Yugen

76 x 102 cm Acrylic, pastel, gouache, spray on canvas £3200

Hyperform

Hyperform

152 x 122 cm Acrylic, gouache, charcoal, spray on latex primed stretched gallery canvas £3600

EXQUISITE CRUELTY

EXQUISITE CRUELTY

91 x 122 cm Acrylic, charcoal, pastel, gouache, and on canvas £3950

SOVEREIGN II

SOVEREIGN II

91 x 91 cm Oil, acrylic, and pure corroded copper leaf on canvas New Price TBC

ENOLA'S ORBIT

ENOLA'S ORBIT

102 x 122 cm Oil & acrylic on canvas £3300

Gemini Rising

Gemini Rising

153 x 123 cm Acrylic, oil, spray on canvas £4200

WOLF LIKE ME

WOLF LIKE ME

102 x 132 cm Acrylic, gouache, charcoal, wolf bone ashes, airbrushed latex, oil pastel on canvas £4250

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