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Beto Val is an Ecuadorian visual artist whose practice unfolds at the intersection of archive, memory, and imagination. Through collage, he works with antique scientific illustrations, botanical plates, engravings, vintage photographs, and other materials drawn from the visual culture of the past to construct hybrid universes in which the human, the animal, and the vegetal converge within a distinct poetic logic. His work repositions images originally created to classify and explain the world, transforming them into scenes of estrangement, wonder, and unsettling beauty.

His visual language is defined by a constant tension between compositional precision and imaginative freedom. Although his process is deeply intuitive, each piece is shaped with formal rigor, allowing different temporalities, scales, and textures to coexist within a single organic image. In this gesture, Beto Val does more than reinterpret the archive: he activates it as a living space where memory becomes unstable, the past can be reinvented, and everyday perception opens once again to mystery.

Rather than simply producing surreal images, his work proposes a renewed and more sensitive way of seeing. His collages invite the viewer into a territory where rational logic gives way to fable, metamorphosis, and wonder, restoring to the image a playful, emotional, and deeply human dimension.

Beto Val began his journey into collage during the global pandemic, turning a personal process of creative healing into a prolific artistic practice. His dedication led to international recognition, with his artworks now collected and admired across the globe: United States, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, and beyond.

Val’s work has been featured in major art and design platforms such as Colossal, Rubin Museum of Art, VisualFlood and Aatonau, and he has built a thriving organic community of over 310,000 followers through his social media presence.

In addition to his artistic exploration, Beto Val has collaborated with renowned global brands, and his collages have appeared on clothing, book covers, vinyl records, wine labels, editorial illustrations, and various collectible objects. His visual language has crossed into the mainstream, including a celebrated cover for The New York Times Kids Edition.

Currently, Beto Val is developing new curatorial projects and artistic collaborations with the goal of bringing his visual universe into contemporary art museums and cultural institutions across the Americas and Europe.

E-mail: elbetoval@gmail.com