Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela and based in New York (b.1986), Luis Urribarri grounds his practice in the imaginary. Employing a clear architectural sensibility through his paintings and sculpture, he explores tensions and harmonies in time, nature, and space.

Urribarri is deeply curious about the psychological influence of architecture and its power to generate a personal awareness of scale and presence. In his work, the viewer’s interpretation is as much a material as plaster, marble, canvas, or steel. He uses these physical materials to manipulate light and perspective, ultimately creating portals to daydreamed environments. Where architecture is explicit, Urribarri’s painting and sculptures are expressive and unprescribed. While, for him, the pleasure exists in the process, the work is ultimately presented as an invitation for conversation on materiality and the productive capacity of stillness.

Urribarri obtained a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Architectural Design in 2020 from Parsons School of Design. With an extensive background in architecture and interiors, Urribarri has shown works at Laverdin Gallery, Saphira and Ventura Gallery, The Kips Bay Decorators Show, Michael Dawkins Home, and NEST Interiors NYC and is now represented by LORIN MARSH at the The New York Design Center.

Urribarri continues to expand his range and craftmanship and in 2020 he launched his furniture line [ VASCO ].

VASCO, The collection draws from the sensibilities of brutalist architecture—its heavy stature and authority jump out at first glance. Elegance plays with this domination through the silhouettes of the chairs, their forms nodding to Japanese joinery techniques for inspiration. There is a logical and secure feeling here, but also a sense of mystery.

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Photo credit: Emil Cohen.

LUIS URRIBARRI