Carlos Asensio - Enso V

- The artwork is in perfect conservation condition.
- It comes directly from the artist's studio and is entirely original.
- This painting is done with oil on canvas.
- It is hand-signed on the lower right of the front.
- Framing would not be necessary since the edges are painted.
- Several layers of varnish have been applied to protect the painting.
- Includes certificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist himself.
- The painting is wrapped in bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard to ensure its safety.
- The piece is shipped mounted on a wooden stretchers via an international shipping courier.

This painting belongs to the series inspired by the Japanese concept of Ensō, the circle drawn in a single stroke that embodies the purest expression of the present moment. Traditionally associated with Zen Buddhism, Ensō represents not only totality, emptiness, and perfection, but also the beauty of the incomplete, the imperfect, and the ephemeral. Each stroke in these works is a meditation, a breath turned into form, a moment captured between thought and action. There are no corrections, no repetitions: only the now, the authenticity of the gesture, and the artist's mood at the moment of creation. Through the use of different materials, textures, and techniques, this series explores the tension between control and letting go, between the circle's boundary and the openness of emptiness. Some pieces reveal the serenity of balance; others, the restlessness of movement and rupture. All of them are a mirror of a soul in transit.

Carlos Asensio was born in Castellón in 1986. At an early age he began his academic training under the tutelage of Cuban artist Amaury Suárez.

He holds a PhD in Fine Arts, with a summa cum laude distinction, and has a Master's in Artistic Production from the Universitat Politècnica de València. He has also completed a Studio Program at the Berlin Art Institute where he received lessons from renowned artists such as Bernhard Martin, Larissa Fassler, Nikola Röthemeyer, and Various & Gould. His research work has led him to participate in several international university congresses, as well as publish in humanities journals such as Human Review or Peter Lang.

Among his notable achievements are several solo exhibitions, including those at the Tomás y Valiente Art Center in Fuenlabrada, the Municipal Museum of Albacete, and Centro 14 in Alicante. Regarding group exhibitions, he has shown work both nationally and internationally. In the collective show Ciclamen for the Léucade Gallery in Murcia, a collaborative project at the DXIX Projects space in Fort Collins, in two editions of GlogauAIR Open Studios, or BAAM#3 in Monopol Berlin. The itinerant exhibition titled Atlas of Spanish Art carried out at the Exhibition Hall of the Usera Municipal Board, the Mauro Muriendas Hall in Torrelavega, and the O Vello Cárcere Cultural Centre in Lugo. Various exhibitions carried out with the Infinity Art project at fairs such as the Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam, Art Madrid, or Estampa in the Spanish capital. The 2019_n3 collective exhibition at Piramidón Centre D'Art Contemporani in Barcelona, the Art Spring 2019 event in Berlin, six editions of Marte International Contemporary Art Fair in Castellón, the III Biennial of Open City of Valencia, or the II Call for La New Fair in Madrid.

In addition, some of his works are present in important private collections such as the Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno and Piramidón Centre D'Art Contemporani in Barcelona, the Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia in Catania, and public institutions such as the Museu de la Ciutat de Castelló. Individually, his work is present in collections in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Greece, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and the United States.