Sebastian Estivill
SEBASTIAN ESTIVILL
Cartography of thought
The rigorous scientific principles of engineering and the experience of moments that seem suspended between the real and the impossible recreate the essential paradox in my work.
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This work arises from a personal journey deeply marked by two fundamental pillars in my life.
First, engineering:
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As an engineer, I have dedicated my life to responding and anticipating catastrophic situations, such as the 2017 earthquakes in Mexico. Since then, I have worked on developing strategies and technologies to respond to and mitigate the effects of disasters.
Second, the spirit:
This sum of experiences has allowed me access to unique places and moments, where conventional logic dissolves and reality manifests itself in its rawest form.​ During my education, I Iearned that, under certain conditions, matter can transcend its known limits, ceasing to be liquid or gaseous to become a unique substance with hybrid properties that defy our usual logic. We know this state as “supercritical,” and it has been a constant source of fascination for me.
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This has led me to ask myself: What would a "supercritical" state of human consciousness be like?
From this perspective, my work seeks to navigate our existence, celebrating its paradoxes and its beauty. Therefore, this series is structured as a visual narrative that explores energetic exchanges and their temporal relationships. Through symbolic horizons, I propose a geometry of symbiosis between time and energy, where human perception constantly dwells in what I have come to call Fluxum Temporis. A notion that, far from being linear, manifests as a cloud of entropic paths originating in the understanding of our present and projecting itself toward the imaginable.
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In it, the ambiguity of the past resides in memory, and that of the future in the imagination. Each oil painting is a map, a window, a mirror that invites the viewer, in their own time and circumstance, to explore and lose themselves in the tempests of color and rediscover themselves in the abysses of their own imagination.​
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Sebastian Estivill
Life and Career
Sebastián Estivill (Mexico City, 1993). He graduated as a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and complemented his education at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary). He later earned a master’s degree in Disaster Management Administration from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, consolidating a strategic and humanitarian vision.
Following the earthquakes that struck Mexico in 2017, he directed his knowledge toward volunteer assistance, coordinating efforts between civil society and authorities, which led to the creation of the Volunteer Intelligence Center (CIV), an organization dedicated to disaster prevention and response. In parallel, he has practiced fencing from an early age, a discipline that has accompanied his personal and creative development.​
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Although his artistic trajectory began far from conventional paths, he chose engineering as a means to build the tools that would allow him to express his creative vision. In his paintings, the logical and rational precision inherent to engineering becomes structure and method, while passion—nourished by fencing, with its energy, rhythm, and physical commitment—provides strength and vitality. This duality between calculation and emotion merges in his work, generating a visual language in which technique is transformed into sensitivity and rigor opens itself to intuition.
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His work, presented in Montréal, Canada (2022), London (Good Enough College, 2022; I Present Art Fair, 2023), and Mexico City (Fábrica de Botones, 2021), reflects this singular perspective that interweaves reason and passion, technique and art, purpose and emotion.
Ongoing projects
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