highlighted works
Highlighted pieces from the Shell Project, the philosophy, the Rip-Off posters, the Robbery works, the hidden secret texts, and the restless flow of the Core Series.
the tienqa art ARCHIVE
The Beginning
Tienqa was born out of loneliness. On a blank sheet of paper, lines began to flow like a quiet meditation, creating rhythm, calm, and focus. From this moment of solitude a pattern emerged, a language that made the invisible connections of life tangible.
From Personal to Shared
What began as something intimate soon transformed into a shared language. The pattern started to resonate beyond its origin, becoming a way to reveal how people are linked even when the bond cannot be seen. Tienqa grew into a collective space, a reminder of the hidden ties that hold us together.
The Digital Age
When Tienqa entered the digital world, the pattern unfolded into entirely new dimensions. Animations, AR filters, and 3D prints allowed it to move, to breathe, and to exist in spaces where it could constantly shift form. In this new environment, people began to search for hidden meanings within the lines, looking for connections even when they were not always there.
The pattern became both a question and an answer: a reminder that in a world flooded with images and data, the desire to find connection never disappears. Over time, these experiments reached far beyond their origin, with more than 12 million people encountering Tienqa through digital filters alone.
hiding in plain sight
The pattern does not reveal itself all at once. Within the lines, words, symbols, and numbers can be hidden, waiting for those who take the time to look closer. Sometimes meaning is discovered, sometimes it is imagined, yet the act of searching itself becomes part of the work. In this way, Tienqa exists both as an artwork and as a code, carrying visible and invisible layers of connection beneath its surface.
Crossing Borders
In Santander, Spain, Tienqa entered a new landscape and began to grow in dialogue with other voices and perspectives. Collaborations, including one with photographer Jan Teubner, placed the pattern in unfamiliar settings where it absorbed new meanings. Each encounter expanded the way Tienqa could be seen and experienced, proving that connection is shaped not only by creation but also by context.
Back to the Roots
Even as new technologies push the work forward, the hand-drawn line remains at the heart of Tienqa. On canvas, every stroke carries weight, rhythm, and imperfection that no machine can imitate. By continuing to draw by hand and entering a meditative state, new possibilities emerge: colors, shapes, techniques, and icons that could not exist otherwise. Returning to this practice is a way of staying close to the source while opening space for discovery and evolution.
This practice also sparks an urgency to create, leading to entire series of works, at one point forty artworks within a single month, showing that genuine innovation often grows out of abundance, repetition, and the sheer act of making.
Always Evolving
Tienqa is a living process that is never complete. It keeps changing form, yet the pattern itself remains constant. By creating new works again and again, the language of Tienqa expands, slowly weaving itself into different places and contexts until it begins to take root everywhere. Its strength lies in this balance of repetition and renewal, showing that continuity can carry transformation across the world.
Infinite Source
At its core, Tienqa is not a destination but a flow. It makes the invisible visible and uncovers the hidden ties that run between people, objects, and nature. Each pattern is both mirror and map, reflecting the world we share while tracing the bonds that shape it.
