Zhivago Duncan

Zhivago Duncan Biography

Zhivago Duncan is a Syrian-American multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans a wide range of mediums including elaborate large-scale paintings, raku ceramic sculptures, kinetic dioramas and immersive installations.

The unifying conceptual thread running through Duncan’s work is the exploration of the evolution of human consciousness and the construction of reality through culture.

Duncan creates his own distinctive mythology by incorporating elements on ancient myths, physics, metaphysics, astronomy, artificial intelligence and contemporary philosophy into his work. His themes are expressed through a hieroglyphic language and iconography that symbolizes elements of consciousness and emotional states.

Through his work Duncan aims to Bridge the gap between the physical and metaphysical world while tracing the evolution of consciousness.
Zhivago Duncan lives and works between Los Angeles and Mexico City.