A practice developed between Chile and Valencia
Disneylexya was born in Chile and moved to Valencia in 2007 to study cultural-heritage restoration at the Universitat Politècnica de València. The city became the setting in which his public practice expanded.
His work now crosses mural painting, illustration and tattooing while maintaining a strong connection to the street as a space for storytelling.
Myth, nature and invented creatures
Pre-Columbian visual culture, indigenous myth and observations of animal life meet European medieval and Renaissance illustration in Disneylexya’s densely worked images.
Elephants, birds, plants and hybrid beings are filled with repeated marks and ornamental structures, so a large figure becomes a field of smaller discoveries.
A mural that rewards slow looking
The 2024 Valencia mural documented here presents a monumental elephant built from rhythmic lines, geometric motifs, plants and smaller animal figures.
Its saturated palette makes the wall immediately visible, while the internal symbols slow the encounter and reveal the hand-drawn complexity that distinguishes the artist’s work.
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