Gabriel Soto (b. El Salvador, 1993) is an artist with an interest in vintage imagery, philosophy, science, and esotericism. He graduated in 2017 from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with a BFA, where he trained in figurative and representational art.

His work has been shown in several exhibits in Maryland, DC, as well as the midwest and in virtual spaces. In 2023 he was the recipient of the Grant for Artists by the Maryland State Arts Council.

Primarily focused on the dialectic between archaic metaphysics and modern scientific ontology, Gabriel is currently based out of the Washington DC area, where he resides as a DACA recipient.

Spirits of The Land

Gabriel’s project will address an investigation of land and place through the lens of spiritual philosophy, showing how land can be a stage for an ecology of different realities and modalities of being. While in residency, he will be working on large scale drawings that focus on the idea of land spirits, and land as an ontologically layered reality.