Wayne Maria Bregulla. Born in 1974 in one of the old Hispanic neighborhoods of New York City. My family later moved while I was young to the town of Waialua in the Hawaiian Islands. Since 2011 living in Sweden as a Swedish Resident.
Education:
New York University (NYU), New York. B.A. cum Laude, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
The School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York. Painting and Illustration
Self-Study in Painting Techniques, Paris France
Self-Study in Design, Stockholm Sweden
Philosophy: Punk, Buddhist
Creator and Owner - Ramakrishna Designs, Sweden
Influences in art and life:
Zen Buddhism, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, D.T. Suzuki, Paul Gauguin, Ryu Murakami, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Keith Collins, Dagur Kari, Mikhail Bulgakov, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Philippe Nuell. The Black Panther Party. The color Black. The color Purple.
My photo work is a collection of what I have found to be beautiful in the last many years. Black and white has been the dominant format of how I choose to express what I feel and how I see the world. Cross process photography is something I have been working with much during the last 2 years as an experimental use of color. The different cultures, peoples, and religions of the world have attracted me for as long as I am able to remember. The different places I have been have all had a profound effect on how I see things. The influence of India, Iran, Africa's East Coast and Japan has been especially strong on me. Old trade routes and the concept of the 'Human Condition' have been major themes in my recent work.
My painting work focuses on simple patterns that I am drawn to graphically. Flowers, lines, dots, the use of monochromatic palettes
and currently a movement towards the abstract. Minimalism has always made sense to me. Empty space being equally
as important as used space.