Vinny Olimpio

Black and white geometric tribal pattern with a central diamond shape surrounded by angular elements.

2025 / 2026

À flor da pele expresses a state where emotions are so raw and vivid that they pulse just beneath the skin, barely contained. It describes the fragile beauty in the human capacity to feel life magnified to the point where the heart is laid bare and the soul trembles, exposed to the texture and sensation of existence.

Through free flowing textures and stain washes, this work reflects life in constant motion: unpredictable, fleeting, and often beyond our control. In contrast, the symbology represents intention, the meanings and structures we create to stay rooted in integrity within change.

Between fluidity and structure, chaos and purpose, the work embodies how symbolism becomes a way of grounding ourselves within shifting currents, ultimately revealing that beauty lies in impermanence.

À Flor da Pele is an offering of my deepest vulnerability yet, inviting the same openness in the viewer: to see ourselves as delicate blooms of nature that feel life all the way from the resilience of the core to the tenderness of the surface.

A black and white drawing of a person playing the drums.

A large wooden display case with 35 compartments, each containing a painted or textured Earth-like surface in red, green, and brown hues.

Day by day

Acrylic on canvas textile
Rice paper print with oil paint
Solid wood frames

145 x 264 cm

A large wooden frame containing 35 small square compartments, each filled with a textured, colorful, abstract artwork with shades of purple, pink, blue, orange, and gray.

Turmoil

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint
Solid wood frames

143 x 110 cm

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A wooden display case with 20 small compartments, each containing a red, abstract textured artwork with geometric patterns and watercolor effects.

Red Fever

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint
Solid wood frames

113 cm x 134 cm

A large wall piece with a grid of 15 blue, weathered, textured tiles framed by wood.

Storm to Calm

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint
Solid wood frames

108 x 158 cm

A large wooden framed art piece with multiple textured, painted panels featuring abstract red, green, and yellow patterns, some with geometric or organic shapes.

Heart Beats Ego

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint
Solid wood frames

90 × 90 cm

An aged metal panel with intricate pattern of geometric shapes in rusted reddish-brown and dark gray colors.

Blue healer

Oil and acrylic on linen canvas
Rice paper
Indigo coating

114 × 162 cm

A rectangular artwork with a textured surface, featuring red geometric patterns on a predominantly dark, weathered background with patches of gray, blue, and green, framed in a thin black border.

Guilt and pleasures

Oil and acrylic on linen canvas
Rice paper
Indigo coating

160 × 134 cm

A blue wooden board with a pattern of red and white painted crosses near the bottom.

Dirty Little Tenderness

Oil and acrylic on canvas
Rice paper
Indigo coating

120 x 104 cm

Abstract painting with blue background and red star-shaped patterns, framed in a dark border.

Gentle Damages

Oil and acrylic on canvas

64 x 74 cm

An orange painting with green and darker orange patterns inside a black frame.

Hard to Touch

Oil and acrylic on canvas

75 x 75 cm

A red rectangular box with a textured surface and a wooden border.

Naked heart beat

Oil and acrylic on canvas
Urucum pigment

94 x 94 cm

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A distressed red and green painted wooden surface with geometric patterns and an aged appearance.

Raw Desires

Oil and acrylic on canvas

69 x 82 cm

Abstract painting with a rust-colored background, featuring red circular patterns in the upper half and geometric diamond shapes in blue and gold at the bottom. The painting has a textured appearance.

Naked Nerves

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

134 x 138 cm

An abstract painting with orange, yellow, blue, and teal geometric patterns and textured brushstrokes.

Sementes de Sol

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

95 x 100 cm

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Abstract artwork featuring red circular symbols arranged in a grid pattern on a gray background, with some wear and tear visible.

Hearts on Fire

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

194 x 164 cm

Red and orange abstract artwork with circular shapes and star-like patterns.

In the Heat of It All

Oil and acrylic on canvas

100 x 130 cm

An abstract painting with green, orange, and red hues, featuring a pattern of small gold shapes at the bottom and vertical lines resembling dripping or streaks.

Healing Hurts

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

153 x 123 cm

Abstract painting with gradient shades of green and peach, featuring dripped paint, geometric shapes, and a pattern of diamond-shaped motifs.

Cocoon

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

79 × 115 cm

An abstract artwork with a predominantly green background and orange accents, framed in dark wood.

From thorns to bloom

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

75 x 75 cm

Close-up of an abstract painting with geometric patterns, pastel colors, and a wooden frame.

Gentle Throwback

Oil and acrylic on canvas

73 x 71 cm

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Abstract painting with shades of red, brown, and orange, featuring a geometric pattern of small diamond shapes near the bottom.

Growth after the Storm

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

118 x 156 cm

Abstract painting with warm colors including red, orange, yellow, green, and beige, framed with a dark border.

Leaving old habits

Oil and acrylic on canvas

78 x 64 cm

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Abstract painting with reddish-brown background and a pattern of yellowish shapes arranged diagonally across the center.

Rusted Longing

Acrylic on Linen
Rice paper print with oil paint pigment

84 × 111 cm

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Abstract painting with a central orange rectangle on a textured blue background, featuring circular symbols inside the rectangle.

Circle of Hearts

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

158 x 158 cm

Abstract artwork with red and cream colored textures, geometric shapes, and patterns.

Pain and Bliss

Acrylic on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

122 x 122 cm

Tamo Junto

Acrylic and Oil on canvas
Rice paper print with oil paint

80 × 108 cm

A framed artwork featuring multiple pieces of aged, torn, and painted fabric layered on top of each other, with a textured brown background.

Flor

Oil and acrylic on mix textiles
Angel’s Trumpet flower
Museum glass

57 x 48 cm

Corpo Fechado
Sealed Against Harm

Oil on printed cotton paper, brass nails on cotton and jute, woven in Brazil and Mexico

45 x 45 cm

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This is an image of a framed textile art piece with a wooden frame, surrounded by a fluffy, reddish-brown faux fur border.

Peluchín

Oil and acrylic on canvas
Museum glass

50 x 50 cm

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Rising from Raw

Oil and acrylic on canvas
Hand-carved

64 × 40 cm

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We are all crooked

Pigment on hand woven cotton canvas
Hand-carved

34 x 47 cm

Bit by Bit

Weaved Mexican jute
Hand crafted frame
Clay tile

46 × 46 cm

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Angular, handwritten-style text that reads "Requests" and "Precept" on a plain white background.