Marcos Tejedor’s work begins with the recognizable image: faces that already exist in the collective memory, icons that are part of a shared visual culture.

His practice engages in dialogue with the tradition of contemporary portraiture, positioning itself between the iconic construction associated with pop art and a more raw, psychological approach to the image.

Each piece starts from a controlled foundation, where the structure of the face is defined with precision. From that point on, painting becomes a field of decision: interventions, cuts, and gestures that alter that initial stability.

Color does not appear as a descriptive element, but as a force of rupture. It acts upon the image, interferes with it, and displaces it, creating a distance between what we recognize and what we are actually seeing.

In many works, the figure coexists with structures that contain or traverse it: lines, frames, or forms that introduce a sense of pressure and limitation. The image ceases to be a portrait and becomes a space of tension.

It does not seek perfection, but the point at which the image stops being correct and begins to be true.

The result is not a faithful representation, but an image in conflict: between the icon and its transformation, between control and rupture, between the surface and what attempts to emerge from it.

Selection of recent works. Some pieces are held in private collections, while others are available.