I repeated the Mantra with her
I repeated the Mantra with her depicts two figures lying closely together within a repeating, radial structure. The work explores intimacy, repetition…
M.V. Baks
Alter modernism - where technology meets nature
Portfolio archive
Browse all published portfolio work in chronological order.
Inktober 2026
Inktober 2026 follows one drawing as it grows through the daily prompts. An apple becomes a place for remnants, buildings and plant life. Each additio…
Cubes: Help Close the Portal
Cubes is a participatory installation in which visitors are not merely spectators, but become co-authors. Every word written on a cube finds its way i…
Journal Metamelei
Journal Metamelei is a growing archive of ideas, stories, drawings, and discoveries from the world of Metamelei. Each issue captures a new fragment of…
Bezweefd
Bezweefd is a surrealist graphite drawing in which distorted checkerboard patterns, root-like structures, and floating colour accents come together to…
Psychedelic Chess
In Psychedelic Chess I explore what happens when structure begins to loosen.
The chessboard represents a system. Rules. Order. Black and white thinking…
18+ Paint Job
The final chapter in the Benz series brings rope and paint into the same space.
In Paint Job, restraint and expression merge. The rope frames the body …
"Live Lines" Online
Every two weeks, I sit down to create a drawing guided entirely by chance.
With a single word from the Random Box, a new image begins to unfold — spont…
Grounded Truth
Grounded Truth is my series of temporary drawing interventions in public space.
With chalk, charcoal and intuitive lines, I bring drawings to pavements…
“Live Lines” Live
"Live Lines" - Live: surreal drawing performances on location, where art emerges in the moment and visitors experience the magic of the process up clo…