
Gabriel Portela
A.K.A
VORACE KAHNA BAAL
VIRTUAL SOLO EXHIBITION
18.08.2025 - 23.08.2025
Gabriel Portela: an odyssey beyond the veil of reality
"My work unfolds like a logbook, a diary. The logbook of a journey from here to beyond the curtain of reality, and the safety of established forms. Each frame is a torn page from what is lying beyond the void. A fragment of emotion transfigured, and disfigured into digital matter. They preserve the memory of a passage, a vertigo, a revelation. Within this logbook, dreams and nightmares merge and give rise to inner landscapes where imagination takes form through vast blackened abysses where penitent souls lurk, searching for solace and identity. Starving and begging for dying gods. I began to write this log when I was 7, till now, inspired by what I see each time I blink.
My name is Gabriel Portela, also known as Vorace. I've been a self taught French drawer since I'm 3 and I discovered digital art at 20 then got a degree in graphic production and started to work for bands to forge my visual identity. My influences and inspirations came from miscellaneous experiences with religions, addictions, and death."
A collage artwork featuring a torn poster with a human face, the mouth revealing teeth, and celestial objects like planets in the background.
A surreal digital collage featuring a large human face with eyes closed, partially covered by a piece of cloth, with candles, a skull, and abstract elements around it set against a dark starry background.
Image of a surreal composite showing a person with fists clasped, a skull for a face, and floating debris around them, creating a haunting and abstract scene.
Black and white surreal artwork of a human figure with multiple hands reaching toward a moon, with a cosmic background.
A digital collage of a large, surreal figure resembling a hybrid of Greek statue and celestial being, with multiple arms, some holding spears and others with snake-like elements. The figure has a halo-like circle behind its head, set against a starry space background with planets. Smaller figures with animal heads are at the bottom of the image.
Three large statues with head coverings, one in center with hand on face, surrounded by floating small rocks and planets. A ring with candles above, with a small figure at the bottom connecting all elements.
Dark artwork of a woman with scenes of death and religion. The woman appears to be floating, with a red streak running down her body. Below her, there is a depiction of a decapitated head, candles, and various objects, all in a dark, surreal style.
A surreal black-and-white digital artwork featuring a giant, hooded figure with a moon and cosmic background. The figure's head appears to be a hand holding a luminous orb, with pinkish roots or tendrils extending from it. The figure holds a long staff with a spiked end, towering over two smaller individuals at the bottom, who are looking into an open hole with multiple hands reaching out from it.
A surreal digital artwork featuring a large figure with a cracked mask head sitting at a table, with smaller figures at the bottom all in black and white, and a dramatic dark red sky in the background.
A surreal black-and-white digital artwork of a shirtless man with a large abstract white swirl in place of his head, holding a paper and two candles. In the background, there are floating mushrooms and a small figure bent over a body of water.
Black and white artwork featuring a human figure with a skeletal torso and skeletal hands, with a forest of bones and candles above the head, and a platter of bones and fruit below.
A surreal digital artwork showing a person with a superimposed dark thunderbolt shape over their head, appearing to be in deep thought or distress, set against a textured, grungy background.