Memories Beneath the Skin
artworks by Samuel Pintos

Opening Reception: Sunday June 28, 2026, 3 to 6 pm

BRIGHTWORKS GALLERY, 38 Rusling Place, Bridgeport, CT 06604
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CO-CURATED by JOHN ANTHONY BRIGHT Brightworks Gallery john.works101@gmail.com and JOHNES RUTA AzothGallery.com azothgallery@comcast.net

Samuel Pintos - FACING MY MEMORIES - oil on canvas, 20" x 16" x 1.25"		Samuel Pintos - THE GARDEN WE CARRY - oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

"My work explores portraiture as a space of emotional transformation and adaptation" says the artist. "Through the fragmentation of the face, the layering of surfaces, and a gestural interpretationof the human figure, I represent internal states connected to the migrant experience—notonly as physical displacement, but as a psychological process of reconstruction andbelonging. I use the human face as a shifting territory where past and present coexist. The fragmentedcompositions reflect states of uncertainty, assimilation, resilience, and emotional transitionthat emerge while inhabiting new environments and identities.

"Color and gesture function as emotional structures rather than descriptive elements. Each portrait becomes a visual record of internal changes shaped by movement, adaptation, and the constant tension between origin and reinvention. Rather than directly documenting migration, Memories Beneath the Skin seeks to translatethe silent emotional imprint left by displacement: the memories, fractures, and identities thatremain inscribed beneath the skin."

BIO

Samuel Pintos is a Peruvian artist born in Lima and currently based in the United States. Working primarily in painting, and occasionally in printmaking and drawing, his practice explores portraiture as a site of memory, identity, and emotional transformation. Through fragmented faces, layered surfaces, and symbolic imagery, he investigates themes of migration, adaptation, belonging, and the psychological traces of lived experience.

Pintos studied at the National School of Fine Arts of Peru (2000–2005) and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the National University of San Marcos in 2013. He also attended the Painting Workshop Program at the Art Students League of New York. His work has been exhibited in Peru and internationally, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. His artworks are held in private collections and have been featured in various publications.

His current body of work examines the emotional imprint of migration and the ways identity is continuously reshaped through memory, displacement, and adaptation.