Daniela Nieto
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and now based in Berlin, visual artist and illustrator Daniela Nieto (aka Fuego) treats drawing as a necessary tool for internal translation.
After studying cinema at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes in Buenos Aires, Fuego relocated to Germany, establishing a distinct creative style defined by fine, continuous lines and fluid graphic structures. For Fuego, putting graphite to paper is a lifelong, intuitive pursuit - an unavoidable dialogue used to navigate the boundaries of the visible world.
Creating from her Berlin desk, Fuego shapes compositions that exist between simplicity and depth, working with "images that speak in whispers." She treats these delicate works as talismans or portable altars - objects and visions where elemental forces converge to hold power in their fragility and truth in their ambiguity.
Fuego's work stays away from realistic scenes, focusing instead on abstract, portal-like shapes guided by symbols and personal narratives. "I'm just trying to reveal something to myself, often finding meaning after a long process of just making, like cracking a message," she notes. "In the same way, I like to think of my work as a mirror where the viewer can find a projection of their own depths."