Build, Breed, Bleed

Ciron Señeres’ latest exhibition, Build, Breed, Bleed, takes its structure from three pivotal moments in the Bible that also parallel the cycles of human life. Build begins with God's creation of the world: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Breed recalls God's first command to humanity: “Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28), extending creation through human continuity. Bleed points to the entrance of sin into the world through Adam (Romans 5:12), introducing mortality, suffering, and the enduring consequences of human choice.

Temporarily setting aside his still lifes of discarded plastics and wrappers, he turns his attention to the built environment surrounding his studio in the southern province where he now lives and works. Construction sites and unfinished subdivision with their exposed rebars and crumbling cement walls become recurring motifs. These are landscapes suspended between demolition and completion, where permanence gives way to renewal and where destruction is inseparable from the possibility of rebuilding.

“These unfinished structures became a mirror of my own artistic journey,” Señeres states. “It was in the city where I built the foundation of my painting practice. From that foundation, I gradually developed and expanded my ideas. Like the construction areas that continue to change, my work remains under construction—always growing, always searching, always becoming.”

That dialogue between material and metaphor extends beyond the paintings themselves. Señeres presents actual fragments collected from construction sites, each painted as an individual object. They are arranged around Christ's words: “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” The installation reframes familiar building materials through the lens of Scripture, inviting reflection on judgment, accountability, and grace.

The exhibition is inseparable from the artist's own spiritual transformation. “As a newly born-again Christian," he says, “I found new meaning in Scripture. What began as a simple idea about constant building and works in progress eventually became connected to the biblical narrative of creation, human purpose, and the consequences of the Fall. Through these paintings, I reflect on both the physical landscapes around me and the spiritual journey that continues to shape my life and my art.”

Build, Breed, Bleed ultimately returns to the rhythms of ordinary existence. We build what we do not yet fully understand. We expand what we have made, often without anticipating its full implications. We then live with its consequences. Señeres reveals this cycle it as the enduring condition of being human: creation forever unfinished, purpose continually unfolding, and redemption sought amid the very ruins we leave behind.