César Goce (València, Spain, 1994) is a visual artist whose work develops at the intersection of urban muralism and contemporary art. Initiated at an early age through graffiti and later studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia, Goce has forged a defining pictorial language that dialogues with the instability and constant flow of the digital age.

His work is articulated around “the subversion of the image”: an exploration into how new technologies and contemporary ways of life irrevocably alter the nature of perception. Starting from urban photographs—especially nocturnal ones, where he finds an inexhaustible source of references—the artist subjects these images to a process of distortion, decomposition, and reinterpretation. What emerges is a hybrid imaginary where the analog and the digital, the abstract and the figurative, the visceral and the refined coexist in a symphony of contrasts. His paintings are a reflection of the restless contemporary life captured in a fleeting instant.

Goce’s process is a synthesis of techniques. He combines the gestural quality and materiality of oil paint on cut wood with the vectorial precision of Computer Numerical Control (CNC). This friction between the manual and the technological allows him to create supports with disruptive forms and superimpose layers of language: the warmth of the wood and the human gesture against the apparent coldness of the digital tool.

Following a long trajectory as a mural painter, his focus has shifted to studio production, marking a transition toward greater abstraction, consolidated in his series “Liquid Shadows”. A trip to Japan in 2019, during a crucial moment, established a turning point in his career that continues to permeate his work. This turn has boosted his international projection, with works already forming part of private collections and foundation holdings globally, exhibiting in galleries in cities such as Long Beach, Geneva, London, Madrid and Paris.