Collages are a truly underrated art form, and Beto Val will make you see them in a whole new light. He’s putting together the most unexpected animals to create surreal collages of hybrid creatures that have to be seen to be believed.
Beto Valencia aka Beto Val’s career as a collage artist started as a happy accident after he stumbled upon a bank of vintage illustrations in the public domain. He decided to start experimenting with them as a way of combating the stress of his daily life, and his hobby quickly grew into an obsession and a full-time job.
Val wants his collages to immerse us in a surreal world plagued by eccentric beings, without sticking to a single theme or style.
“His passion is exploration, play, and fun in all its expressions where each new collage suggests a world completely different from the previous one and yet all of them bear the perfectly recognizable stamp of the author,” explains the artist on his official website.
Val is best known for his hybrid animal collages, featured in his book The Great Book of the Imaginary Animal Kingdom. He also created collections of collages called Wild Aristocracy and Amazing Machines, and we’re looking forward to their equally mind-blowing follow-up.
