I have always been bold, passionate, and creative for as long as I can remember. Bold in my approach to everything I do, my art is raw and unapologetic, while my music is straightforward and approachable. For the longest time, I wanted to merge them to enhance the viewer’s experience. Whether it was the years I spent apprenticing under my mentor and friend, the late Academy Award-nominated re-recording mixer Richard Portman; my brief assistantship under renowned conceptual artist Jochen Gerz for his project Reasons to Smile; or participating in a performance piece by Native American artist James Luna—these formative experiences ensured that I have always created art and composed music that elevate one another.

My music is primarily electronic and progressive rock with a classical, large orchestral scope, yet I have also written three string quartets, a guitar concerto, and multiple jazz fusion pieces designed to complement my visuals.

My digital art combines 3D-rendered elements, photography composition, mixed media, and traditional oil painting. The work is visually intense, featuring iconoclastic, surreal imagery dashed with a pinch of humor and a dab of sensuality. I believe we artists must have a bit of a self-deprecating sense of humor; everything is not all gloom and doom.

I reserve the gloom and doom to my traditional mixed media paintings with high levels of nervous energy, seeded symbolism, strong thematic that circles around expressionistic baroque art and neo surrealism. 

Let me introduce myself: I’m Carlos Miranda. I am a photographer, visual artist, composer, scriptwriter, cinematographer, and an Assistant Professor of UX and Graphic Design at the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University.