Alfredo Mele


Born in Caracas-Venezuela in 1979.
Industrial designer and visual artist specialized in structural design, art production, sculpture and photography with extensive experience of more than 20 years.
Creator and Founder of the company Indsign Industrial & Graphic, a market reference in terms of design, quality and production. His work has had a presence in more than 15 countries and he currently resides in the United States of America, the latter being his third base of operations, carrying out projects of international scope in art, design and advertising, highlighted by professionalism, knowledge in the field and solutions.
He has been recognized with multiple awards and mentions, which position him as one of the most relevant integral artists of the moment.
As a visual artist, he is characterized by the research and implementation of concepts of language, communication, folklore and spirituality, using patterns and geometric shapes that start with the construction of the visual and sculptural element of his pieces, emphasizing the ephemeral human behavior. Of great constructive detail and complexity, a structural characteristic in each of his works.
His work is highly valued but his main hallmark is dedication and technique, that is why many artists, museums, galleries and art spaces have put their trust in him for the design and development of their concepts and production of their works; for this reason today he is also known as "the artist of the artists".



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Ikaru Project by Alfredo Mele


Ikaru is an evolving art project born from a deep exploration of how human beings communicate and connect with one another. Through an open, interdisciplinary visual collage, this universe translates our dreams, aspirations, and realities into experiences that speak directly to the viewer's heart.

The name Ikaru comes from Japanese. It is a versatile, gender-neutral word that means "Brightness," "Light," or "Illuminated." It represents the act of radiating one's own light and possessing a steadfast will. The backbone of this project is a mechanical character—a humanoid with an extraordinary capacity for observation. He has no mouth; he doesn't need one. As he travels through our world, he transforms under the artist's vision to act as a mirror, reflecting back the lost fragments of our own humanity.

While the universe of Ikaru is a work of fiction, the story is built upon the author’s own life experiences and the fears and hopes of a father for his son. The greatest inspiration behind this journey is the memory of his parents; especially his father, who with absolute love, perseverance, and unimaginable sacrifice raised three young children on his own. This work is also a tribute to the friends, teachers, and mentors who along the way taught him how to see the world.

To expand its message, the project is divided into three independent yet interconnected phases:

IKARU Art (The Conceptual Heart)
This is the project's most mature, complex, and mystical evolution. Here, the non-human character becomes a silent teacher, speaking to us about the constant changes we undergo as a society. IKARU Art comes to life through traditional mediums—such as graphite, charcoal, sanguine, oil, and acrylic—fused with high-end digital tools. Its first major physical exhibition, titled “High Hopes: The Dream of Ikaru,” is a finely curated collection bringing together the early years of consolidation of this visual journey, designed especially for galleries and Fine Art collectors.

IKARU Paper (The Narrative Soul)
This phase features a planned 12-book saga of fantasy short stories. The first volume, “Ikaru: The Awakening,” tells the character's genesis and explores the purpose of his creation, his legacy, and the tender family background behind the project. Following its successful presentation at the Miami International Book Fair, this editorial line has expanded to connect with people in their everyday lives, incorporating journals, greeting cards, and a series of three coloring books. It is currently available on global platforms such as Amazon Books and Barnes & Noble.

IKARU Design (The Commercial Universe)
Creatively directed by graphic artist Pachi Galavis, this phase takes Alfredo’s original illustrations and transforms them into a playful, innocent, and relatable representation of our daily aspirations. In this setting, called “Ikaru World,” the character takes on different personalities, professions, costumes, and pop culture tributes through a structured catalog of 232 characters. This phase comes to life as a registered trademark in the U.S. (Class 25, Reg No. 7,584,522) distributing t-shirts, hoodies, backpacks, and premium collectibles like professional skateboards and Fine Art prints. It also serves as an open platform for collaborations with other urban and contemporary creators.

Ultimately, Ikaru is a project that seeks to reach a diverse audience, engaging people of all ages in an enriching, unique experience that transcends the conventional boundaries of art.

Check the project: ikarudesign.com


Alfredo

Mele

Industrial Designer & Visual Artist

Alfredo MeleAbout

Industrial Designer & Visual Artist

Born in Caracas - Venezuela in the year of 1979.
Industrial designer and visual artist specialized in structural design, art production, sculpture and photography with extensive experience of more than 20 years.
Creator and Founder of the company Indsign Industrial & Graphic, a market reference in terms of design, quality and production.
His work has had a presence in more than 15 countries and he currently resides in the United States of America, the latter being his third base of operations, carrying out projects of international scope in art, design and advertising, highlighted by professionalism, knowledge in the field and solutions.
He has been recognized with multiple awards and mentions, which position him as one of the most relevant integral artists of the moment.

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STATEMENTARTIST

Alfredo Mele - Statement Artist

  • Throughout my career as a designer, producer and executor, in short, as a comprehensive artist, I have been able to develop skills and processes always enriching art, which has led me to see beyond what a need understands and takes for granted.
    My work revolves around the investigation of communication in a wide range, translated into visual language, a sensory transmission to create an understanding of what surrounds us, how we perceive and interact with it; to build the shapes and give it a new meaning. Make a self-reflection of human behavior and the way in which language surrounds us, develops and evolves to develop projects that contain a history and merge them with current events.
    I use multiple construction processes in my work that involves the management of artistic techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, as well as various materials to shape the message I want to convey. Shapes and structures until they become poetic objects as two-dimensional and three-dimensional elements.
    Alfredo Mele

  • Alfredo Mele working in his workshop in Bogotá Colombia.

    Bogotá, 2017

  • "I don’t have the right to exaggerate my own importance or to believe that I can’t make a mistake. I’m human and I can make mistakes, in fact, I have every right not to be perfect"

    Alfredo Mele Espinal

IKARU PROJECTAbout

By Alfredo Mele

Ikaru is an evolving art project born from a deep exploration of how human beings communicate and connect with one another. Through an open, interdisciplinary visual collage, this universe translates our dreams, aspirations, and realities into experiences that speak directly to the viewer's heart.
The name Ikaru comes from Japanese. It is a versatile, gender-neutral word that means "Brightness," "Light," or "Illuminated." It represents the act of radiating one's own light and possessing a steadfast will. The backbone of this project is a mechanical character—a humanoid with an extraordinary capacity for observation. He has no mouth; he doesn't need one. As he travels through our world, he transforms under the artist's vision to act as a mirror, reflecting back the lost fragments of our own humanity.

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  • By Erwin Pérez ESPECIAL | EL NUEVO HERALD

    Propuestas de vanguardia del artista visual venezolano Alfredo Mele

    La inmigración venezolana a Estados Unidos ha traído grandes valores de la cultura.Uno de ellos es el artista visual Alfredo Mele, que se caracteriza por la investigación y aplicación de nuevos conceptos en el campo del lenguaje, la comunicación, el folclore y la espiritualidad, integrándose en propuestas de vanguardia. “A lo largo de mi carrera he logrado desarrollar procesos, habilidades, capacidades y destrezas que se reflejan en mi trabajo, orientado siempre al enriquecimiento del arte”, manifiesta.
    Su obra está presente en más de 15 países. Mele considera que su sello principal es la dedicación, sumada a una gran destreza técnica y al empeño en hacer una pieza que cumpla con el más elevado estándar de calidad. “Numerosos museos, galerías y espacios de arte han puesto su confianza en mí, lo cual agradezco profundamente”, asegura. El artista, cuya firma se llama Indsign Industrial & Graphic, ha recibido múltiples galardones y menciones honoríficas.

    Versión impresa: By Erwin Pérez ESPECIAL | EL NUEVO HERALD | Viernes 15 de Octubre de 2021
    Versión digital: EL NUEVO HERALD

  • By El Nacional Venezuela

    Diseñador venezolano restauró la maqueta 3D más grande de latinoamérica

    El diseñador industrial Alfredo Mele, realizó la restauración de un modelo impreso de Bogotá en Maloka, un museo interactivo de ciencia y tecnología.
    EE UU moviliza ayuda tras destrucción, inundaciones y apagones que dejó el huracán Ida El venezolano, que ha trabajado en proyectos que han sido presentados en la Bienal de Venecia, trabajó durante mes y medio en las restauración de la maqueta 3D de Bogotá, que estará expuesta en el museo Maloka.
    La maqueta, de 350 metros, fue diseñada y fabricada por el arquitecto Francisco Vergara y su equipo. Para la restauración, Mele contó con un equipo conformado por los artistas Nicolás Reyes y Cristian Roa, los arquitectos Daniel Saavedra, Mario Zapata y John Cardona y la diseñadora Francis Galavís para analizar la dimensión de la ciudad colombiana con el fin de formular proyectos e insertar el desarrollo urbano.
    Mele registró el nombre de su taller como marca, el diseñador ha creado en físico los artes visuales que desarrolla con una serie de máquinas de artes gráficas con las que se convirtió en referencia de mercado a partir de 2008, cuando consolida la sede física de Indsign Industrial & Graphic en Caracas.
    El taller actualmente cuenta con sedes en Venezuela, México, Ecuador y Colombia. Con Indsign, Mele ha ganado de dos menciones en el Mactac World Wide Innovative Awards en 2011, entre otros reconocimientos.

  • By Estampas Venezuela

    Alfredo Mele logró restaurar la maqueta 3D más grande de Latinoamérica.

    El famoso diseñador venezolano y creador de la maqueta 3D más grande de Latinoamérica, Alfredo Mele siempre está expandiendo sus horizontes creativos, luego de adquirir suficiente experiencia en nuestro país y vivir una temporada en Ecuador y México.
    En año 2008 abre su primera sede física llamada: Indsign Industrial & Graphic, donde su propósito es mostrar al público piezas de calidad, destacando la atención en los detalles de manera que no importa lo que exhibe, siempre y cuando tenga calidad de exposición.
    En Venezuela produjo piezas para Raúl Cardozo, María Fernanda Lairet, María Esther Barbieri, Daniel Adrián, Doménico Silvestro, Dalia Ferreira, Pietro Daprano, Tersa Mulet, Antoni Muntadas, Pietro Daprano, Cristóbal Ochoa, Juan Gerstl y Vicente Corostola. En Latinoamérica ha trabajado con Gustavo Niño, Nicolás Reyes, Andrés Orjuela, Andrés Matías Pinilla, Gustavo Roa, Carlos Velásquez, entre otros.
    A la hora de crear cada una de sus obras, se inspira en muchos detalles, pero lo étnico es lo que más le apasiona, “objetos de nuestro entorno que contengan una historia o sea parte de ella, que sea interesante, me gusta mucho lo étnico. Deconstruyo cualquier cosa que vea, la exploto en mil pedazos en mi mente para volverlo a armar, siempre con la finalidad de hacerlo mejor” explicó Mele.
    El taller Indsign de Alfredo Mele fue elegido para restaurar la maqueta impresa en 3D más grande de Latinoamérica que fue producida para la presentación del actual alcalde de Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa en la Cumbre Mundial de Alcaldes 2016.
    “La convocatoria nos la realiza el arquitecto Francisco Vergara principal coordinador del proyecto en su momento. No teníamos idea de la magnitud del mismo, por lo general uno se imagina algo no tan grande, es lo común, cuando llegamos al sitio nos encontramos con una gran mole de 365 mts2 y 6000 piezas independientes impresas por deposición de plástico que representa toda la topografía y lugares de todo el Distrito fue realizada de manera apresurada para poder cumplir con el evento. La obra se hizo a una escala de 1 a 1.500” aclaró el diseñador.
    39 días transcurrieron para que Alfredo Mele pudiera ver el resultado final de la restauración de la maqueta y poder sentir orgullo pleno por todo el esfuerzo colocado en esta obra.
    El reconocimiento de la gente fue magnifico, pero el agradecimiento efusivo del arquitecto Francisco Vergara, coordinador de la maqueta inicial fue, según Mele, una de las mayores recompensas obtenidas en este trabajo.
    Alfredo Mele desea consolidar más sus marcas y la apertura de nuevos talleres en el mundo, retomando los proyectos en casa y evolucionar esas ideas, asimismo, la realización de la nueva serie de mi obra para el 2019 con una exposición individual en los Estados Unidos.

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