Helios (Greek, God of the Sun); Varuna (Sanskrit, God of the Water): behind this term you can discover the interrelations between East/West, reality/fantasy, past/future, male/female, darkness/brightness…

An artistic research through alchemy and Tantra, combined with the hermetic approach to philosophy and expressive forms of Avantgarde, create a neo-pop scenery, with plenty of colorful, cheeky and rebellious icons.

“Hello Kitty” becomes the new Messiah;  vinyl toys substitute ancient symbols of spirituality; a psychedelic bunny presents itself as the dictator of a modern society; a little blond girl is putting up with all the challenges which she’s being confronted with and strange red entities continuously desire to fertilize ova…

Manga creatures, vintage design, free style urban languages invades Elio Varuna’s works of art generating new idols of contemporary communication.

His paintings partly making cross-over techniques visible, provide them with more or less hidden allusions and new designs of art. His works on canvas are characterized by distinct but mysterious figures, thus conveying ironical aspects and messages to be discussed, social criticism and surrealistic landscapes: art for stimulating contradictory reflections…