Defying the Beast, 2025
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Papayon Papayon
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Mixed Media

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137.2 x 137.2 cm

Year Created

2025

$8,000.00 USD
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$7,500 - $10,000
Large > 80cm
Landscape orientation
Portrait orientation
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About this artwork

A cowboy rides a charging bison, an unconventional and surreal testament to bravery and resilience. The bold red sky looms above, creating a dramatic contrast with the earthy greens and browns of the landscape. The barbed wire and broken fence symbolize boundaries shattered by the sheer force of nature and determination. This painting captures the raw tension between man and beast, strength and survival, daring the viewer to embrace life’s unpredictable challenges with unrelenting courage.

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@papayonofficial on January 21 2025, 10:24pm UTC

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Figurative painting shaped by tension, irony, and spiritual resilience. Work that resists easy answers and unfolds through quiet intensity. Papayon (Roberto F. Salmon) is a U.S.-born Latin American contemporary artist based in Houston, TX. Working across oil, encaustic, cyanotype, and mixed media, his practice engages themes of trauma, faith, and personal reinvention through heavily worked surfaces and open-ended symbolism. His work has been exhibited at the Museo de Arte de Sonora (MUSAS), The Kennedy, and the Chelsea Museum District, and is available through Artsy and Artsper.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1980 in Tucson, Arizona. Currently residing in Houston, TX, USA.

Education
2006 · University of Arizona

Bachelors Degree

Solo Exhibitions
Sep 5, 2022 - Sep 6, 2022

Democracy on the Dance Floor Casa Villa, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Oct 23, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025

Icons Never Die

Aug 18, 2024 - Aug 20, 2024

Vivid Visions at Chelsea

Jul 20, 2024 - Jul 21, 2024

Mimosas and Art: A Gilded Affair Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Nov 28, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025

La Persistencia del Necio

Jan 21, 2023 - Apr 21, 2023

Galeria Seis Zero

May 17, 2025 - May 20, 2025

Unseen

Dec 1, 2022 - Jan 21, 2023

Viva la Irresistance! Distrito 60, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Jun 20, 2024 - Jun 21, 2024

Contravene : The Speak Easy Art Exhibit Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Aug 5, 2021

Disruptive Art Xico Inc

Aug 22, 2024 - Sep 24, 2024

Aesthetic Amarchy

Group Exhibitions
Sep 5, 2022 - Sep 6, 2022

Democracy on the Dance Floor Casa Villa, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Oct 23, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025

Icons Never Die

Aug 18, 2024 - Aug 20, 2024

Vivid Visions at Chelsea

Jul 20, 2024 - Jul 21, 2024

Mimosas and Art: A Gilded Affair Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Nov 28, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025

La Persistencia del Necio

Jan 21, 2023 - Apr 21, 2023

Galeria Seis Zero

May 17, 2025 - May 20, 2025

Unseen

Dec 1, 2022 - Jan 21, 2023

Viva la Irresistance! Distrito 60, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Jun 20, 2024 - Jun 21, 2024

Contravene : The Speak Easy Art Exhibit Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Aug 5, 2021

Disruptive Art Xico Inc

Aug 22, 2024 - Sep 24, 2024

Aesthetic Amarchy

Bibliography
Dec 13, 2021

Tucson.com 4th Avenue Street Fair

Feb 28, 2022

El Imparcial Press - Estilos Papayon Interview

Nov 23, 2021

Consulate interview Little Rock, Arkansas

Nov 29, 2025

La Persistencia del Necio

Dec 21, 2022

88.1 Radio Station - La voz del Pitic Papayon Interview

Aug 25, 2021

Ida y Vuelta TV interview

Jul 3, 2021

Must see arts events for July in metro Phoenix include tapestries, plays and high fashion.

Nov 12, 2024

The Artist Stoop: Papayon Interview

Selected Press
Dec 13, 2021

Tucson.com 4th Avenue Street Fair

Feb 22, 2022

El Imparcial - Estilos - Magazine interview

Jul 14, 2021

Ida y Vuelta TV interview

Feb 11, 2021

Consulate interview Little Rock, Arkansas

Jan 16, 2022

Viva la Irresestance, Solo Exhibition Interview

Nov 25, 2024

The Artist Scoop interview

Mar 30, 2022

Tucson.com 4ht Avenue Winter Art Fest

Jul 16, 2021

AZ Central - Must see Arts events in Metro Phoenix

Dec 21, 2022

88.1 Radio Station - La voz del Pitic Papayon Interview

Jun 18, 2021

Cafe Cultural Phoenix, AZ Consulate Interview

Aug 13, 2024

Papayon Media Alert-Vivid Visions

Achievements

3+ Solo Shows
This artist has had 3 or more solo exhibitions. A solo show is a milestone moment in an artist's career, and a signal that their market is established.

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