My Daughters are the most perfect doll that I have dressed with so much joy and inspiration.- Razel Gonzales
Razel Gonzales is a multidisciplinary artist and mental trainer whose work is a dialogue between the inner emotional landscape and the forces of nature. Born in a humble fishing village by the sea, Razel grew up as the daughter of a fisherman. With limited resources, traditional art materials were a luxury—but the shoreline became her studio, and the ocean her first and lifelong muse.
Her early practice began in the sand, using her hands to sketch waves, sunsets, and imagined worlds. The impermanence of her first artworks, washed away with each tide, became symbolic of the spiritual and emotional release art could offer—a belief that continues to inform her creative process today.
Razel’s work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as New York, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and across Austria, where she was selected in 2015 as one of 42 artists to exhibit alongside the renowned Austrian master Ernst Fuchs. Her art is recognized for its emotional depth, organic forms, and intuitive storytelling—blending elements of surrealism, nature mysticism, and inner healing.
At Razel’s most recent solo exhibition in Innsbruck, Austria, the atmosphere was elevated by the presence of Heinrich Neisser, once the Second President of the Austrian National Council, and Herwig van Staa, former Governor of Tyrol and President of its State Parliament—figures whose stature echoed the significance of the work on display. The event was also featured in Tiroler Tageszeitung, underscoring its cultural relevance in the region.
“Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it as fuel to your journey–
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires–
When you are born, you cannot choose your parents, your brothers or your place of birth, but you can choose what to do with your life later. Every situation in life, even the toughest one, can be used to be a whiner or a winner–
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life–
Being creative, you have to think different, and when we are different, we have a tendency to be labelled strange, crazy or insane. Often, when people are creating something new, they end up straddling between sanity and insanity-