Miguel Mas is a Madrid-based photographer. Trained as a biologist, he worked for more than a decade in the field of microbiology before deciding to merge his scientific perspective with his love for art. He studied photography at the prestigious EFTI school in Madrid.

In his photography, he integrates elements that remind us that life is a constant flow, yet full of imperceptible moments. A recurring motif in his work is the use of fluids – sometimes as distorting elements of reality, other times as building blocks of the image itself. His photographs are alive, ephemeral, and unrepeatable. Always rooted in abstraction, his works are trompe-l’oeil, presenting a transformed reality where nothing is as it seems, and where we often exist without truly knowing ourselves or those around us.

Liquid Dreams

This series invites reflection on identity and image in contemporary society, where social networks play a central role in how we relate to others—and to ourselves. Miguel Mas presents a vision that is at once critical and poetic, creating images that blend the real with the imaginary, the beautiful with the tragic, the human with the divine.

The myth of Narcissus tells of a youth who fell in love with his own reflection in the waters of the river Styx and drowned while trying to embrace it.

The story symbolizes vanity, narcissism, and the inability to love anyone but oneself.

Through this work, the artist reflects a society enamored with its own reflection—one that risks drowning in it.

Cells

The CELLS project recreates, through art, the origin of life and the behavior of cells. Inspired by Alexander Oparin’s theory on the origin of life, Miguel experiments in his studio to create the conditions for simulated organic worlds to emerge.

Using more than one hundred different reagents, he generates cellular-like structures. These liquid forms are alive: they move, expand, mix, and crystallize. The images speak of life itself, while questioning the simplicity of the theories that attempt to explain its beginnings.

With this work, Miguel Mas raises eternal questions: How and why did life appear on Earth? And, like real cells, at some point these creations vanish—closing the cycle.

Drowned Dreams

Through the lives of a group of women scientists from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, the artist places us in a historical moment when women were largely excluded from studies, professional recognition, and scientific environments.

Miguel Mas reinterprets old portraits and photographs of these pioneers with his distinctive style. Using water as his medium, he fractures the images, evoking both abstraction and the neglect they endured.

Inspired also by the life of Madame Curie—who, despite immense struggles, achieved two Nobel Prizes – Miguel Mas reflects on the life of the artist. His message: only through perseverance can one succeed in doing what one loves.

He has participated in major photography fairs such as PhotoEspaña and photo basel, and has exhibited his work in Spain, Belgium, and Germany.

His works can be found in private collections and in the art collection of F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel.

Further information about the artist you find here.