Luca Bjørnsten creates art that merges vibrant, fluorescent paintings with themes from childhood and pop culture, often featuring vaporwave aesthetics centered around Florida beachscapes. His works, using oil paint and wax pastels, focus on overlooked elements of internet culture, featuring imagery such as gas stations and supermarket aisles. Influenced by 90s cartoon logic and aesthetics, Luca intentionally recontextualizes these visuals to invoke nostalgia while also celebrating their overlooked significance. His inspirations include notable artists from the Bay Area figurative movement and others who blend genres in their work.
I'm drawn to the overlooked visuals of pop and internet culture - meme formats, outdated logos, bootleg toys, awkward mascots, strange branding, and digital leftovers.
Growing up in the 90s shaped the way I see this stuff. That era's cartoon logic, clunky optimism, and early digital textures still echo through how I build images.
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