Alfredo Gonzalez (Dofre) 'Persistencia' Print Available

Artist: Alfredo Gonzalez (Dofre)
Title: Persistencia
Medium: Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
Size: 16 x 20 Inches
Edition: 20
Prices: $170

 

Alfredo Gonzalez, known by his artist name Dofre, is an Oxnard-based contemporary artist whose work merges his graffiti roots with traditional oil painting to create a unique style of deconstructed portraiture. His art explores themes of identity, impermanence, and transformation, focusing on capturing the profound, quiet moments that alter a person's life path.

Gonzalez's artistic process is a blend of precision and raw distortion. He uses layered textures, aerosol, and oil to build and break down form, resulting in figures that shift dynamically between realism and abstraction. This deliberate erasure and disruption of form creates a sense of movement and blurs the line between presence and decay, creation and loss. The human face is a frequent and central subject in his work, used to explore the emotional breadth of shared human experiences.

His work has been exhibited in Los Angeles and across the East Coast, with pieces held in private collections worldwide. Notable exhibitions include solo shows at the Grand Bohemian Galleries in Savannah and St. Augustine in 2023. Gonzalez also engages in collaborations, including working with fellow artist Shepard Fairey, with whom he created a hybrid collaboration piece, embodying the principle of art as a mechanism for peace. Through his art, Gonzalez seeks to foster a dialogue about the human experience, approaching it from a perspective of shared understanding and intimacy. His unique voice is cemented in the contemporary portraiture scene through his compelling fusion of street art energy and fine art technique