lé dieguê (b. 1994, Caracas, Venezuela) earned an M.F.A. in Painting at SCAD and his bachelor’s in Graphic Design at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, KY. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, and art fairs in Miami, Campbellsville, Caracas, Tokyo, New York, Shenzhen, Atlanta, Savannah, and Dubai. While still an undergraduate student, lé dieguê painted over 10 murals for Campbellsville University and was given a personal outdoor space to practice his spray paint skills. This experience set the foundation for his use of spray paint across his work. Currently, lé lives and works in Savannah, GA.

lé dieguê proposes a set of concepts that combine his interests in light and color as signifiers of culture, existence, and memory. Based on scientific methods, Op Art and graffiti, his work is informed by a series of investigations and palettes that present a visual and pictorial expansion of Newton’s and Goethe’s color theories. lé portrays light so as to honor a constant, yet often ignored, interaction between us and the universe.

Named after lé’s study of the nature of light, these works reference the array of colors perceived when light is refracted through glass, crystal or the atmosphere. While some of these pieces have been produced with mediums like acrylic paint and colored pencils, the Angular Perceptions are pieces constituted of a 21-color palette of Montana Gold spray paints, which act as an expansion of the visible electromagnetic spectrum. With this "Chromologic Palette," lé composes a variety of rectangles to create complex, rhythmic, and dynamic grid structures. Each grid composition follows a deliberate color progression that lé has termed an “incidence.” Each incidence serves as a pointer to an existential state, emotion or memory.