Jesus Flores

Calma en el Caos, 2026

In Calma en el Caos Jesus Omar Flores transforms movements from global football athletes into sculptural forms, turning brief moments of action into lasting objects. By studying game footage and live performance, he focused on the elegance and mental composure that exist within moments of physical chaos. Isolating these movements and rebuilding them into abstract structures. The work captures both the physical motion and the mental focus that athletes maintain under pressure, showing how the repetition of the body can transmit a sensation to the naked eye.

Creating these sculptures with mixed media, using cardboard and tape to create a structure. Then covering it with plaster, allowing it to freeze motion and give it a solid form. The significance of using plaster for this piece is that I resembles the actions of an athlete, being able to create even in a fast paced chaotic environment.

This work is significant because it changes how we view athletes and motion. Instead of seeing sports as fast and temporary, the sculptures slow these moments down and make them permanent. The project highlights the balance between control and chaos, strength and grace.

About the Artist

Jesus Omar Flores molds movements from athletes into sculptural forms, transforming fleeting gestures into permanent objects. By studying athletes performing at an elite level, he captures the elegance and mental composure that exist within moments of physical chaos. His work explores how discipline, and pressure shape the athletic body.

Working primarily in mixed media and sculpture, using materials such as plaster, resin, and repurposed sports equipment to reconstruct dynamic poses into abstracted forms. He closely observes game footage and live performance, isolating specific movements such as a mid-air leap, a pivot, or a follow-through and reimagines them as suspended or fragmented structures. Exploring the body in motion within competitive sports, his practice merges personal history with formal study. In one body of work, he deconstructs athletic gear and integrates it into the sculpture itself, allowing the material to carry memory, strain, and repetition. These works reveal grace with exertion.

Through sculpting motion into form,it invites viewers to reconsider the athlete not just as a performer, but as a vessel. Experimenting with larger-scale installations that immerse viewers in the physical rhythm of sport.