Paul Alex M. Samaniego (Rome, 1989) is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, video art, immersive installations, virtual reality, video games, artificial intelligence, and neuroaesthetics. Born to a couple of Filipino migrants, his practice originates from an inner tension: understanding who we are today in an era marked by digital noise and emotional disconnection.

After graduating from the Liceo Artistico “Via di Ripetta” in Rome, he began exhibiting at a very young age in solo and group shows, experimenting with different languages to investigate the relationship between memory, body, and perception. From early videos produced for the Municipality of Rome and the documentary Da dove vieni for the University of Milan-Bicocca, to the exhibition La fine dell’inizio and the “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Award at the Florence Biennale, his research has consistently sought an authentic connection with what makes us human.

With the pictorial cycle Origo, he explores the concepts of creation and chaos, transforming the circle into a symbol of origin and regeneration. Works such as the video game redruM and the music video Valzer di chimere by Sergio Cammariere expand this investigation through audiovisual language, creating narratives suspended between reality and symbol.

Alongside his artistic practice, Paul Alex extends his vision beyond the art world, collaborating with FAO, the Italian Ministry of Culture, Museo della Civiltà, Rheinmetall, and as a partner of Elephant Brain Lab Srl. Through virtual reality projects, 3D modeling, generative AI, and neuroaesthetics, he translates data, heritage, and inner landscapes into immersive experiences. For him, technology is not spectacle but a tool for listening: a means to slow down time, rebuild connections, and create spaces where information and emotion can once again enter into dialogue.

His research also extends to writing. In the essay Disincronizzazione Emotiva Digitale, he analyzes how hyperconnection, social networks, and algorithms have altered the dynamics of empathy and human relationships, proposing an art that does not simply represent the present, but questions it.

Today, Paul Alex lives and works between Rome and Milan, developing projects that intertwine painting, VR, generative AI, and neuroaesthetic research. His artistic practice, institutional collaborations, and theoretical production converge toward a single goal: to create experiences that restore depth and authenticity to the human being in a world that seems to have forgotten them.