Cryptik creates from a palette of wonder, where all science, math, and true art spring from equal mystery. His is a clear-eyed art practice of more questions asked than answered. The Southern Californian creative’s intricate, almost trance-inducing works—be they on mammoth walls, slap stickers, or hanging in galleries—find voice in images of spiritual universality. By his hand, Eastern philosophical thought and mantras hypnotically merge with the black letter bombing of cholo writing. The ancient and the sacred marry in a modern quest—through art—for conscious awakening and awareness.

– Jamie Maleszka

Artist’s Statement:

The ‘Mantradala’ (Mantra + Mandala) is an ongoing exploration of how art can be used as a tool for meditation, introspection and trance induction, each one adorned with sacred mantras and prayers in hopes of bringing blessings and positive karma to all who view it. The ‘Mantradala’ pieces are cosmic diagrams that remind us of our relation to the infinite and serves as a gateway to a world that extends beyond our material reality. Inspired by the ‘Sacred Science’ of the ancient Egyptians, as well as the practice and creation of Tibetan sand mandalas, this collection reflects the long forgotten wisdom of our ancestors.