Antonio Mora takes multiple photos and artfully fuses them into surreal digital art of the finest order. Born in 1957 in Alicante, Spain, Mora studied Psychology and Philology before earning a Master’s in Graphic Design and spending roughly 25 years as an art director running his own design studio. After a significant health event redirected his path, he began channeling his experience into personal artwork, revealing the results in early 2013. He describes himself as an “image cocktail mixer,” sourcing portrait photographs and landscape imagery, then layering them in Photoshop using opacity gradients, blending modes, and masking to dissolve the boundaries between the two.
“His originality takes root in the merger, in finding combinations that leave in the palate of our conscience flavors of evocation and mystery. Images that open a crack in our collective memory allowing us to watch, though only it is an instant the hybrid beings who populate our deepest dreams.”
A strange forest melts into a woman’s face, someone’s hair explodes into a splash of water, a dreamy blend of ideas, almost as if caught somewhere between two thoughts. The technique is digital compositing rather than in-camera double exposure, but the visual effect is the same: two images become one, and the result is something that belongs to neither.
Dream Portraits and Beyond
His ongoing Dream Portraits series remains the signature body of work, transforming standard portraits and landscape or animal shots into majestic abstract photography by combining them into a single frame. The collection has expanded into named sub-series: Arquitectures merges faces with buildings and urban geometry, while Open Mind and I Am push further into abstraction.
Individual piece titles draw heavily on Greek mythology: “The Young Zeus,” “Cyclops,” “Nymph,” “Persephone,” “Eos.” Mora now works from his studio in Elche, Spain.
Exhibitions and Gallery Representation
Mora’s work is represented by Citizen Atelier in the United States, Art Concepts London on the King’s Road, and M.A.D.S. Art Gallery in Milan. He has exhibited in New York, Paris, London, and Tokyo. Prints are available through Saatchi Art, Curioos, and his own gallery site. He has entered the NFT space and in 2025 began exploring AI-integrated techniques alongside his Photoshop-based process.
For more portrait work that plays with layering and identity, see Double Exposure Animal Portraits by Andreas Lie and Multiple Exposure Portraits by Christoffer Relander.
