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“ Getting through the day is a triumph, and staying alive is a victory .”

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"Born by accident, dedicated to study & forced to work.

To find meaning in my like, I make Art using my Architectural skills



       The work of J. F. Bautista | The Dark Artist | artbybautista                                                                                            

2024 | The Future Was Here

It's about the abrupt transformation from Utopia to Dystopia. Both paths have veered off course right before our eyes.

2023 | Mazzei Estate

Merging Architecture, Art and Nature by Agustin Maldonado, Architect.

2023 | The Future Is Here

For all my projects I use disposable application tools to create conceptual designs.

2022 | Civil Unrest

The images in this book were taken during the civil unrest and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the city was placed under curfew from June 1-7, 2020.

2021 | NYC After Dark

This book is a graphic documentary of the events occurred during and after COVID-19 and Civil Unrest in New York City  

2018 | Timeline

The images in this timeline are a collection of my art work and exhibits in New York from 2017 to 2018.  

2017 | Gargoyles

The primary use of the gargoyle was to illustrate evil through the form of the gargoyle.  

2016 | Dark II

Each haunting image on every page seems to struggle to free themselves from the clutches of eternal damnation, a mirror of my own experiences as a survivor in this cruel world.  

2016 | Ghost Architecture

My normal instincts are to explore the uncharted dark underground ghost architectural world, at this time I'm doing it with a little help of Mandelbulb 3D, maybe you shouldn't.

2015 | Utopian Architecture

It is believed that advanced science and technology will allow utopia living standards; for example, the absence of death and suffering; changes in human nature and the human condition.  

2015 | Urban Explorer

I find decay of uninhabited spaces to be profoundly
intriguing and meaningful to document what I see.

2015 | 3:19:2003

It is a collection of graphic memories about moments and events, both public and private that took place in my life during the Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom missions that occurred from 03/19/2003 thru 07/19/2003 or 172,800 minutes in hell. 

2014 | Architectural Hallucinations

Mostly I’m focused in the Social Urban Decay which is the process of disintegration of a previously flourished... 

2014 | Empty Architecture

Urban and architectural decay often appeals to my imagination. While some consider
the unfinished parts of the city... 

2014 | Architecture of Subterranean Species

In general, nocturnal subterranean species have less interest in the visual world, and depend on other sensory modalities... 

2013 | Architecture in B & W

Architecture in Black and White is a favorite photography subject for many Architects. With as much symmetry, lines, grey tones... 

2013 | Architecture of Social Organisms

Social parasites-organisms take advantage of interactions between members of social organisms.  

2012 | Reverse Engineering

How a parasite benefits at the expense of the other?, I know them, I live with them, I work with them and I don't like it.  

2012 | Dark I

Each haunting image on every page seems to struggle to free themselves from the clutches of eternal damnation, a mirror of my own experiences as a survivor in this cruel world.  

2010 | Vag-a-bond

This book contains a collection of photographs taken during my travels around the world.  

2010 | Architecture by J. F. Bautista

This is a compilation of the most significant buildings designed and constructed over the last 30 years of my professional career as an architect, designer...

2010 | Organic Mutant Architecture

There once was a place of monumental cities with towers that swept an entire civilization…  

2010 | Perspectives

Saving Tudor City: The Thrill of Victory. Drawings from Tudor City by J. F. Bautista.

Author: NYC Technical College


2010 | 19th-Century Architecture

The Cambridge Introduction to Art. House in the Hamptons designed by Tim Maldonado. Rendering by J. F. Bautista in page 98.

Author: Donald Martin Reynolds