Museum
Publishing house & foundation
Museum
My illustrations are conceived as more than images: they are architectures of testimony. Each line and color field is a fragment of lived experience, transformed into a visual language that speaks to displacement, resilience, and the search for dignity.
Museums are not only spaces of preservation but also of dialogue. By exhibiting The Unhoused Gospel, your institution becomes a stage where art and social conscience converge—inviting audiences to reflect on the realities of homelessness while engaging with a bold, contemporary visual style.
These works are designed for public resonance: adaptable to wall display, catalog reproduction, and digital projection. They carry both aesthetic impact and civic urgency, aligning with museums that seek to expand their role as cultural catalysts.
Invitation: I welcome the opportunity to collaborate with curators and institutions ready to amplify this conversation. Together, we can transform illustration into a shared act of remembrance and change.
Catalogue
Wall Text
“The child does not ask for shelter, he asks for sky.
His gospel is not deprivation, it is the gaze that refuses to yield.
Each star is a witness. Each night, a prayer without an altar.”
The Unhoused Gospel: Childhood and Constellation
Title of the Work: The Child and the Star Medium: Digitized vintage illustration Author: Anonymous / Poetic Archive of Childhood Curatorial Framework: THE UNHOUSED GOSPEL — Illustration and Poetry
Curatorial Statement:
This piece belongs to the second module of The Unhoused Gospel, in which childhood is reframed as a cosmic testimony. The barefoot child, standing in a nocturnal garden, does not symbolize vulnerability but rather a radical mode of contemplation. His upward gaze—surrounded by flora, moonlight, and constellations—transforms the domestic threshold into a sanctuary. The bright star adjacent to the moon functions as a symbol of non-institutionalized hope. Here, dispossession is not merely endured; it is transmuted into vision.
The Unhoused Gospel: Childhood and Constellation
Title of the Work: The Child and the Star Medium: Digitized vintage illustration Author: Anonymous / Poetic Archive of Childhood Curatorial Framework: THE UNHOUSED GOSPEL — Illustration and Poetry
Curatorial Statement:
This piece belongs to the second module of The Unhoused Gospel, in which childhood is reframed as a cosmic testimony. The barefoot child, standing in a nocturnal garden, does not symbolize vulnerability but rather a radical mode of contemplation. His upward gaze—surrounded by flora, moonlight, and constellations—transforms the domestic threshold into a sanctuary. The bright star adjacent to the moon functions as a symbol of non-institutionalized hope. Here, dispossession is not merely endured; it is transmuted into vision.
Wall Text
“The child does not ask for shelter, he asks for sky.
His gospel is not deprivation, it is the gaze that refuses to yield.
Each star is a witness. Each night, a prayer without an altar.”
The Unhoused Gospel
Title of the Work: The Bishop’s Gesture Medium: Graphic illustration in red, black, and beige Curatorial Framework: THE UNHOUSED GOSPEL
— Illustration and Poetry
Curatorial Statement:
This image inaugurates the first module of The Unhoused Gospel, where the city is reimagined as a cathedral of resilience. The angular figure, hand raised in invocation, embodies not only advocacy but a demand for justice within the urban landscape. His upward gaze, framed by geometric buildings, transforms the skyline into a moral architecture. Here, the unhoused are not passive recipients of charity—they are consecrated as bishops in a congregation of endurance.
Wall Text
“The city is a cathedral. Its homeless masses are the bishops demanding sanctuary.
Their gospel is perseverance, stoic in the heart of indifference.
Anoint your righteous hand on the brow of the outcast.”
Wall Text
“Each bloom is exquisite, yet calls for space.
ts gospel is protocol, where beauty is a system of growth.
Here, beauty is not ornamental— it is intentional.”
ORCHID PROTOCOL
Title of the Work: Orchid Protocol Medium: Art Deco digital cover design Author: Israel Calle Curatorial Framework: THE UNHOUSED GOSPEL
— Illustration and Poetry
Curatorial Statement:
This piece inaugurates the fourth module of The Unhoused Gospel, where botanical symbolism meets editorial architecture. The orchid, rendered in gold geometry, becomes a cipher—its symmetry a ritual, its bloom a command. The protocol is not decorative; it is strategic. Here, beauty is not passive—it is a system of intentional growth.
ORCHID PROTOCOL
Title of the Work: Orchid Protocol Medium: Art Deco digital cover design Author: Israel Calle Curatorial Framework: THE UNHOUSED GOSPEL
— Illustration and Poetry
Curatorial Statement:
This piece inaugurates the fourth module of The Unhoused Gospel, where botanical symbolism meets editorial architecture. The orchid, rendered in gold geometry, becomes a cipher—its symmetry a ritual, its bloom a command. The protocol is not decorative; it is strategic. Here, beauty is not passive—it is a system of intentional growth.
Wall Text
“Each bloom is exquisite, yet calls for space.
ts gospel is protocol, where beauty is a system of growth.
Here, beauty is not ornamental— it is intentional.”
THE ELDER AND THE MOON
itle of the Work: The Elder and the Moon Medium: Digitized vintage illustration Curatorial Framework: THE UNHOUSED GOSPEL
— Illustration and Poetry
Curatorial Statement:
This piece anchors the third module of The Unhoused Gospel, where age becomes a vessel of cosmic reflection. The seated figure, gazing skyward beneath the moon, evokes a theology of stillness. Trees and distant steeples frame the scene as a nocturnal sanctuary. Here, wisdom is not spoken—it is witnessed.
Wall Text
The elder does not preach. He listens to the silence between stars.
His gospel is memory, carved into the bench of time.”
The Foundation
It will be light foundation
Part of the proceeds support the It Will Be Light Foundation, dedicated to dignity and social aid for the homeless.
Our mission is to transform publishing into a vehicle for social change: every book sold contributes to housing initiatives, food programs, and cultural dignity projects.
We believe literature is not only art but also survival, and each publication is a gesture of solidarity.
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Author & Illustrator - Founder
Israel Calle Ramos
Israel Calle Ramos is a visionary author and illustrator whose work fuses ritual architecture, gothic science, and speculative narrative.
As both writer and visual creator, he builds complete systems where text and image are inseparable.
His books are not simply stories but protocols, infections, and architectures that transform the reader’s perception.
Founder of IT Will BE LIGHT Publishing House & Foundation, his mission is to turn literature into a living architecture of dignity and resistance.
His dual role as author and illustrator ensures that every cover, every illustration, and every page is part of a coherent ritual system.
Through his foundation, he extends this vision into the social sphere, using publishing as a tool for solidarity with the homeless.
