Cuban Art

JEFF

José Emilio Fuentes Fonseca, JEFF was born in 1974 in Granma, Cuba. From an early age, JEFF struggled with health issues related to a rare genetic disease that affected his lungs and ability to breathe. This disease coupled with an accident at the age of 8 where he lost 3 fingers and barely survived, meant he spent much of his childhood in and out of the hospital. JEFF's art draws inspiration from the country that saved him. The artist frequently resorts to childish iconography marked in his case by difficult life battles. JEFF has exhibited across Europe, UAE and the Americas. He has also received numerous prestigious art awards during his career.

Name: Cantimploras (Flasks)

Stainless steel /Inflated metal

La Revolucíon es mia : 16 x 10 x 6 cm 

Hecho con amor: 15 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm

Siempre se puede estar mejor: 9 x 10 x 10 cm

Starting price: $750 Set of 3 

Name: Retrato (Portrait)

Stainless steel sculpture

26 x 16 x 24 cm

Starting price: $2,500 USD

Name: La barba

2024, Series of three images

42 x 42 cm (Frames included)

Starting price: $1,500 USD 

Amalia Abreu

Amalia was born in 1999, in Pinar del Río. She is a young Cuban artist who studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte. Her work has been characterized by the use of various means such as painting, photography and installation. She was recently a finalist in the Prisma 6 competition, Body; and third prize in the tenth edition of the Post-it contest.

In these works Abreu returns home to the rural countryside where she grew, considered the epicenter of tobacco culture in Cuba. In San Luis, everything revolves around the planting and cultivation of tobacco. This is how the Atman series (2020-2023) arises, where a rediscovery of the spaces, habits, practices and people of their rural community is honored. The artist digs a path to self-awareness through the rural hardship of her origins.

Name: Casas de Tabaco

"From the Atman series", 2020

Digital photography / 29 x 26 cm

Series of four images

 Starting price: $850 USD 

Name: Proceso del Tabaco

"From the Atman series", 2020

Digital photography / 29 x 26 cm

Series of six images

 Starting price: $1,450 USD 

Name: Unbutton 

2024, Tobacco flower color study

Oil on canvas / 46 x 54 cm

Series of 2 images

 Starting price: $1,050 USD 

Marcel Molina

Marcel was born in the city of Cienfuegos, in central Cuba. He draws inspiration from a region historically linked to the sugar industry, once the country’s main economic crop. With exquisite detail and technical mastery, his work brings viewers closer to the history of sugar production and its most important symbols. He has exhibited extensively throughout Cuba, Europe, and the United States. In 2013, he received the Belkis Ayón Award in Cienfuegos for his mastery of woodblock printing and was later awarded the National Engraving Award of Cuba

Name: Time

2024

Xylography / 80 x 80 cm

 Starting price: $1,000 USD 

Name: Power switch

 2025

Xylography / 105 x 130 cm

Starting price: $2,000 USD 

Frank Hart

Frank Hart is a prominent figure in contemporary Cuban visual arts, best known for his evocative reinterpretations of national identity. A graduate of Cuba's prestigious art academies, Hart has developed a visual language that balances academic rigor with modern symbolic exploration.

His work is defined by a signature technique often referred to as the "confetti flag" style. This approach involves building iconic imagery—most notably the Cuban national flag—through a dense accumulation of small, vibrant brushstrokes that appear to drift across the canvas. This fragmented aesthetic serves as a powerful metaphor for the diverse individualities that collectively form a nation. Rather than a static symbol, Hart’s flags are living, breathing entities that reflect the dynamism and complexity of the Cuban people.

Hart’s art has been featured in high-profile events such as the XIII Havana Biennial (2019) and various exhibitions at the Casa del ALBA Cultural and the Cira García Clinic in Havana. His work invites viewers to reclaim national symbols as personal expressions of belonging, asserting that the flag belongs to every citizen to interpret in their own way.

Name: Cuban flag

2025, Acrylic on Canson paper

55 x 35 cm

 Starting price: $450 USD 

Name: Cuba

2025, Acrylic on matboard

40 x 65 cm

 Starting price: $350 USD 

Gustavo César Echevarría (Cuti)

Better known as Cuty Ragazzone, is a prominent contemporary Cuban-born artist (Havana, 1960) with a degree in Art History whose work is defined by a bold, "voyeuristic" exploration of the female figure through a lens oferoticism and Pop Art. Characterized by sharp black outlines, vibrant contrasts, and a blend of public and private spheres, his paintings frequently incorporate iconic Cuban motifs—such as wide-brimmed hats—to celebrate a provocative and self-assured femininity. Ragazzone has achieved international recognition with exhibitions across Europe and the Americas, including the prestigious Havana Biennial, establishing himself as a key figure in modern figurative art that challenges social taboos with elegance

Name: La Pura

Ink on paper

75 x 60 cm

Starting price: $800 USD 

Mariano Rodriguéz

Mariano, was a titan of the Cuban modern art movement and a lead figure of the segunda vanguardia. He is celebrated for his role in constructing a modern Cuban national identity by blending international avant-garde styles such as Cubism and Abstract Expressionism with distinct island motifs, most notably his iconic and powerful roosters (gallos), which became enduring symbols of virility and freedom. Beyond his artistic production, which is held in prestigious permanent collections like the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, he was a cultural leader who served as the president of  Casa de las Américas cementing his legacy as one of the most influential painters in 20th-century Latin American history

Name: Gallo (Rooster)

1980, Signed limited edition serigraph completed during Rodriguéz's time in Columbia.

#6 of a series of 40. 

70 x 50 cm

 Starting price: $1,500 USD 

From a private collection

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