CARLOS LLANES

CARLOS LLANES, BORN ON MAY 18TH, 1965 IN MELENA DEL SUR, CUBA, IS A HIGHLY ESTEEMED ARCHITECT WHO GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA WITH A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE. KNOWN FOR HIS ABSTRACT STYLE, LLANES CREATES COMPOSITIONS THAT REFLECT THE UNIVERSE OF THE INDETERMINATE AND TRANSFORM IT INTO UNOBSTRUCTED FORMS. HIS WORKS EMBODY THE INTRICATE STRUGGLES BETWEEN CONFLICTING FORCES, CREATING HARMONIOUS SURFACES THAT CAPTIVATE THE VIEWER'S EYE. THROUGH A SOOTHING FLOOD OF PERCEPTUAL STIMULI, LLANES ACHIEVES A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE BEHOLDER'S PERCEPTION AND HIS OWN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

NOT LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC STYLE OR GENRE, CARLOS LLANES DEMONSTRATES HIS VERSATILITY THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT MEDIA. WITH SKILLFUL PRECISION, HE TRANSFORMS EVERYDAY OBJECTS LIKE HIS FAMOUS HAVANA CLUB RUM FILTERS INTO PROFOUND ARTISTIC STATEMENTS THAT INVITE US TO SEE THE BEAUTY WITHIN THE MUNDANE.

LLANES HAS HAD AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER WITH OVER 100 SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS ACROSS VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING CUBA, ITALY, SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED STATES. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CUBAN ART HAVE EARNED HIM RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINTERS OF HIS GENERATION. HIS REMARKABLE WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN HAVANA AND HE WILL REPRESENT CUBA IN THE 2023 FLORENCE BIENNALE.

2023, ACRYLIC, PASTEL AND INK ON CANVAS, 52 X 60 IN

CARLOS LLANES

HORIZON, OIL ON CANVAS, 47.5 X 47.5 IN