Artists

Alexander Calderon

Alexander Calderon was born on October 22, 1976 in Havana, Cuba. Since he was a boy he has been gifted with a sensation to see color within everything. He received his first acknowledgement for his drawings and paintings at the age of 5 years old from the House of Culture in Central Havana, Cuba. Alexander Connected with art at a young age and he enhanced his talents in the renowned workshop of Gladys Castaneda until he was 12 years old. At that age he continued his education at the Art Elementary in Havana, Cuba. He excelled in his courses and achieved excellent performance in qualifying exams to join the National Arts Academy of San Alejandro until the age of 19. He moved to Spain and started taking art classes with the professors José Parramon, Oscar Sanchis, and Merche Gaspar.

Alexander has completed a considerable number of works, many of which were appreciated and acquired by prestigious personalities of different countries including the President’s son Trujillo and the Vice President of Costa Rica. He has permanent collections in Panama, Europe, France, Central America like Honduras at the Piquion Art Gallery, Canada, and U.S.A. Alexander has successfully participated in over 50 international competitions and many projects within the U.S.A. Some of the most recent exibitions were in the Spanish Alliance in Doral City, Florida, Coconut Grove, Florida, and in Mexico, Cancun with the artist Marta Ancona. Also he has a sample of the Cuban art at MOMA Museum in Montreal, Canada.

Since the beginning of his arrival in the U.S. he has been well received in the Latin and North American markets. Without losing his roots and his own forces he presents his works seem to have an international character and voice. Alexander is an academic painter, his line of work is surreal, tropical, overflowing with inspiration and a sense of commitment to the creation worthy of admiration. After many years of hard work and dedication Alexander is now an established artist despite his youth and versatility.

In his art you will always find a message of love and hope expressed in magical warm colors; typical of an energetic man who is sensitive and has a positive outlook on life. He works tirelessly in his workshop and is still very dedicated to providing the world with beautiful art.

 

Noel Morera

Noel Morera was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1962. He studied at Escuela de Arte in Havana from 1975-1979. Noel is a member of UNEAC and Taller de Artes Gráficas de la Habana. He is well known for his paintings and murals as well as his sculptures, set-designs, and polytechnics.
Noel Morera is a painter, draftsman, engraver, gold-silversmith, ceramicist, and set-designer. He was forced to interrupt his studies in the 1980's for expressing his political ideas. He is a counter-current artist. During his artistic career, there have been no reiterations. He has always shown himself to be a non-conformist ready for change but without renouncing his own style a very peculiar poetry. Noel expresses himself in different techniques and media canvas, engravings, drawings, objects, furniture-sculptures all of which display his dexterity, command of color, and talent for set design.
Noel Morera collaborated with North Miami high school student Victoria Rose on a mural communicating solely through art. Noel Morera made beautiful art from the oil that tragically spilled into our oceans. His work includes sculpture, painting engraving and mixed technique and has been internationally very successful. He has participated in more than 50 solo and collaborative exhibitions in Cuba, England, Spain, Italy and Ecuador, and has received many awards for his powerful printmaking as well as for his other works.

 

 

Neith Nevelson

Neith Nevelson, (born 24 July 1946, New York City), is an artist best known for paintings of horses, female nudes, and male faces. Nevelson's grandmother was the 20th century sculptor Louise Nevelson, her father, Mike Nevelson, was a sculptor and her mother, Susan Nevelson, was an artist and textile designer. Nevelson grew up in Florence, Italy, and began painting at the age of two. She spent her childhood in Florence and New York City, and as a teenager moved to New York, to live at her grandmother's studio. Nevelson studied briefly at the Accademia di Belle Arti, in Florence, Italy. As a student she concentrated on subjects she eventually became known for rather than the standard curriculum of still life drawings and landscapes, and was eventually expelled. Her first exhibition was in 1974 at the Galleria Nuova in Florence. Her last was in 1994; the catalog and exhibition were entitled, "Neith Nevelson: In the Middle of the Night", by Wendy Blazier. She was influenced by Cubism, Surrealism, and Expressionism. Some art-critics have labeled Nevelson as outsider artist.