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Ernesto Gutiérrez Moya
Born Havana, Cuba 1985
Pervertida, 2023
Oil on canvas
24 Ã- 20 inches

Value: $2,000

Ernesto Gutiérrez Moya grew up in Havana, Cuba. He now lives and works in Miami, FL. His work reflects a traditional painting education, noticeable in his fluency in paint handling, color, composition and style, all of which refer to Western art before the 20th century. When he moved to the United States, he continued painting spaces shaped by architectural elements, as he had in Cuba, but, about five years ago, he began exploring his new landscape, especially lush gardens and ornate fountains. Baroque stylistic details place Moya's paintings in the company of dramatic and ornate colonial architecture, reflecting his experiences in Habana Vieja, where there are centuries on view in a single plaza. His paintings collect vestiges of a multitude of eras and all picture ways humans mediate nature.

Moya has had solo shows in Miami and Havana. He received a Miami-Dade Individual Artists (MIA) Grant, attended the Vermont Studio Center Residency, and attended the Whale & Star Summer Workshop with Enrique Martinez Celaya. Emerson Dorsch presented his paintings at NADA House in Governor's Island and Untitled Art Fair in 2021, and at SWAB Barcelona in 2022. Publications include CdeCuba Art Magazine, DESTIG Magazine, and The Saatchi Gallery Magazine. Moya is represented by Emerson