about the artist...

For over five decades, Agustín Gaínza has created a vibrant and deeply personal artistic universe where color, imagination, humor, and emotion converge.

Born in Havana, Cuba, and based in Miami, Gaínza finds inspiration in a world that extends far beyond any single place or subject. His paintings invite us to explore real and imagined cities, intimate interiors, whimsical characters, distant landscapes, and stories in which the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

His artistic journey is one of constant exploration. Moving freely between subjects and techniques, Gaínza embraces new ideas while allowing elements of earlier works to reappear in unexpected creations. Painting remains his greatest passion, alongside ceramics, drawing, and printmaking.

With more than sixty solo and group exhibitions internationally, his work has reached audiences around the world and is represented in public and private collections. His creative spirit has also found expression in monumental ceramic murals, design, and other artistic ventures.

Havana remains an inseparable part of his identity, but his curiosity and imagination know no boundaries. Today, Gaínza continues to paint, explore, and reinvent the world through his unmistakable language of color.

Sobre el artista...

Durante más de cinco décadas, Agustín Gaínza ha creado un universo artístico vibrante y profundamente personal, donde convergen el color, la imaginación, el humor y la emoción.

Nacido en La Habana, Cuba, y establecido en Miami, Gaínza encuentra inspiración en un mundo que va mucho más allá de un lugar o un tema determinado. Sus pinturas nos invitan a recorrer ciudades reales e imaginarias, interiores íntimos, personajes llenos de fantasía, paisajes lejanos e historias donde lo cotidiano se transforma en algo extraordinario.

Su trayectoria artística es una búsqueda constante. Moviéndose libremente entre temas y técnicas, Gaínza explora nuevas ideas y permite que elementos de obras anteriores reaparezcan en creaciones inesperadas. La pintura continúa siendo su gran pasión, junto con la cerámica, el dibujo y el grabado.

Con más de sesenta exposiciones individuales y colectivas a nivel internacional, su obra ha llegado a públicos de distintas partes del mundo y forma parte de colecciones públicas y privadas. Su espíritu creativo también se ha expresado en murales monumentales de cerámica, diseño y otras aventuras artísticas.

La Habana sigue siendo parte inseparable de su identidad, pero su curiosidad y su imaginación no conocen fronteras. Hoy, Gaínza continúa pintando, explorando y reinventando el mundo a través de su inconfundible lenguaje del color.

DESCRIPTION

Spanning over four decades, Agustín Gaínza has consummated a vibrant interpretation of the world around him.  His body of work encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking and ceramics, and his unabashed use of color assumes a leading role in all of his endeavors.  Memories of his native Cuba are intrinsically and harmoniously linked with a wicked sense of humor.

INCLUDES

• Oil & Canvas
• Watercolor
• Ceramics
• etc.

DESCRIPTION

 Gaínza’s art is structured with various series of works.  The moment he feels a theme may become repetitive, he passes on to another, often infusing trace elements from the previous series in the new ones.

 Gaínza’s notable series include: Harlequins, Guajiros, Rural, Interior, Contempt, Mulatas, Moninas, Mamboletas, Umbrellas, Matías Pérez and his inexhaustible City series.

 Gaínza has been featured in more than 60 solo and group exhibitions in the United States and countries throughout Europe, Asia, Central and South America and the Caribbean, including his country of origin.

INCLUDing

• Madrid, Spain
• Miami, Florida
• Ars Atelier Paris, France
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Washington, D.C.