At Julian Espinal Art Project, we are honored to present a Cuban Maestro with a unique pictorical language...
Propuesta #2
2019
Acrylic on canvas
133 x 140 cm.
52¨ x 55¨
Esteban A. Leyva Espinosa is a Cuban painter, born in Havana on June 4, 1957. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Art in Havana in 1982, majoring in mural painting. In 1976, he graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts Of San Alejandro.
Aceiñico
2019
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150 cm.
59¨ x 59¨
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 200 cm
59¨ x 78¨
With more than 40 years of painting experience, Professor Espinosa has participated in 20 personal shows and more than 70 collective exhibitions.
Untitled
2019
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 200 cm.
59¨ x 78¨
His paintings are part of private collections of art connoisseurs in more than 30 countries. He is a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and the National Council of Plastic Arts (CNAP).
Amor Africano
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 200 cm.
59¨ x 78¨
Major Awards
1995 First award. "Competition SALON PLAYA" Gallery Servando Cabrera, Havana, Cuba.
1991 First prize. "Hall mini box" Gallery CID # 3, Madrid, Spain.
1990 First award. "International Competition Otto Blathy in Memoriam" National Library Budapest, Hungary.
1987 First award. "Competition 26" The FAR. National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana Cuba.
1986 First award. "Competition March 13" Gallery L. University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1974 First prize drawing contest of young artists, Head of University Students, Jagiellonian University. Krakow, Poland.
Equinoccio
2016
Acrylic on canvas
277 x 222 cm.
109¨ x 87¨
Solo Exhibitions
2017 “DE FRAGMENTACIONES”, Galería Villa Manuela, La Habana, Cuba.
2015 “12th Havana Biennial”, Domingo Ravenet Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2014 “Motion City” KAVACHNINA Contemporany Gallery. Miami, Florida, USA.
2013 “Two Brothers, two borders”, at Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA.
2012 “One Artist”, Havana Nostra Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA.
2011 “Leyva exhibition” Contemporany KAVACHNINA Gallery. Miami Florida, USA. 2008 “PARTY” Origin Gallery, Grand Theater of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
2004 “Happy Together '' Galliano Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2004 “Leyva’s brothers” Panama City, Panama.
1999 “A place nigh to Havana” Roberto Ramos Gallery. (Landscapes) Calle 8 Miami. FL. USA, USA
1995 Institute of Art Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1993 "Looking for sea abstraction" René Portocarrero Gallery-workshop, Havana, Cuba.
1992 "Leyva Exhibition" Library National Arts School (ENA), Havana, Cuba.
1990 “Leyva Exhibition” Centro NEPSTADIUM. Budapest, Hungary.
1990 "Abuc" Canvas prints and drawings, National Arts School (ENA), Havana, Cuba.
1989 "Drawings and paintings by Andres Puig and Esteban Leyva" Andragos Gallery, Madrid,
Spain.
1987 "Esteban Leyva and Darié Sandú exposed" Cuban Institute of Fisheries, Havana, Cuba.
1986 "Arm and disarm the sea" Maritime Research Center, Havana, Cuba.
1985 "Leyva Exhibition" Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana, Cuba.
1980 "Martí now" Educational Improvement Institute, Ministry of Education, Havana.Cuba.
1978 Elementary school teacher trainer José Martí, Cojimar, Havana, Cuba.
Es posible ir al infinito
2015
Acrylic on canvas
212 x 222 cm.
83¨ x 87¨
Fairs and Collective Exhibitions
2017 “Levitar en abstracto”, Galería Arteconsult, Panamá, Panamá.
2016- 2017 “Mar de culturas” Panamá, Cuba, España. Centro cultural de España casa del soldado, Panama City.
2016 “Es mejor dudar” Casa 8 Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2015-2016 “Cuban Art generation 80s” Museo de Linares A.C, Nuevo León, México y Museo de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México.
2015 “Espacios paralelos” Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.
2015 “Poems and paintings” Casa del Alba, Havana, Cuba.
2014 Collective exhibition "Libro 100 Abstracts artists" Casa del ALBA, Vedado, Havana. Cuba.
2014 Dallas Art Fair, LMNT Gallery, Texas, USA.
2014 “ALTERNATIVE”, LMNT Gallery, Art Basel week. Miami, Florida, USA.
2014 “Afluencia: manifestación cubana” Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma. Lima, Perú.
2014 “The Contemporary Art” The Current Art Group U.S.A. at SPECTRUM Art Fair, Miami, FL. USA
2013 “Revoutionary Island: Tales of Cuban History and Culture”. Sonoma
Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) Sonoma, CAL. USA.
2013 “SPECTRUM” Art Fair, Art Basel week, Current Art Group USA, Miami, Florida, USA.
2013 “BUILDING BRIDGES”, Sacramento, California, USA.
2013 “FWADA DADA” Art Show with Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas USA.
2013 “Revolutionary Island: Tales of Cuban History and Culture”. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) Sonoma, California. USA
2013 Cuban Artist Art Fair, Taste of Cuba Festival, Brickell Circle Downtown, Miami, Florida, USA.
2013 “Contemporary Art Fair”, Brickell Art Walk exhibition, Miami, Florida, USA.
2013 “ABSTRACTION”, LMNT Gallery. Miami, Florida, USA.
2013 “INCOGNITO”, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida, USA.
2012 “Soy Cuba”, Arte Enigma Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida, USA.
2012 “Cuban Art party”, Private event at Sonoma Valley Vinery, Sonoma, California, USA.
2012 “Zenith” at Luminarte Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA.
2012 “Contemporary Art Fair”, Brickell Art Walk exhibition, Miami, Florida, USA.
2012 “Contemporary Cuban artists”, LMNT Gallery. Miami, Florida, USA.
2012 “Cuban Artists”, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida, USA.
2011 Expo Gallery Trades. Havana. Cuba
2011 GROUP SHOW. Contemporany Kavachina Gallery. Winwood Art district, Miami, Florida. USA.
2011 Naples Art Fair, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery, Naples Florida. USA.
2011 Collective exhibition International Sculpture and Paintings, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery, Miami, Florida USA.
2011 American Art Fair, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery, Convention Center, Miami Florida. USA
2011 Urban Dreams, Contemporany Kavachnina Gallery,Miami, Florida, USA.
2011 Expo Galería Los Oficios. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba
2010 RED DOT Art Fair, Art Basel Week, Miami Florida, USA.
2010 FIARTE FAIR, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
2009 “83 Reasons” 3 paintings of the selected artists: Esteban Leyva, Adigio Benitez and Ever Fonseca and 80 pictures of cuban photographers dedicated to 83 Fidel Castro´s birthday and the Culture National Day, Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2009 INTERNATIONAL EXPO COLLECTIVE “Each one is his PANAMA II.” Panama City, Panama.
2009 ArtMadrid CONTEMPORANY ART FAIR, Madrid Spain.
2009 X Havana Biennial “All Star” Collage Havana, Hotel Melia Cohiba, Havana, Cuba.
2009 X Havana Biennial Exhibition of Abstract. Havana, Cuba.
2008 Permanent Collection National Library, José Martí, Havana.Cuba
2008 Auction Exhibition San Felipe, Panama City. Republic of Panamá.
2008 IAFA International Association of Fine Art. SEÚL KOREA.
2007 Exhibition Landscapes, La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2007 50th Anniversary MURAL “PERMANENT WORK” Habana Libre Hotel. Havana, Cuba.
2007 The book “From the loneliness and hope” with the work for freedom Illustration
2007 Exhibition “WE ARE WHAT WE ARE” Provincial Gallery, Ciego de Ávila, Camaguey, Cuba.
2007 Exhibition “Eating monsters” Au Grand Palais, Paris, Francia.
2006 Exhibition “Greetings to the Cuban Culture Day”, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.
2006 IX Havana Biennial, Santa Clara Convent, Havana, Cuba.
2006 IX Havana Biennial “We are what we are”, Gallery El Morro, City of Havana, Cuba.
2006 IX Havana Biennial Manual "GENERAL ELECTRIC", Havana, Cuba.
2006 ArtMadrid CONTEMPORANY ART FAIR, Madrid, SPAIN.
2005 Exhibition for the Interdicyplinary Fundation group “WE ARE WHAT WE ARE”, MORRO GALLERY, Havana, Cuba.
2002 Collective Exhibition of “Cuban painters artists forming" International Gallery Hotel Comodoro, Havana, Cuba.
2001 Collective exhibition International Salón Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba.
Figuras para una mitología imaginaria
2017
Acrylic on canvas
270 x 200 cm.
106¨ x 78¨
Fairs and Collective Exhibitions (continuation)
1999 "Small format exhibition" The Bohenme Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
1999 "Lounge 99" Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1998 "Happy for you, happy for me" alternative at Art Salon II Contemporary, Gallery Arzuaga, Havana, Cuba.
1995 "New spatial concept" Logos Gallery, Ibiza, Spain.
1993 "Painting and Design Hall" Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1991 "Exhibition" La Acacia Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1991 "Hall mini box" Gallery CID # 3, Madrid, Spain.
1991 "IV Havana Biennial" Pan Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1989 "Latin American Artists Drawing" Marti Studies Center, New York, USA.
1987 "Contest July 26" National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1987 "Contest March 13" Gallery L. University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1986 "Contest March 13" Gallery L. University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1986 "Teachers' Lounge" Academy of Fine Arts of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba.
1986 "Presence Contest March 13 at the II Havana Biennal" Gallery L. University of Havana, Hall Award, Havana, Cuba.
1985 "Salon of Young Artists" University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
1985 "Exhibition of art school professors" National Art School (ENA), Havana, Cuba.
1984 "I Havana Biennal" Galiano Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1984 "Living Landscapes" Provincial Center of Plastic Arts and Design, Havana.
1983 "City Hall" Development Center of Visual Arts, Havana. Cuba.
1983 "Per la Libertad" Travelling exhibition in Italy, Switherland, Sweden, Finland, France, Germany and Denamark. Sponsored by the International League for the Protection and Release of Prisoners of Conscience. One of the artist's work was acquired by the then President of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Sandro Pertini.
Serie Equinoccio
2016
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 110 cm.
55¨ x 43¨
Works in collections
2016 MOLAA Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
2015 Alta Med Health Services Corporation. Los Angeles, California USA.
2013 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) Sonoma, California. U.S.A.
2012 The Democratic Party headquarters in the State of California. Sacramento, California. USA.
2008 José Martí National Library. Havana, Cuba.
2008 50th Anniversary Mural Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba.
2007 football CLUB "Le Mans Union Club 72", Paris, France.
2003 Contemporary Art Museum Topes de Collantes, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.
His Works integrate private collections in 31 countries, and different institutions of the country, such as the Military Hospital, the Juan Manuel Marquez pediatric Hospital, William Soler Children’s Hospital Heart Center, the José Martí University of Pedagogical Science, among others.
Untitled
2017
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 200 cm.
59¨ x 78¨
Private Collections in these countries
Arabia Saudí • Argentina • Australia • Brasil • Canada • Chile • China • Colombia • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Egypt • England • Finland • France • Greece • Hungary • India • Israel • Italy • Japan • México • Netherlands • Nicaragua • Panama • Portugal • Somali • Spain • Switherland • Turkey • Uruguay • U.S.A.
Untitled
2015
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 140 cm.
78¨ x 55¨
"I use a language where freedom is reflected in the use of composition and chromatism, I represent expressive situations that do not refer to the model known to similar or scenes photographed our reality. There are as many universes and situations in them as life and its surprises, for an always naive man who is restless, some are lost in these labyrinths without finding the end in this type of artistic representation."
Esteban Leyva Espinosa
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