Claudio Conde - Ausencia - XL

Absence – Painting on canvas, 100 x 70 cm.

In “Absence,” the image opens into two worlds that coexist without touching: on one side, the yellow light barely keeps the echo of shapes, where the shadow of a suspended bird seems like a memory paused in the air, as if its flight had been trapped in time. There is no body, only its dark trace, insinuating what is no longer there. On the other side, life persists in soft and fragile colors, flowers that still breathe over the serene blue. Between both spaces, the work whispers that absence is not absolute silence, but the persistent imprint of something that once was and, in some way, still remains.

I am a visual artist with painting as my main focus. My work centers on exploring color as language and as a means to build landscapes that are born in the mind but seek to materialize in physical reality. Each work is an attempt to translate sensations, memories, and inner atmospheres into tangible images, creating a bridge between the intangible and the visible. Color is the axis of my research: I use it not only as an aesthetic element but also as a tool to open emotional and perceptual spaces.

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Visual artist trained at the Camagüey Professional School of Visual Arts (1992) and holding a degree in Sociocultural Studies from the University of Las Tunas (2008), he has developed a sustained exhibition career in Cuba and internationally. Among his most notable solo exhibitions are Where Light Sleeps (2024) at Galería Servando Cabrera, Three Cardinal Points (2023) at Galería Carmelo González, and Urban Nativity Scenes (2020) at the National Library of Cuba, among others. His work has been part of group exhibitions at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, at the Centro de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de La Habana; in the curatorial section of the Zona Maco Mexico fair, among others, consolidating a coherent discourse around landscape, space, and symbolic construction. Throughout his career he has received various recognitions, including awards at the National Landscape Salon and at the Fayad Jamís Salon, which support the solidity and continuity of his artistic production."