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Jose Manuel Mayo Peña presents Peces en el estanque XL, a 2023 oil painting on canvas in a contemporary style, 135 by 90 cm, signed by hand and issued as an original edition from Spain, in good condition.
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With Peces en el estanque, José Manuel Mayo presents a painting where nature ceases to be a recognizable motif and becomes a visual experience. The artist does not seek to reproduce an aquatic landscape, but to capture what remains invisible within it: the movement of the water, the vibration of light, the uncertain depth, and the fleeting presence of the fish beneath a constantly changing surface.
The work is built from a gestural language of notable maturity, where each brushstroke responds both to an expressive need and to a structural one. The composition avoids any dominant center and is organized through a system of chromatic masses that balance with one another. Large fields of deep greens, dark blues, and ochres dialogue with bursts of magentas, oranges, and violets that introduce pulsations of energy without breaking the overall harmony of the whole.
One of the painting’s greatest achievements lies in its treatment of light. Far from depicting it descriptively, Mayo makes it an autonomous compositional element. The broad reserves of light tones traverse the surface like changing reflections on water, generating an atmospheric sense that gives the work depth without resorting to traditional perspective. Light does not illuminate the space; it is the space.
The pictorial gesture reveals absolute confidence in the material language. Glazes, impastos, dragged brushstrokes, and drips coexist without apparent hierarchies, making visible the construction process of the painting. That material honesty places the painting within a contemporary gestural tradition where the act of painting remains present in every inch of the canvas. However, what distinguishes this work from a purely informalist exercise is the clarity with which each intervention occupies a precise place within the balance of the composition.
From a critical reading, Peces en el estanque demonstrates a deep understanding of lyrical abstraction as a territory of evocation rather than negation. Mayo does not eliminate the reference to the natural world; he distills it until it becomes rhythm, color, and visual memory. The viewer perceives the water, the submerged vegetation, the reflections, and the organic forms without needing to find them depicted explicitly. The painting works precisely because it trusts the perceptual capacity of the viewer.
Especially notable is the economy of resources with which the artist achieves notable spatial complexity. The composition avoids the saturation that often accompanies certain contemporary gestural practices and instead bets on a balance between density and pictorial silence. The zones of greatest chromatic intensity always find their counterpoint in open spaces where the viewer can breathe before diving again into the painting’s material richness.
The large format, 135 × 90 cm, amplifies this experience. The scale allows the viewer not only to observe the painting but to become immersed in it. The physical dimension of the gesture takes center stage and turns the visual journey into a bodily experience, where every movement in front of the work reveals new relationships between texture, color, and depth.
Beyond its title, Peces en el estanque does not aim to offer a recognizable image of an aquatic environment. Its true theme is perception: that unstable boundary between what we think we see and what we barely sense beneath the surface. In that ambiguous territory lies the work’s strength. José Manuel Mayo succeeds in transforming a daily scene into a painting investigation about light, movement, and visual memory, showing that abstraction can retain an intense narrative charge without relying on figurative representation.
From a curatorial perspective, this piece evidences a mature painting aware of its own resources. Its apparent spontaneity is the result of a rigorous construction, where gesture, color, and composition are subordinated to a single intention: to transform the canvas into a space of active contemplation, capable of offering new readings each time the viewer faces it again. In this lies the solidity of José Manuel Mayo’s proposal and the reason this work transcends mere abstract exercise to stand among truly dense conceptual and plastic painting.
JOSE MANUEL MAYO PEÑA
- Born in Las Tunas, Las Tunas Province, Cuba, (1976)
- Graduated in 1997 with a degree in drawing and painting from the Professional School of Visual Arts in Las Tunas.
- Member of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS)
- Member of UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba)
- Has served as specialist and curator at Fayad Jamis and Guernica galleries in Las Tunas
- Joined art education in 2001 as a drawing teacher.
- Currently an independent artist and professor at the Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas.
- Member of the Martiana Chair.
Collective Exhibitions and Events
- 2024
- 2023 Here We Are. Collective Exhibition. Fayad Jamis Gallery. Fbc. Las Tunas. December.
- 2023 Small Format Sculpture Salon. José Antonio Díaz Peláez. Las Tunas. CPAP. CODEMA., Las Tunas. Gallery, Center for the Development of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas. November.
- 2023 UNEAC Salon. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. October.
- 2023 Collective Expo. When I came into this world. Gallery. La Jungla of the Nicolás Guillen Foundation. Las Tunas. September.
- 2023 The Plastic in April Salon. Provincial Gallery of Plastic Arts Las Tunas. April
- 2022 1st Abstract Art Salon Díaz Peláez. Belkis Ayón Gallery. Vedado. Havana. September.
- 2022 Collective Exhibition. Target Shooting. 61st Anniversary. UNEAC Headquarters Gallery. August.
- 2022 Mayo Abstracto. Virtual Collective Exhibition. V Taller de pintura abstracta. La Cruzada. UNEAC. Las Tunas. May.
- 2022 Collective Exhibition. Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Las Tunas. Outcome of the 5th Abstract Art Workshop. Project La Cruzada. May.
- 2022 Mayo Abstracto V Workshop. La Cruzada. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. May
- 2022 Only You and the Moon. Collective Exhibition. Nicolás Guillen Foundation Gallery. La Jungla. Las Tunas. April.
- 2022 The Freedom of Space. Virtual Abstract Art Exhibition. Belkis Ayón Gallery. Vedado Havana. February–March.
- 2022 Return Light. Tribute to the master. Collective Exhibition. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. January
- 2021 UNEAC Salon. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. November.
- 2021 Collective Expo All the Hands. National Culture Day. Provincial Council of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas. October–November.
- 2021 Collective exhibition of Cuban Painters Homage to Pedro de Oraá. Mayo Abstracto. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. May.
- 2020 UNEAC Salon 2020. For Cuban Culture Day. Provincial Center Gallery of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas. October.
- 2020 Collective Exhibition Woman-Lite. Decimarte. Gallery From a Deep Vantage Point. Las Tunas. March.
- 2020 Erotic Art Salon. UNEAC Las Tunas gallery. February.
- 2020 Exhibition Collective Light in the Soul. 167th Anniversary of José Martí’s Birth. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. January.
- 2019 UNEAC Salon Las Tunas. Homage to Cuban Culture Day. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. October.
- 2019 National Meeting of Abstract Art. Imán IV. Collage Habana Gallery. August. Havana.
- 2019 Abstract Confluence. Collective Exhibition. IV Abstract Art Workshop. Project La Cruzada. Provincial Arts Center Gallery Las Tunas. May–June.
- 2019 Digital Art Salon. Dedicated to UNEAC’s 9th Congress. UNEAC Gallery Las Tunas. April.
- 2018 Collective Exhibition Osmosis II. AHS. Youth Creators Project. Guernica Gallery. Las Tunas. November–December.
- 2018 National Exhibition of Abstract Art. Imán 3. Fausto Cristo Hall. UNEAC. Holguín. November.
- 2018 UNEAC Salon. Glimmers of Identity. Las Tunas. UNEAC Gallery. October.
- 2018 Collective Exhibition. Osmosis. Youth Creators Project. Guernica Gallery. AHS. August–September. Las Tunas.
- 2018 Abstract Art. National Salon. Collective Exhibition. Gestural Suggestions. La Confronta Gallery. UNEAC Provincial Committee. Santiago de Cuba. May.
- 2018 Abstract Art (May Abstract) La Cruzada Project. Fayad Jamís Gallery. Collective Expo. Las Tunas.
- 2018 The Plastic in April Salon. Provincial Arts Council. Las Tunas. April.
- 2018 Digital Art Salon. For the 30th edition of the Provincial Plastic Arts in April. UNEAC Gallery. April. Las Tunas.
- 2018 Collective Exhibition. Abstracts at Home. Project: “La Cruzada.” March–April. Las Tunas.
- 2018 Abstract Art Salon. Gestural Expressions. Project La Cruzada. UNEAC Gallery. March. Las Tunas.
- 2018 On the Purple. Erotic Art Salon. UNEAC Provincial Committee Gallery. February–March. Las Tunas.
- 2017 Winter Salon, Fayad Jamís Gallery. Las Tunas.
- 2017 Imán II project La Cruzada, Lario Gallery, Camagüey.
- 2017 Homage, UNEAC Gallery, Las Tunas.
- 2017 Cuban Contemporary Artists, Rocca Aldobrandesca-Piacastagnaio. Italy
- 2017 Imán project La Cruzada, National Theatre Gallery of Cuba. Havana.
- 2016 Collective Expo Abstract Painters Fayad Jamís Gallery. Las Tunas.
- 2016 Abstract Regenerations. Art Center. Las Tunas.
- 2016 Cuba pearl of the Caribbean. Rocca Medieval Passignano. Italy.
- 2016 Tuna Brava Collective Expo Guernica Gallery Las Tunas.
- 2016 30th Anniversary Salon. Guernica Gallery Las Tunas.
- 2016 Immersion III xilography. Fayad Jamís Gallery Las Tunas.
- 2015 Cuba how beautiful is Cuba. Citta’ d’ La pieve Umbría Italy
- 2014 Collective Exhibition 100 Abstract Painters. Alba Cultural House. Havana
- 2014 Collective Exhibition A Color for Clemen Greember Proyecto LA CRUZADA. UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2014 Collective Exhibition for the 45th anniversary of art education in Las Tunas. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas
- 2013 Collective abstract painting exhibition LA CRUZADA. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas.
- 2012 April Plastic Salon. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas.
- 2011 Strictly Collective. Exhibition for UNEAC’s 50th Anniversary. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas.
- 2011 Cuban Homage. Provincial Museum. Las Tunas.
- 2011 expo “4x4” Gallery La Jungla, Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas.
- 2011 Retrospective Graduates of the Las Tunas School of Art, Tunas Theater
- 2010 II Eastern Salon, Emilio Bacardí Museum, Santiago de Cuba.
- 2009 Summer UNEAC Salon, Las Tunas.
- 2008 II Erotic Art Salon (With the mild grace of nudity). UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2008 I Eastern Salon, Emilio Bacardí Museum, Santiago de Cuba.
- 2008 Collective photography exhibition (SOBRE-EXPOSICIÓN). UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2008 I Photography Event, UNEAC, Pto. Padre, Las Tunas.
- 2007 Ceramics event, cover design. Las Tunas.
- 2007 Arte Cuba Exhibition, Valencia, Spain.
- 2007 Cuban Art Exhibition, Italy.
- 2007 Drammen and Cuba Exhibition, Drammen Theatre, Norway.
- 2007 I Erotic Art Salon UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2007 Collective exhibition of abstract art LA CRUZADA, Cultural Huellas project.
- 2006 UNEAC Salon Las Tunas.
- 2006 Expo of Tunero artists in Germany.
- 2006 Collective Expo for UNEAC admission UNEAC Las Tunas.
- 2006 Collective Expo Mi Ciudad for the city’s 210th anniversary Las Tunas.
- 2006 Expo Artisti del Fondo de Bienes Culturales Fayad Jamís Gallery.
- 2006 Collective Expo UNEAC members in celebration of Culture Week in Las Tunas.
- 2006 UNEAC Salon Las Tunas.
- 2006 Collective Expo of abstract art, Havana.
- 2006 Fourth Abstract Art Event La Cruzada Holguín Art Center
- 2006 Award Salon of 2005
- 2006 Third Abstract Art Event La Cruzada UNEAC Guantánamo
- 2006 I Abstract Art Workshop Spirit Abstract Sancti Spíritus
- 2005 Miniatures Salon.
- 2005 The Plastic in April Salon.
- 2005 I Abstract Art Event “La Cruzada” UNEAC Manzanillo).
- 2005 Tunero Plastic Show.
- 2005 II Abstract Art Event “La Cruzada” UNEAC Las Tunas.
- 2004 UNEAC Salon.
- 2004 2003 Award Salon.
- 2003 Salon “Lucilo León Águila”.
- 2003 Salon “Carlos Enríquez”.
- 2002 UNEAC Salon.
- 2002 Fayad Jamis Salon.
- 2001 Plastic in April Salon (Provincial culture prize).
- 2000 Young City Salon “Guernica”.
- 2000 XVII Salon “Plastic in April”.
- 2000 Plastic arts retrospective of Las Tunas.
- 2000 Sculptural Source Project. (Group A.S)
- 2000 Four sculptures for “Villa Cobarrubias” (Group A.S).
- 1999 X Edition Fayad Jamís Salon “Prize Awarded by AHS”.
- 1999 Prize Winners Salon.
- 1999 Young City Salon “Guernica”.
- 1999 XVI Salon plastic in April.
- 1999 Tuneros exhibit in Moa.
- 1999 Ecological Art Event.
- 1998 XV Plastic in April Salon.
- 1998 Tenth Mural Salon.
- 1998 Tunera Plastic.
- 1998 Young Stamps Salon.
- 1998 AHS exhibits “Convenient Space”.
- 1998 Young City Salon “Guernica”.
- 1998 Fifth Territorial Salon José A. Díaz Peláez.
- 1998 VIII Salon José Martínes Ochoa.
- 1997 VII José Martínes Ochoa.
- 1997 National Mural Salon, Las Tunas.
- 1995 Show of 12 Students of the Professional School of Plastic Arts.
- 1994-1995 February 14 Salon.
- 1993 Students of the Professional School of Plastic Arts exhibit.
Awards and Honors
2011 Prize Salon “Plastic in April” Las Tunas.
2005 II UNEAC Salon Prize.
2003 III Prize Salon “Carlos Enríquez”
2001 Plastic in April Salon (Provincial culture prize).
2000 Special Mention Sculptural Source Project. (Group A.S).
2000 Prize, Four sculptures for “Villa Cobarrubias” (Group A.S).
1999 X Edition Fayad Jamís Salon Prize “Awarded by AHS”.
1998 Prize Young City Salon “Guernica”.
1998 Mention, V Territorial Salon José A. Díaz Peláez.
1998 Prize VIII Salon José Martínes Ochoa.
1997 Mention, VII José Martínes Ochoa.
Personal and Biographical Exhibitions
2017 Miniatures. Constitution Museum. Guáimaro. Camagüey.
2006 Two-person exhibition “City Notes” with Vladimir Santiago. UNAAIC, Las Tunas.
2006 Two-person exhibition “Different Common II” with Yamila Coma Vargas. Puerto Padre Gallery
2006 Two-person exhibition “Differences in Common” with Yamila Coma Vargas. Hotel Inglaterra, Havana.
2006 Solo Exhibition ‘Intimate Inequality (Invited Artist: Yoángel Batista)
2005 Tripersonal exhibition “=3” (with Yamila Coma and Helier Batista).
2000 Two-person exhibition “We are not responsible” with Leosvanis Mayo.
1998 Two-person exhibition (Mundos) with Ángel Peña.
1998 Solo exhibition “Piety is called Dalila”.
1997 Solo exhibition “Friezes of life”.
1997 Solo exhibition “Pages” ISPJAE, Havana.
1997 Solo exhibition at Puerto Padre Museum.
2017 Creates the Sprouts Workshop of the cucalambé at the Mártires de 28 de diciembre school
2015 Interview for Radio Victoria, Las Tunas
2015 Interview for Tunas visión Cultural News.
2015 Participates as Producer with artist Yamila Comas Vargas in a ceramic mural for the municipality of Jobabo, Las Tunas.
2013 Lecture at the first abstract art workshop. UNEAC, Las Tunas.
2013 His work is part of the collection at Marimbartgallery Quebec, Canada
2013 Serves as a jury member for selecting works for the Escaramujo salon of the José Martí Brigade.
2011 Interview for Radio Victoria, Las Tunas
2004 Participates as Producer with Yamila Comas Vargas in a pictorial mural at the Toma de Las Tunas Elementary School, Tunas municipality.
2003 Participates as producer with Yamila Coma Vargas and Jesús Vega Faura in two monumental sculptures, at Marcelo Salado Elementary School, Colombia municipality.
2002 Participates as producer with Yamila Coma Vargas and Jesús Vega Faura in three mural paintings, at Jesús Argüelles Elementary School, Las Tunas.
2001 Jury member at the municipal salon “Carlos Enríquez” in Amancio Rodríguez
1999 Interview for the program “Quehacer” Tunas vision
1999 Jury member at the 9th José Martines Ochoa Salon
1998 Interview for Radio Victoria, Las Tunas
He has illustrated poems and décimas for various writers from Las Tunas, works published by the “Sanlope” Publishing Las Tunas
- 2000 “Cánticas de escarnio” by Osmani Eduardo
- 2000 “Sombras” by Frank Castel
- 1998 “La piedad se llama Dalila” by Julio A Molinet
His work is in private collections in Cuba, USA, Spain, Norway, Italy, England, Puerto Rico and France.
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Oil on canvas is the predominant technique, although other methods are explored to enrich the group’s visual language. The works are characterized by high standards of execution, exceptional care in the treatment of light, color, and texture, and a remarkable ability to convey emotion and depth through figure, symbol, and atmosphere.
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Translated by Google TranslateWith Peces en el estanque, José Manuel Mayo presents a painting where nature ceases to be a recognizable motif and becomes a visual experience. The artist does not seek to reproduce an aquatic landscape, but to capture what remains invisible within it: the movement of the water, the vibration of light, the uncertain depth, and the fleeting presence of the fish beneath a constantly changing surface.
The work is built from a gestural language of notable maturity, where each brushstroke responds both to an expressive need and to a structural one. The composition avoids any dominant center and is organized through a system of chromatic masses that balance with one another. Large fields of deep greens, dark blues, and ochres dialogue with bursts of magentas, oranges, and violets that introduce pulsations of energy without breaking the overall harmony of the whole.
One of the painting’s greatest achievements lies in its treatment of light. Far from depicting it descriptively, Mayo makes it an autonomous compositional element. The broad reserves of light tones traverse the surface like changing reflections on water, generating an atmospheric sense that gives the work depth without resorting to traditional perspective. Light does not illuminate the space; it is the space.
The pictorial gesture reveals absolute confidence in the material language. Glazes, impastos, dragged brushstrokes, and drips coexist without apparent hierarchies, making visible the construction process of the painting. That material honesty places the painting within a contemporary gestural tradition where the act of painting remains present in every inch of the canvas. However, what distinguishes this work from a purely informalist exercise is the clarity with which each intervention occupies a precise place within the balance of the composition.
From a critical reading, Peces en el estanque demonstrates a deep understanding of lyrical abstraction as a territory of evocation rather than negation. Mayo does not eliminate the reference to the natural world; he distills it until it becomes rhythm, color, and visual memory. The viewer perceives the water, the submerged vegetation, the reflections, and the organic forms without needing to find them depicted explicitly. The painting works precisely because it trusts the perceptual capacity of the viewer.
Especially notable is the economy of resources with which the artist achieves notable spatial complexity. The composition avoids the saturation that often accompanies certain contemporary gestural practices and instead bets on a balance between density and pictorial silence. The zones of greatest chromatic intensity always find their counterpoint in open spaces where the viewer can breathe before diving again into the painting’s material richness.
The large format, 135 × 90 cm, amplifies this experience. The scale allows the viewer not only to observe the painting but to become immersed in it. The physical dimension of the gesture takes center stage and turns the visual journey into a bodily experience, where every movement in front of the work reveals new relationships between texture, color, and depth.
Beyond its title, Peces en el estanque does not aim to offer a recognizable image of an aquatic environment. Its true theme is perception: that unstable boundary between what we think we see and what we barely sense beneath the surface. In that ambiguous territory lies the work’s strength. José Manuel Mayo succeeds in transforming a daily scene into a painting investigation about light, movement, and visual memory, showing that abstraction can retain an intense narrative charge without relying on figurative representation.
From a curatorial perspective, this piece evidences a mature painting aware of its own resources. Its apparent spontaneity is the result of a rigorous construction, where gesture, color, and composition are subordinated to a single intention: to transform the canvas into a space of active contemplation, capable of offering new readings each time the viewer faces it again. In this lies the solidity of José Manuel Mayo’s proposal and the reason this work transcends mere abstract exercise to stand among truly dense conceptual and plastic painting.
JOSE MANUEL MAYO PEÑA
- Born in Las Tunas, Las Tunas Province, Cuba, (1976)
- Graduated in 1997 with a degree in drawing and painting from the Professional School of Visual Arts in Las Tunas.
- Member of the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS)
- Member of UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba)
- Has served as specialist and curator at Fayad Jamis and Guernica galleries in Las Tunas
- Joined art education in 2001 as a drawing teacher.
- Currently an independent artist and professor at the Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas.
- Member of the Martiana Chair.
Collective Exhibitions and Events
- 2024
- 2023 Here We Are. Collective Exhibition. Fayad Jamis Gallery. Fbc. Las Tunas. December.
- 2023 Small Format Sculpture Salon. José Antonio Díaz Peláez. Las Tunas. CPAP. CODEMA., Las Tunas. Gallery, Center for the Development of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas. November.
- 2023 UNEAC Salon. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. October.
- 2023 Collective Expo. When I came into this world. Gallery. La Jungla of the Nicolás Guillen Foundation. Las Tunas. September.
- 2023 The Plastic in April Salon. Provincial Gallery of Plastic Arts Las Tunas. April
- 2022 1st Abstract Art Salon Díaz Peláez. Belkis Ayón Gallery. Vedado. Havana. September.
- 2022 Collective Exhibition. Target Shooting. 61st Anniversary. UNEAC Headquarters Gallery. August.
- 2022 Mayo Abstracto. Virtual Collective Exhibition. V Taller de pintura abstracta. La Cruzada. UNEAC. Las Tunas. May.
- 2022 Collective Exhibition. Center for the Development of Visual Arts. Las Tunas. Outcome of the 5th Abstract Art Workshop. Project La Cruzada. May.
- 2022 Mayo Abstracto V Workshop. La Cruzada. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. May
- 2022 Only You and the Moon. Collective Exhibition. Nicolás Guillen Foundation Gallery. La Jungla. Las Tunas. April.
- 2022 The Freedom of Space. Virtual Abstract Art Exhibition. Belkis Ayón Gallery. Vedado Havana. February–March.
- 2022 Return Light. Tribute to the master. Collective Exhibition. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. January
- 2021 UNEAC Salon. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. November.
- 2021 Collective Expo All the Hands. National Culture Day. Provincial Council of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas. October–November.
- 2021 Collective exhibition of Cuban Painters Homage to Pedro de Oraá. Mayo Abstracto. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. May.
- 2020 UNEAC Salon 2020. For Cuban Culture Day. Provincial Center Gallery of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas. October.
- 2020 Collective Exhibition Woman-Lite. Decimarte. Gallery From a Deep Vantage Point. Las Tunas. March.
- 2020 Erotic Art Salon. UNEAC Las Tunas gallery. February.
- 2020 Exhibition Collective Light in the Soul. 167th Anniversary of José Martí’s Birth. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. January.
- 2019 UNEAC Salon Las Tunas. Homage to Cuban Culture Day. UNEAC Gallery. Las Tunas. October.
- 2019 National Meeting of Abstract Art. Imán IV. Collage Habana Gallery. August. Havana.
- 2019 Abstract Confluence. Collective Exhibition. IV Abstract Art Workshop. Project La Cruzada. Provincial Arts Center Gallery Las Tunas. May–June.
- 2019 Digital Art Salon. Dedicated to UNEAC’s 9th Congress. UNEAC Gallery Las Tunas. April.
- 2018 Collective Exhibition Osmosis II. AHS. Youth Creators Project. Guernica Gallery. Las Tunas. November–December.
- 2018 National Exhibition of Abstract Art. Imán 3. Fausto Cristo Hall. UNEAC. Holguín. November.
- 2018 UNEAC Salon. Glimmers of Identity. Las Tunas. UNEAC Gallery. October.
- 2018 Collective Exhibition. Osmosis. Youth Creators Project. Guernica Gallery. AHS. August–September. Las Tunas.
- 2018 Abstract Art. National Salon. Collective Exhibition. Gestural Suggestions. La Confronta Gallery. UNEAC Provincial Committee. Santiago de Cuba. May.
- 2018 Abstract Art (May Abstract) La Cruzada Project. Fayad Jamís Gallery. Collective Expo. Las Tunas.
- 2018 The Plastic in April Salon. Provincial Arts Council. Las Tunas. April.
- 2018 Digital Art Salon. For the 30th edition of the Provincial Plastic Arts in April. UNEAC Gallery. April. Las Tunas.
- 2018 Collective Exhibition. Abstracts at Home. Project: “La Cruzada.” March–April. Las Tunas.
- 2018 Abstract Art Salon. Gestural Expressions. Project La Cruzada. UNEAC Gallery. March. Las Tunas.
- 2018 On the Purple. Erotic Art Salon. UNEAC Provincial Committee Gallery. February–March. Las Tunas.
- 2017 Winter Salon, Fayad Jamís Gallery. Las Tunas.
- 2017 Imán II project La Cruzada, Lario Gallery, Camagüey.
- 2017 Homage, UNEAC Gallery, Las Tunas.
- 2017 Cuban Contemporary Artists, Rocca Aldobrandesca-Piacastagnaio. Italy
- 2017 Imán project La Cruzada, National Theatre Gallery of Cuba. Havana.
- 2016 Collective Expo Abstract Painters Fayad Jamís Gallery. Las Tunas.
- 2016 Abstract Regenerations. Art Center. Las Tunas.
- 2016 Cuba pearl of the Caribbean. Rocca Medieval Passignano. Italy.
- 2016 Tuna Brava Collective Expo Guernica Gallery Las Tunas.
- 2016 30th Anniversary Salon. Guernica Gallery Las Tunas.
- 2016 Immersion III xilography. Fayad Jamís Gallery Las Tunas.
- 2015 Cuba how beautiful is Cuba. Citta’ d’ La pieve Umbría Italy
- 2014 Collective Exhibition 100 Abstract Painters. Alba Cultural House. Havana
- 2014 Collective Exhibition A Color for Clemen Greember Proyecto LA CRUZADA. UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2014 Collective Exhibition for the 45th anniversary of art education in Las Tunas. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas
- 2013 Collective abstract painting exhibition LA CRUZADA. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas.
- 2012 April Plastic Salon. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas.
- 2011 Strictly Collective. Exhibition for UNEAC’s 50th Anniversary. Provincial Center of Plastic Arts. Las Tunas.
- 2011 Cuban Homage. Provincial Museum. Las Tunas.
- 2011 expo “4x4” Gallery La Jungla, Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas.
- 2011 Retrospective Graduates of the Las Tunas School of Art, Tunas Theater
- 2010 II Eastern Salon, Emilio Bacardí Museum, Santiago de Cuba.
- 2009 Summer UNEAC Salon, Las Tunas.
- 2008 II Erotic Art Salon (With the mild grace of nudity). UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2008 I Eastern Salon, Emilio Bacardí Museum, Santiago de Cuba.
- 2008 Collective photography exhibition (SOBRE-EXPOSICIÓN). UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2008 I Photography Event, UNEAC, Pto. Padre, Las Tunas.
- 2007 Ceramics event, cover design. Las Tunas.
- 2007 Arte Cuba Exhibition, Valencia, Spain.
- 2007 Cuban Art Exhibition, Italy.
- 2007 Drammen and Cuba Exhibition, Drammen Theatre, Norway.
- 2007 I Erotic Art Salon UNEAC, Las Tunas.
- 2007 Collective exhibition of abstract art LA CRUZADA, Cultural Huellas project.
- 2006 UNEAC Salon Las Tunas.
- 2006 Expo of Tunero artists in Germany.
- 2006 Collective Expo for UNEAC admission UNEAC Las Tunas.
- 2006 Collective Expo Mi Ciudad for the city’s 210th anniversary Las Tunas.
- 2006 Expo Artisti del Fondo de Bienes Culturales Fayad Jamís Gallery.
- 2006 Collective Expo UNEAC members in celebration of Culture Week in Las Tunas.
- 2006 UNEAC Salon Las Tunas.
- 2006 Collective Expo of abstract art, Havana.
- 2006 Fourth Abstract Art Event La Cruzada Holguín Art Center
- 2006 Award Salon of 2005
- 2006 Third Abstract Art Event La Cruzada UNEAC Guantánamo
- 2006 I Abstract Art Workshop Spirit Abstract Sancti Spíritus
- 2005 Miniatures Salon.
- 2005 The Plastic in April Salon.
- 2005 I Abstract Art Event “La Cruzada” UNEAC Manzanillo).
- 2005 Tunero Plastic Show.
- 2005 II Abstract Art Event “La Cruzada” UNEAC Las Tunas.
- 2004 UNEAC Salon.
- 2004 2003 Award Salon.
- 2003 Salon “Lucilo León Águila”.
- 2003 Salon “Carlos Enríquez”.
- 2002 UNEAC Salon.
- 2002 Fayad Jamis Salon.
- 2001 Plastic in April Salon (Provincial culture prize).
- 2000 Young City Salon “Guernica”.
- 2000 XVII Salon “Plastic in April”.
- 2000 Plastic arts retrospective of Las Tunas.
- 2000 Sculptural Source Project. (Group A.S)
- 2000 Four sculptures for “Villa Cobarrubias” (Group A.S).
- 1999 X Edition Fayad Jamís Salon “Prize Awarded by AHS”.
- 1999 Prize Winners Salon.
- 1999 Young City Salon “Guernica”.
- 1999 XVI Salon plastic in April.
- 1999 Tuneros exhibit in Moa.
- 1999 Ecological Art Event.
- 1998 XV Plastic in April Salon.
- 1998 Tenth Mural Salon.
- 1998 Tunera Plastic.
- 1998 Young Stamps Salon.
- 1998 AHS exhibits “Convenient Space”.
- 1998 Young City Salon “Guernica”.
- 1998 Fifth Territorial Salon José A. Díaz Peláez.
- 1998 VIII Salon José Martínes Ochoa.
- 1997 VII José Martínes Ochoa.
- 1997 National Mural Salon, Las Tunas.
- 1995 Show of 12 Students of the Professional School of Plastic Arts.
- 1994-1995 February 14 Salon.
- 1993 Students of the Professional School of Plastic Arts exhibit.
Awards and Honors
2011 Prize Salon “Plastic in April” Las Tunas.
2005 II UNEAC Salon Prize.
2003 III Prize Salon “Carlos Enríquez”
2001 Plastic in April Salon (Provincial culture prize).
2000 Special Mention Sculptural Source Project. (Group A.S).
2000 Prize, Four sculptures for “Villa Cobarrubias” (Group A.S).
1999 X Edition Fayad Jamís Salon Prize “Awarded by AHS”.
1998 Prize Young City Salon “Guernica”.
1998 Mention, V Territorial Salon José A. Díaz Peláez.
1998 Prize VIII Salon José Martínes Ochoa.
1997 Mention, VII José Martínes Ochoa.
Personal and Biographical Exhibitions
2017 Miniatures. Constitution Museum. Guáimaro. Camagüey.
2006 Two-person exhibition “City Notes” with Vladimir Santiago. UNAAIC, Las Tunas.
2006 Two-person exhibition “Different Common II” with Yamila Coma Vargas. Puerto Padre Gallery
2006 Two-person exhibition “Differences in Common” with Yamila Coma Vargas. Hotel Inglaterra, Havana.
2006 Solo Exhibition ‘Intimate Inequality (Invited Artist: Yoángel Batista)
2005 Tripersonal exhibition “=3” (with Yamila Coma and Helier Batista).
2000 Two-person exhibition “We are not responsible” with Leosvanis Mayo.
1998 Two-person exhibition (Mundos) with Ángel Peña.
1998 Solo exhibition “Piety is called Dalila”.
1997 Solo exhibition “Friezes of life”.
1997 Solo exhibition “Pages” ISPJAE, Havana.
1997 Solo exhibition at Puerto Padre Museum.
2017 Creates the Sprouts Workshop of the cucalambé at the Mártires de 28 de diciembre school
2015 Interview for Radio Victoria, Las Tunas
2015 Interview for Tunas visión Cultural News.
2015 Participates as Producer with artist Yamila Comas Vargas in a ceramic mural for the municipality of Jobabo, Las Tunas.
2013 Lecture at the first abstract art workshop. UNEAC, Las Tunas.
2013 His work is part of the collection at Marimbartgallery Quebec, Canada
2013 Serves as a jury member for selecting works for the Escaramujo salon of the José Martí Brigade.
2011 Interview for Radio Victoria, Las Tunas
2004 Participates as Producer with Yamila Comas Vargas in a pictorial mural at the Toma de Las Tunas Elementary School, Tunas municipality.
2003 Participates as producer with Yamila Coma Vargas and Jesús Vega Faura in two monumental sculptures, at Marcelo Salado Elementary School, Colombia municipality.
2002 Participates as producer with Yamila Coma Vargas and Jesús Vega Faura in three mural paintings, at Jesús Argüelles Elementary School, Las Tunas.
2001 Jury member at the municipal salon “Carlos Enríquez” in Amancio Rodríguez
1999 Interview for the program “Quehacer” Tunas vision
1999 Jury member at the 9th José Martines Ochoa Salon
1998 Interview for Radio Victoria, Las Tunas
He has illustrated poems and décimas for various writers from Las Tunas, works published by the “Sanlope” Publishing Las Tunas
- 2000 “Cánticas de escarnio” by Osmani Eduardo
- 2000 “Sombras” by Frank Castel
- 1998 “La piedad se llama Dalila” by Julio A Molinet
His work is in private collections in Cuba, USA, Spain, Norway, Italy, England, Puerto Rico and France.
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Cuban Art Circle is an international group of approximately 20 artists, founded and represented by painter Cristian Mesa Velázquez.
United by a deep passion for painting and a serious commitment to artistic excellence, the members of the collective work from different parts of the world. While each artist maintains their own personal voice, all share a rigorous technical approach and absolute dedication to the pictorial medium.
Oil on canvas is the predominant technique, although other methods are explored to enrich the group’s visual language. The works are characterized by high standards of execution, exceptional care in the treatment of light, color, and texture, and a remarkable ability to convey emotion and depth through figure, symbol, and atmosphere.
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Artist
Jose Manuel Mayo Peña
Sold with frame
No
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Peces en el estanque XL
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2023
Condition
Good condition
Height
135 34.5
Width
90 26.5
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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