Ariansis Reyes Jordan - "Velo” No reserve

From the series: “Velo” (XL) Acrylics on canvas. 88X70CM
In this series, the veil is not just a veil, but a hand-sewn skin, where irregular and messy stitches traverse the fabric like footprints of an emotion that cannot be contained or fully explained. That imperfect seam, loaded with intention, reflects a deeply human gesture, the attempt to sustain the ephemeral, to fix the intangible.
In this piece I explore intimacy, light, and the materiality of the support itself through a contemporary figurative approach in mixed media.
I build the human figure with an expressive, faceted brushstroke in acrylic, where the roundness of color planes and the work with chiaroscuro sculpt the facial anatomy and sustain a gaze of great dramatic intensity. The speed and opacity of acrylics allow me to maintain a lively, direct finish, working the skin through the tactile juxtaposition of warm tones and cool shadows without losing the freshness of the stroke.
ARIANSIS REYES JORDAN: 23 March 1991 Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba.
STUDIES COMPLETED: Academy Professional of Plastic Arts "Carlos Enrique Gómez", Cuba. 2006-2010
PHONE: +34649710301
GMAIL: ariansis.reyes.91@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM: @ARIANSISREYESJORDAN.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
28 March 2007 – collective exhibition.
20 November 2007 – collective exhibition, Cuba.
17 November 2007 – collective exhibition, Cuba.
3 January 2008 – collective exhibition, Cuba
19 October 2008 – sixth Julio Girona Salon, Cuba
10 October 2009 – collective exhibition in honor of the thirtieth edition of the salon "10 de Octubre" in Ganma, Cuba.
19 December 2009 – third student salon "Esfumado". Cuba
June 19, 2010 – collective expo Bayamo, Granma, Cuba.
August 2010 – Personal Expo "Emerger del mutismo". Cuba
10 October 2010 – collective exhibition in honor of the 3rd second edition of the salon "10 de Octubre", Granma, Cuba
20 October 2010 – collective exhibition "Evacuación", Granma, Cuba.
12 February 2011 – Personal expo at the Municipal Museum of Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba.
12 February 2011 – collective objectual exhibition, Granma, Cuba.
2 March 2011 – collective exhibition: "From the simple to the complex" Granma, Cuba.
Personal exhibition "Leaving the Silence" 23 November 2023 in Poland.
Collective exhibition "Here and now", held at the Ourense Province, Spain 2024.
Collective exhibition "Pasión Cubana" A Coruña, Spain 2025.

AWARDS AND HONORS:
Second prize in the thirty-second edition of the Salon "10 de Octubre", Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba in 2010.
Special prize awarded by the Provincial Council of Plastic Arts on 21 July 2010, Bayamo, Granma, Cuba.

Your works are a form of experimental therapy undertaken as an unparalleled means to achieve contentment with oneself, becoming a trilogy where both the canvases and the installation language delve into a series of psychological junctures decipherable only from a self-referential stance. In either case, the intentionality leads to marginalization of technicism, for what matters is to establish that kind of mirror of the soul that reveals a controversial personality which, apparently, has found true satisfaction barred for some time. Emergence from mutism goes beyond mere representation, managing to illustrate what by its nature could not be expressed in words. It is a kind of externalized scream by the hands and heard with the eyes, an inward look into a complex being.
Eager for well-being with others and with oneself. Palettes that contrast and complement, cool or warm brushstrokes, neutral at times, figures that repeat themselves marking the intention; all structured to bifurcate into how I am and how I think. Painting and installation, in this case, have been nothing more than the means to release, through the act of creation, negative feelings nourished by indecisions, complexes, and emotions that shape a controversial behavior.
With this show, I as an artist unfold before the public with the treatment of a difficult theme and it is obvious that it will cost me a bit to distance myself, not because I foresee some stylistic pigeonholing, but for the simple fact that I still owe myself many debts. Let this intimate topic be the forced springboard for more appearances of new exhibitions of my works in the European art scene, where I can continue reevaluating my approaches to mutism and also continue emerging from it.
The works are an introspective therapy that, through contrasting colors, varied brushstrokes, and woven figures, express complex emotions and negative feelings. This creative process transcends words, reflecting the search for internal balance and connection with others.
SHIPPING: the work is shipped rolled and protected. Includes a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.