Cristian Mesa Velazquez - Rendición a la Luz
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Cristian Mesa Velázquez presents Rendición a la Luz, an original oil on canvas, 66 x 84 cm, year 2025, hand-signed, in excellent condition, with certificate of authenticity and shipped unframed.
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Surrender to the Light
Oil on canvas · 66 x 84.5 cm · 2026
The face looks upward, toward the clarity filtering from the surface, with almost total surrender: there is no tension in the jaw nor resistance in the neck, the whole gesture leans toward the light like someone who stops swimming and just lets himself be carried. The sunglasses —round, with light frames, sisters of those that already appear in Double Filter— again function as a second filter over the water’s filter, darkening the eyes exactly where the rest of the face opens more to the light.
The color works at two simultaneous temperatures: the face and neck in cool turquoise hues, almost mineral, while the shoulders receive a much warmer light — ochres, oranges, golds — that interrupts that chill with the sensation of sun filtering directly onto the skin. Around, the bubbles are painted with short, precise touches of pure white, more dispersed and finer than in works like Exhalación, reinforcing here the calm rather than the turbulence.
It is, within the pair it forms with Double Filter, the calmer version: where the latter worked with contained unease in a gesture almost theatrical, this one leans toward abandon and calm — two different ways of using the same visual resource.
Technique: oil on canvas
Measurements: 66 x 84.5 cm
Artwork 100% handmade by the artist
Includes certificate of authenticity
Shipped without a frame for maximum safety during transport
A valid tracking number is provided to view the order’s journey and it usually takes between 2-7 days depending on the destination by UPS, FEDEX and CORREOS EXPRESS
The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
My artworks are packed with maximum care in a transport tube for maximum protection, shipped registered with a tracking code within 3 business days after payment.
Check the contents in the presence of the courier.
In case of damage, keep the damage report with the courier.
Studies
2013- Intermediate Level in Plastic Arts. Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
Selected group exhibitions
2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba
2010. Exhibition “Vástagos.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Martiano Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Lithographs.” UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise.” Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Martiano Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition “La Víspera.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Guernica.” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Plastic Arts in April.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Collective Expo “Art, a Social Image.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2016. First Salon of Plastic Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüe y. Cuba.
2016. Collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía. Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana. Cuba.
2017. III Edition of the Salon of Plastic Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey. Cuba.
2017. Collective Expo, One of a Hundred, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery. Las Tunas. Cuba.
2017. Review of the itinerant collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía, Ibero-American and Caribbean Journal “Arte por Excelencias” Year VII/NO.32/2017/Quarterly. Page: 18.
2018. Salon “Plastic Arts in April” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2019. Collective Miniature Expo “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” Ciego de Ávila. Cuba.
2019. Collective Expo “Osmosis” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2020. Homenage to Anette Delgado Expo, Havana. Cuba.
2020 Luxembourg International Arts Fair 2020
2020 Paris City of Lights International Art Fair 2020
2021 Germany International Fine Arts Fair 2021
2021 France International Fine Arts Fair 2021
Seller's Story
About the Artist
Cristian Mesa Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1994) is a contemporary Cuban painter currently living and working in Valencia, Spain.
Trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas, Mesa Velázquez has developed a personal pictorial language that combines solid technical realism with a strong symbolic and emotional charge. His work explores themes such as the human body, sensuality, nature, and light, always with a marked chromatic and textural sensitivity.
From a very young age, his talent was recognized in Cuba, where he participated in numerous national salons and collective exhibitions. Since 2020, his career has taken an important international leap, participating in major art fairs in Luxembourg, Paris, Germany, and France. His works have been acquired by private collectors in more than eight countries, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
His painting is characterized by excellent craftsmanship, an expressive handling of oil, and a unique ability to transform the everyday into images full of poetry, desire, and vitality. His series of figures in water, fruits and hands, as well as his bird portraits, stand out for their visual power and their capacity to emotionally connect with the viewer.
Today, his work is part of important private collections around the world and continues to establish itself as one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Cuban realism in Europe.
Translated by Google TranslateSurrender to the Light
Oil on canvas · 66 x 84.5 cm · 2026
The face looks upward, toward the clarity filtering from the surface, with almost total surrender: there is no tension in the jaw nor resistance in the neck, the whole gesture leans toward the light like someone who stops swimming and just lets himself be carried. The sunglasses —round, with light frames, sisters of those that already appear in Double Filter— again function as a second filter over the water’s filter, darkening the eyes exactly where the rest of the face opens more to the light.
The color works at two simultaneous temperatures: the face and neck in cool turquoise hues, almost mineral, while the shoulders receive a much warmer light — ochres, oranges, golds — that interrupts that chill with the sensation of sun filtering directly onto the skin. Around, the bubbles are painted with short, precise touches of pure white, more dispersed and finer than in works like Exhalación, reinforcing here the calm rather than the turbulence.
It is, within the pair it forms with Double Filter, the calmer version: where the latter worked with contained unease in a gesture almost theatrical, this one leans toward abandon and calm — two different ways of using the same visual resource.
Technique: oil on canvas
Measurements: 66 x 84.5 cm
Artwork 100% handmade by the artist
Includes certificate of authenticity
Shipped without a frame for maximum safety during transport
A valid tracking number is provided to view the order’s journey and it usually takes between 2-7 days depending on the destination by UPS, FEDEX and CORREOS EXPRESS
The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings.
My artworks are packed with maximum care in a transport tube for maximum protection, shipped registered with a tracking code within 3 business days after payment.
Check the contents in the presence of the courier.
In case of damage, keep the damage report with the courier.
Studies
2013- Intermediate Level in Plastic Arts. Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
Selected group exhibitions
2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba
2010. Exhibition “Vástagos.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Martiano Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Lithographs.” UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise.” Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Martiano Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2012. Exhibition “La Víspera.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Guernica.” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Salon “Plastic Arts in April.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2013. Collective Expo “Art, a Social Image.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2016. First Salon of Plastic Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüe y. Cuba.
2016. Collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía. Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana. Cuba.
2017. III Edition of the Salon of Plastic Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey. Cuba.
2017. Collective Expo, One of a Hundred, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery. Las Tunas. Cuba.
2017. Review of the itinerant collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía, Ibero-American and Caribbean Journal “Arte por Excelencias” Year VII/NO.32/2017/Quarterly. Page: 18.
2018. Salon “Plastic Arts in April” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2019. Collective Miniature Expo “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” Ciego de Ávila. Cuba.
2019. Collective Expo “Osmosis” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba.
2020. Homenage to Anette Delgado Expo, Havana. Cuba.
2020 Luxembourg International Arts Fair 2020
2020 Paris City of Lights International Art Fair 2020
2021 Germany International Fine Arts Fair 2021
2021 France International Fine Arts Fair 2021
Seller's Story
About the Artist
Cristian Mesa Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1994) is a contemporary Cuban painter currently living and working in Valencia, Spain.
Trained at the Professional Academy of Plastic Arts in Las Tunas, Mesa Velázquez has developed a personal pictorial language that combines solid technical realism with a strong symbolic and emotional charge. His work explores themes such as the human body, sensuality, nature, and light, always with a marked chromatic and textural sensitivity.
From a very young age, his talent was recognized in Cuba, where he participated in numerous national salons and collective exhibitions. Since 2020, his career has taken an important international leap, participating in major art fairs in Luxembourg, Paris, Germany, and France. His works have been acquired by private collectors in more than eight countries, including France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
His painting is characterized by excellent craftsmanship, an expressive handling of oil, and a unique ability to transform the everyday into images full of poetry, desire, and vitality. His series of figures in water, fruits and hands, as well as his bird portraits, stand out for their visual power and their capacity to emotionally connect with the viewer.
Today, his work is part of important private collections around the world and continues to establish itself as one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Cuban realism in Europe.
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Artist
Cristian Mesa Velazquez
Sold with frame
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Rendición a la Luz
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
66 cm
Width
84 cm
Style
Realism
Period
2020+
