Cristian Mesa Velazquez - Ingravidez
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Cristian Mesa Velázquez's original oil on canvas titled Ingravidez (53 x 82 cm, 2026), hand-signed, in Expressionism style, depicting a nude swimmer, includes a certificate of authenticity and comes from Spain.
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Ingravidity
Oil on canvas · 53 x 82 cm · 2026
A swimmer descends face down, the body arched in a slow curve and the brown hair spread in the water like a mass of seaweed. We do not see her face: the head disappears into the hair and into the light, and the figure is reduced to the essential, a gesture, a line, a weight that has ceased to exist.
The body is resolved with broad, color-packed brushstrokes: pale creams and pinks with turquoise shadows that reveal the water through the skin. In the lighter areas, such as the thigh and hip, the thick impasto, almost spatula-like, gives the body a sculptural presence against the transparency of the background.
In the upper third, the surface of the water seen from below becomes an irregular mirror, with reflections of sky in whites and lavenders and warm blotches of ocher and burgundy that break the dominant turquoise. It is the most gestural zone of the canvas, where the oil imitates the instability of water. The contrast between that agitated edge and the calm background sustains the whole composition.
An image of suspension and silence, within the artist’s series of submerged figures and the contemporary tradition of underwater swimmers painting.
Technique: oil on canvas
Measurements: 53 x 82 cm
Signed bottom left, 2026
Original work, entirely handmade
Includes certificate of authenticity
Shipped unstretched for maximum security in transport
Frames in images are for guidance only; the frame is not included in the sale
Cristian Mesa Velázquez
Havana, Cuba (1994). Raised and trained in Las Tunas, Cuba. Lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Recent career
October 3–10, 2026. Group exhibition Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
October 2026. Art auction X, Art of Poland (OneBid), Warsaw (Poland): work sold.
Ongoing. Work in the permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
Selected group exhibitions
2021. International fair of plastic arts, France.
2021. International fair of plastic arts, Germany.
2020. International Fair “City of Lights”, Paris (France).
2020. International fair, Luxembourg.
2020. Homage exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana (Cuba).
2019. Collective exhibition “Osmosis”, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2019. Miniature collective exhibition “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit”, Ciego de Ávila (Cuba).
2018. Salon “Plasticity in April”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. Collective exhibition “One of a Hundred”, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. III Salon of Plastic Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey (Cuba).
2017. Review of the itinerant collective exhibition “Aires de Cubanía” in the ibero-american and Caribbean magazine Arte por Excelencias, year VII, no. 32, p. 18.
2016. Collective exhibition “Aires de Cubanía”, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana (Cuba).
2016. I Salon of Plastic Arts, Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey (Cuba).
2013. Collective exhibition “Art, a Social Image”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. Salon “Plasticity in April”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. Salon “Guernica”, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. Exhibition “La Víspera”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. Martian Salon, Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise”, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Exhibition “Lithographs”, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Martian Salon, Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. Exhibition “Vástagos”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. Iconographic Salon Nicolás Guillén, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Education
2013. Secondary level in Plastic Arts, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Collections
Permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA). Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, United States, Mexico and Spain.
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 TranslateIngravidity
Oil on canvas · 53 x 82 cm · 2026
A swimmer descends face down, the body arched in a slow curve and the brown hair spread in the water like a mass of seaweed. We do not see her face: the head disappears into the hair and into the light, and the figure is reduced to the essential, a gesture, a line, a weight that has ceased to exist.
The body is resolved with broad, color-packed brushstrokes: pale creams and pinks with turquoise shadows that reveal the water through the skin. In the lighter areas, such as the thigh and hip, the thick impasto, almost spatula-like, gives the body a sculptural presence against the transparency of the background.
In the upper third, the surface of the water seen from below becomes an irregular mirror, with reflections of sky in whites and lavenders and warm blotches of ocher and burgundy that break the dominant turquoise. It is the most gestural zone of the canvas, where the oil imitates the instability of water. The contrast between that agitated edge and the calm background sustains the whole composition.
An image of suspension and silence, within the artist’s series of submerged figures and the contemporary tradition of underwater swimmers painting.
Technique: oil on canvas
Measurements: 53 x 82 cm
Signed bottom left, 2026
Original work, entirely handmade
Includes certificate of authenticity
Shipped unstretched for maximum security in transport
Frames in images are for guidance only; the frame is not included in the sale
Cristian Mesa Velázquez
Havana, Cuba (1994). Raised and trained in Las Tunas, Cuba. Lives and works in Valencia, Spain.
Recent career
October 3–10, 2026. Group exhibition Realist Society of Houston, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
October 2026. Art auction X, Art of Poland (OneBid), Warsaw (Poland): work sold.
Ongoing. Work in the permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA).
Selected group exhibitions
2021. International fair of plastic arts, France.
2021. International fair of plastic arts, Germany.
2020. International Fair “City of Lights”, Paris (France).
2020. International fair, Luxembourg.
2020. Homage exhibition to Anette Delgado, Havana (Cuba).
2019. Collective exhibition “Osmosis”, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2019. Miniature collective exhibition “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit”, Ciego de Ávila (Cuba).
2018. Salon “Plasticity in April”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. Collective exhibition “One of a Hundred”, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2017. III Salon of Plastic Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey (Cuba).
2017. Review of the itinerant collective exhibition “Aires de Cubanía” in the ibero-american and Caribbean magazine Arte por Excelencias, year VII, no. 32, p. 18.
2016. Collective exhibition “Aires de Cubanía”, Casa del Alba Cultural, Havana (Cuba).
2016. I Salon of Plastic Arts, Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey (Cuba).
2013. Collective exhibition “Art, a Social Image”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. Salon “Plasticity in April”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2013. Salon “Guernica”, AHS, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. Exhibition “La Víspera”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2012. Martian Salon, Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise”, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Exhibition “Lithographs”, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2011. Martian Salon, Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. Exhibition “Vástagos”, Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
2010. Iconographic Salon Nicolás Guillén, UNEAC, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Education
2013. Secondary level in Plastic Arts, Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas (Cuba).
Collections
Permanent collection of Jack Meier Gallery, Houston (USA). Private collections in France, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Germany, United States, Mexico and Spain.
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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Edition
Original
Artist
Cristian Mesa Velazquez
Title of artwork
Ingravidez
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2026
Colour
Beige, Blue, Brown, Multicolour, Orange, Purple, Yellow
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
53 cm
Width
82 cm
Depiction/theme
Nude
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
