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@POPCARIBE is a visual research project delving into Caribbean identity and memory through the interplay of light, color, and shape. Its artworks feature human figures with piercing gazes, serving as anchors of collective memory and weaving stories of migration, freedom, and resilience.
The project is inspired by childhood sensory experiences in the Dominican Republic: long blackouts would turn the night into a canvas of stars, while the souvenir shops at the resorts where the artist's mother worked introduced vibrant colors, forms, and techniques that sparked creative wonder. These childhood memories are transformed into a pictorial language of dark backgrounds illuminated by vivid colors, evoking constellations of hidden energies and recollections. In this way, a space is created where the everyday, the mythical, and the futuristic blend together, echoing the swift, repetitive techniques of Caribbean art.
Blending elements from the global pop culture of the '90s like iconic anime such as Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Dragon Ball Z, along with video games and TV shows, creates a visual framework that fuses Caribbean tradition with modern-day imagery.
Local cultural symbols, such as the ceiba tree or the casual greeting “KLK,” bring together Taíno deities and chiefs with the complexities of contemporary life. This approach offers a visual exploration of identity, memory, and culture as ever-evolving, multidimensional phenomena. Light, color, and storytelling combine to form an aesthetic laboratory where perception and imagination merge within a constantly shifting Caribbean universe.
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 “Caribbean Galaxy” – Potassi K19 Gallery, Barcelona
2021 “Inagotables” – Alliance Française, Santo Domingo
2024 “Garden of Disobedience” – Candy, Barcelona
2025 – “Caribbean Days” – Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Paris, FranceGroup Exhibitions:
2016 – Santo Domingo Art Biennial Selected: “Inagotables” – Painting
2023 – Santo Domingo Art Biennial Selected: “Voladoras” – installation
2024 – “Black is Africa” – Espai Mil Nou, Reus, Spain
2025 – Dominican Art Festival – Barcelona, Spain
2025 – “Danza de Color” – Villa Campolieto, Naples, Italy
2025 – “The 8th Day” – C6 gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2025 – “Caribbean Days” – Steigenberger Wiltcher's, Bruxelles, Belgique
2025 – “Colores de Esperanza” – Vatican City, The VaticanPublic and Institutional Commissions:
2021 – “WE COME IN PEACE”
UK City of Culture – Coventry, United Kingdom
installation commissioned by the UK government
2021 – “The New Faces of Barcelona”
Installation and performance commissioned by BICD Culture\LAB
Barcelona International Community Day – Maritime Museum of BarcelonaPerformance:
2022 – Apagón – Potassi K19 Gallery, Barcelona
2024 – Apagón – Candy, BarcelonaBrand Collaborations:
2019 – Carolina Herrera – Commissioned illustrations
2020 – Bacardí – Commissioned illustrations
2021 – Bacardí – Commissioned illustrations
2021 – Smartify – VR experience
2024 – London Migration Film Festival – Poster IllustrationPublications:
Elle Decor, Marie Claire US, Essence, METROPOLIS, KALTBLUT Magazine, Ritmo Social,
Revista Aldaba, Saatchi Art, NPQ magazine, TV3, DOMINICANA CREATIVA (Book)
Artist Studio - Barcelona, Spain
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