* Edin Gutierrez *

Edin Gutierrez
Visual Artist

Born in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1953, Edin Gutierrez is a graduate of the San Alejandro School of Painting in Havana, Cuba. In the beginning his paintings were defined by his passion for Cuban urban landscapes. His evolution as an artist made him aware of the importance of the environmental issues, and he started to be inspired and enlightened by the soul of the planet. In addition, his tobacco series has been developed during all these years, and became homage to the rituals of pleasure that Cuba converted into its own culture. The women in his paintings represent the tobacco leaf with its sensuality, its nakedness, its mystery through intimacy, because its expression is similar to the tobacco process from harvest to final elaboration. Every artwork is based on a specific story. It can be read through the connections between the vignettes, Cuban landscapes, names and women.
Edin Gutierrez’s paintings and hand-painted humidors belong to numerous Private Collections and prestigious Art Galleries and Museums.

Permanent Exhibitions

• Model of the Bay of Pigs Invasion – 2506 Brigade Museum – Hialeah Gardens, Florida
• Oil on Canvas Mural at the Sagrario of Santa Cecilia’s Church, Hialeah, Florida
• Cuban American Museum – Miami, Florida

Awards and Recognitions

2000 Recognition “Xerigraphy, Libertad para Cuba” – Cuban American Foundation, Doral Hotel

1975 First Prize – Group Exhibition sponsored by the Bulgarian Institute of Tourism, La Habana, Cuba

Solo Exhibitions

2012 “The Guayabera Lady and Arturo Fuente’s Event” – Unveiling of the “El Guateque de los Tabaqueros”, Coral Gables, Florida
2011 “Raíces de Esperanza” – Cuban Conference 2011, Boston College, Boston.
2010 “Convergencia”, Belen Jesuit Ignatian Center for the Arts– Miami, Florida
2008 “IPCPR Convention & International Trade Show” – Co-sponsored by Las Vegas Nevada
United Tobaccos Inc. and Studio Encanto gallery
2008 “Art Institute of Tampa”, Tampa, Florida
2007 “General Cigar Co. Inc.” Gloria Cubana - Miami, Florida
“Coral Gables Country Club” – Coral Gables, Florida
2004 “Museum of History”– St. Petersburg, Florida
2003 “Fraga Fine Art Gallery” – Miami, Florida
2001 “Studio Encanto” – St. Petersburg, Florida
2000 “Nabuc Gallery” – Miami, Florida
1998 “Jadith Gallery” – New York, New York
1998 “Padrón Gallery” – Miami, Florida
1997 “Coral Gables International Art Center” – Coral Gables, Florida
“Padrón Gallery” – Miami, Florida
1996 “Martinez Residence” – Nashville, Tennessee
1995 “Sol Gallery” – Miami, Florida
“La Boheme Fine Art Gallery” - “Concepto Barroco” Serigraphic work – Miami, Florida

Latest Group Exhibitions

2018 – “Latin American Art Exhibition” – Urbe University, Doral Florida.
“Alboroto y Calma” – Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah Florida.
“And Still I Rise” – Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah Florida.
“Jose Marti” – Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah Florida.
“BRADICA” – Belen Jesuit Ignatian Center for the Arts, Miami Florida.

2017 – “What’s on Your Palette?” – Milander Center for the Arts, Hialeah Florida.
“Badges of Courage Give Miami Day 2017” – Miami, Florida.
“United Tobacco Inc.”, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
“El Rescate del Tulipan Azul” – Tony Pichs Poetry Book Cover by Edin Gutierrez, presentation at Sarracino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida.
“El Juego de la Vida #2”, Who Art These People Studio/Gallery, Miami, Florida.
“Contra la Corriente/Against the Current”- Bird Road Art District, Miami, Florida.

2016 – “Project Masks, an Old Friend’s Artists Reunion, Who Art These People Studio/Gallery.
Bird Road Art District, Miami Florida.

2015 – “Two Men and a Woman” – Who Art These People Studio/Gallery, Cauley Square.

2014 – Private shows at Who Art These People Studio Gallery, Cauley Square, Miami, Florida.

2013 – “Artopia Art Center”, for Art Basel, Miami, Florida.
“Artopia Art Center”, West Palm Beach Convention Center – West Palm Beach, Florida.
“United Tobacco Inc.”. Convention Center, Houston, Texas.

2011- “Art Gallery Expo” – benefiting St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Miami, Florida

2010- “Latin Views 2010” – Biennial Exhibition Connecticut N.Y.
“JunTos for the Holidays” Parrot Jungle, Miami Beach, Florida
“10 Years Art Retrospective” –October 2010 Hispanic Art Expressions 2010

Quotes from Publications and Art Critics

“Edin Gutierrez, painter and sculptor, has looked for a way to personalize his work, especially large format paintings, starting from ancient architecture and themes of the past, which is evidence of his nostalgia for the Habana from which he can’t escape.” “Each painting is a message from the past.” – El Nuevo Herald – Artes y Letras – Antonio Ramon Zuñiga

“Edin Gutierrez, a painter always renewed.”
“When we started to know the artwork of artist Edin Gutierrez, he surprised us with an avalanche of creativity, offering a renewed exhibit not conforming to simplistic creations.”
“The artist manages, through the creation of his urban landscapes, to give permanence to what perhaps was always a myth.” – El Nuevo Herald, Eduardo Valenzuela, Art Critic

“Without country in time.”
“In the search and enrichment of his creative process, Edin Gutierrez started a series of vignettes that have the peculiar semantics of the cigar labels. Here the human figures and nudes come together in a collage with exotic elements, flora and diverse characters.” – Jaime Cabrera Gonzalez, Art Critic.

“Colonial imprints of Edin Gutierrez.”
“In his paintings, in which the colors are magnified by the relief of solid textures, the exhibitor looks to capture an unchanged city.” “Edin Gutierrez concentrates on the fixation of what is Cuban.” – El Nuevo Herald, Armando Alvarez Bravo, Art Critic.