Carlos Gamez De Francisco

In Carlos Gámez de Francisco’s latest series, Modern Era, classical and contemporary painting beautifully intertwine. The Cuban-born painter and photographer blends his traditional style, largely based on portraiture, with modern art techniques. His subjects exude a simultaneously elegant and cool aura. Combined with animated surroundings, his works become deeply thought-provoking. They transcend time and everyday reality, just as the flamingos and lush foliage escape their natural habitat to become timeless symbols of beauty.

For a long time, Carlos Gámez de Francisco focused on the art of portraits before deciding to specialize in classical motifs. Instead of depicting nobility and the wealthy, he devoted his efforts to persons not endowed with titles and money. However, he maintains certain characteristics of traditional portraiture, painting his protagonists in front of regency-style furniture and elaborate dresses – reminiscent of palace life and royalty. Equipped with distinct modern-day details, his subjects become time travelers. For example, sunglasses and magazines appear in his works, contrasting the historic ambience.

From the young age of five, Carlos Gámez de Francisco aspired to be an artist. Son of a Cuban-Spanish mother and Cuban-American father, he now devotes as many as 15 hours a day to painting and photography. His work ethic and talent are impressive – and lay the foundation for his highly successful career. In recent years, Gámez de Francisco has been inundated with awards. His works sell fast, and many are on exhibition in galleries and museums internationally.

Carlos Gamez de Francisco was born in 1987 in Holguin, Cuba and now resides in Fort Myers, United States.

2016	School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Distinguished Scholarship
2006	Jose Marti Fine Arts School. Holguin, Cuba
2004	Raul Gomez Garcia Fine Arts School. Holguin, Cuba Independent study with Cuban artists Miguel Angel Salvo, Cosme Proenza, and Harry Ruiz

Solo Exhibitions

2022	Gilded Age Fashion, Karen Anderer Fine Art, Lancaster Femme Fuerte, Monica Graham Fine Art, Carmel Bloom, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati
2021	Six Shades of Sunlight, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati New Work, Portland Art Gallery, Portland, Maine New Work, CV Art and Frame, Zionsville
2020	Dancing on the Couch, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati Keeneland Couture, New Editions Gallery, Lexington Personality Plus, Kore Gallery, Louisville
2019	New Works, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City Modern Nobility, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati Specimen Lost in a Tropical Island, New Editions Gallery, Lexington
2018	An Uncommon Vision: Equines, Archetypes, and Allegories, New Editions Gallery, Lexington The Power of the Powerless, Moremen Moloney Contemporary, Louisville
2017	New Work. Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont FAQ’s 1789-1987, Moremen Moloney Contemporary, Louisville
2015	Troubling Beauty: Myth and Metaphor in Contemporary Costume Drama, 21c Museum, Bentonville
2014	Troubling Beauty: Myth and Metaphor in Contemporary Costume Drama, 21c Museum, Louisville Size Matters, The Green Building Gallery, Louisville Cactus Petals, Fluctuating Asymmetry, and Crimes of Passion, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville
2013	Pétalos de Cactus, Fluctuaciones Asimétricas, y Crimen Pasional, Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
2012	Radical Genealogy: The Decline of Dauphins, Courtesans and Hounds, Hardcore Art, Contemporary Space, Miami Trio, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati Black Portraits of Pomegranate Eaters, Swanson Contemporary, Louisville
2011	Cuban Now, 21C Museum, Louisville
2010	The Last Words of Louis XVI, Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville
2009	Fungus for Parry-Rombeg, Les Arts Gallery, Balearic Islands, Spain
2008	The Last Little Vincent and Jean Puy, Colonial Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
2006	The Hole of the Mirror, Ibero-American House, Holguín, Cuba

Group Exhibitions

2022	Art Market San Francisco, Slate Contemporary, Oakland
2021	SCOPE Art Fair, The CAMP Gallery, Miami Affordable Art Fair NYC, Artplex Gallery, New York City The Figurative Filter, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles Supernova, The Grogan Gallery, Houston Face It, Jack Rabbit Gallery, Houston Afterimage; Sensations of Colors, Nashville Bloom, Bev’s Fine Art, Raleigh
2020	Mix it Up!, New Editions Gallery, Lexington Moscow International Foto Awards Winner’s Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
2019	Dress Up, Speak Up: Regalia and Resistance, 21c Museum, Cincinnati Mix it Up!, New Editions Gallery, Lexington Endless Summer, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati
2018	46 International Art Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville PHOTO’ 18, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont Keep your Clothes ON, New Editions Gallery, Lexington 30th Anual Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur 2018 Art, Center Juried Exhibition, Overland Park Merton Among Us, 849 Gallery, KyCAD, Louisville
2017	45th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville Mistrz i morze, ArtGalle Galeria, Stettin, Poland
2016	Context Art Miami, Ai Bo Gallery, Miami Cubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center, Miami Cuban Fried Chicken, MAC Gallery, Fort Lauderdale Cuban Art: Influence and Articulation, Moremen Moloney Contemporary, Louisville Navigate, 1619 Flux Art + Activism, Louisville
2015	New Blood Festival, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art Southampton, Glenn Aber Contemporary, Southampton
2014	Latin Views 2014, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut Miami New Media Festival 2014, The Chill Concept, Miami Art Hamptons, Glenn Aber Contemporary, New York Art Palm Beach, Glenn Aber Contemporary, Palm Beach
2013	NSHMBA Louisville Fundraising & Awards Gala, National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Louisville Dis-semblance: Projecting and Perceiving Identity, 21c Museum, Cincinnati Acuarelas III, Lombillo Palace, Havana, Cuba
2012	Scope - Art Basel, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami Latin Views, Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut
2011	Mada New Media Festival’11, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami Contemporary Realism, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati Acuerelas II, Lombillo Palace, Havana, Cuba
2010	Fronteras Desdibujadas, Periquera Colonial Museum, Holguin, Cuba EKLEKTICITY, George Rodez Gallery, Miami
2009	Drove my wife crazy, Pyro Gallery, Louisville
2008	Cuban Artists, Rome, Italy Dachshund, a Legend, Humboldt professorship, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba