March 24- May 8, 2021
Opening reception March 26th 6pm-8pm
“Drawing Shapes on the Shifting Shadows” is a group of paintings and drawings were the color is use as tool, a tool used by Alexis Mendoza for the last 25 years, the result turned out to be a revelation of temporal awareness, a simple way of reviling bi-dimensionality in painting. The color blending led the way from the link between painting and time and toward the physical immediacy of the pictorial plane.
Alexis Mendoza: Is a Cuban artist, writer and independent curator, based in New York City. His multidisciplinary work focuses on painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and installation. His art explores the transitioning and overlapping of colors as a metaphor for the Afro-Cuban customs, rituals and traditions. Mendoza was born in Havana City, Cuba. His past education includes the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro (1988), he graduated in Art History from Havana University (1994), and completed an Internship in Fine Art Conservation at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana (1992-93). He has lived and worked in New York City since 1995. Mendoza has exhibited his artworks in museums and galleries in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and United States. Mendoza’s work has been written about in Cuban Art News, Sing For Hope, Artnet, JCAST, HFFNY, and Manhattan Times. He is a co-founder and co-creator of The Bronx Latin American Art Biennial which showcase the works of Latino artists from New York and abroad. In 2019 the art biennial evolved to the New York Latin American Art Triennial which explored issues such as migration, women’s rights and social justice while celebrating Hispanic heritage. He is the founding member of BxArts Factory and is part of the BX200, a curated selection of artists identified with The Bronx; and Editor of Arteration Blogazine. Mendoza is also the author of the books Latin America, The Culture and the New Men; Objective Reference of Painting: The Work of Ismael Checo, 1986-2006; and Reflections: The Sensationalism of the Art from Cuba, all three published by Wasteland Press. He also authored “Rigo Peralta: Revelaciones de un Universo Mistico”, published by Argos Publications, Dominican Republic.