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Tito, his official name being Juan Antonio Gomez Gutierrez, kept his nickname
from his childhood. Born in La Havana in 1953, he started journalism studies,
then painting before joining the oldest and most famous art school in
the Caribbean: the Academy San Alejandro in La Havana, then the
Instituto de Diseno de la Havana where he won the graphic arts
top prize. This allowed him to work for the state: in a country where
propaganda replaces advertising, he created, for example, the logo of
La Cubana de Aviacion and posters for hospitals, and Castro speeches.
On the side, he continued to create the paintings that he is so well known
for. In 1997, he became an independent artist, not only having been exhibited
in La Havana and selling to tourists, but making himself known throughout
Europe, North and South America, and Africa. Having recently immigrated
to America, Tito now lives in Miami, Florida, where he is able to devote
all of his time to painting.
We
invite you to explore Tito's artwork online. From his brush, the series
Amantes (Lovers), Rostros (Faces), Cristo (Christ),
Mujeres (Women), Eṛtico
(Erotic), and Seres (Human Beings) are born. Real celebrations
of color and shape, inspired by the plastic and aesthetic traditions of
La Cuenca del Caribe, a region known for it's mix of cultures and
races. In a contemporary expression, cultivated by many different influences,
his art, born from the culture of the Caribbean, communicates a reality
and poetic beauty of universal meaning.
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