Aurelio Márquez

Statement

Like an ongoing evolutionary process, I find myself crossing over from graphic design
into the fine art of painting. My considerable experience as a graphic artist taught me
how to create and balance compositions with high purpose and precision.
Now I paint, fascinated and energized by the challenges, possibilities and potential to advance into the realms of pigment, colour and the expanse of the blank canvas landscape. Much of my art is inspired by deeply rooted ideas, emotions, memories and experiences of my past. These become the DNA of my paintings, every artwork offering a new opportunity
to crystallize yet another dream.

Bio

Aurelio Márquez (born in Camagüey, Cuba) is a painter who lives and works in Miami Beach, FL. A lifelong artist, Márquez began studying drawing in his early teens. In the 1980's he moved from Cuba to Canada to study graphic design. He earned a Bachelor of Art from the Graphic Design Program at George Brown College in Toronto in 1990, receiving the Dean's Award. As a designer, he received First Prize and Honorable Mention at the Cuban National Exhibition of Graphic Advertising, in Santiago de Cuba and First Prize at the First Graphic Design Triennial, in Havana, Cuba. All the while, he never abandoned his love of fine art. He now focuses on painting. However, his design background is evident in the purpose and precision of his balanced compositions. 

As an artist, Márquez works in charcoal and acrylics on loose canvas. His paintings are often large-format diptychs and triptychs informed by his process. Working on a natural canvas results in a soft, flowing effect, while the ease of acrylic allows him to achieve a tactile appeal. His paintings have a note of Romanticism and are inspired by his emotions, memories, and the poems he reads daily.