Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Viajando En La franja Del Iris, 2024, oil on linen, 65" × 140" (165.1 cm × 355.6 cm) © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Portrait of Alejandro Piñeiro Bello © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Details:b. 1990, Havana, Cuba Read More Through a practice rooted in identity and memory, Alejandro Piñeiro Bello paints the enduring spirit of the Caribbean.Drawing on the local flora and fauna of his hometown and the surrounding land and seascapes of Los Angeles and Miami, Piñeiro Bello implements color, balance, and texture to portray social, cultural, and mythical histories. At the core of his artistic practice is a dedication to his homeland of Cuba, Caribbean diaspora, and surrounding island nations. Piñeiro Bello draws inspiration from the writings of Cuban poets and philosophers, such as José Lezama Lima, José Martí, Virgilio Piñera, and Julián del Casal. He shares a visual language with the artists Wifredo Lam, Manuel Mendive, and Víctor Manuel García Valdés while referencing painters such as Paul Gauguin, Hokusai, Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Wassily Kandinsky throughout his oeuvre. Using traditional materials, such as oil on raw linen, burlap, or hemp, he employs a saturated palette; characteristic vibrant accents of color oscillate between the layers in many of his paintings, highlighting areas of canvas against a deep backdrop. His visual language is defined by ethereal and endless landscapes, folkloric gestures, and the collective imagination of what a new magical Caribbean may reveal. Physical forms and ideals appear on a timeless plane drawn from his memories and dreams.Piñeiro Bello studied at The National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba (2006–2010), later working as a professor in the Creative Painting department (2010–2011). He was awarded grants from The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, New York and The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York in collaboration with Pioneer Works, New York. Piñeiro was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center in 2022, and in 2023, he was selected for the artist-in-residence program at the Rubell Museum. Recent exhibitions of his work include Future Past Perfect: Escaping Paradise, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2023); En El Arco Del Caribe, KDR305, Miami, Florida (2023–2024), and Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Rubell Museum, Miami, Florida (2023–2204). His work is held in important collections such as The Brownstone Foundation, Paris; Chrysler Museum Collection, Norfolk, Virginia; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Marquez Art Projects, Miami; Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California; NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Rubell Museum, Miami; and The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Collection, New York. Piñeiro Bello currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. Read More Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Real y Maravilloso, 2024, oil on linen, 90-1/2" × 94" (229.9 cm × 238.8 cm) © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Noche Ardorosa, 2024, oil on linen, 51" × 51" (129.5 cm × 129.5 cm) © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, La Espiral Luminosa, 2024, oil on linen, 86" × 74" (218.4 cm × 188 cm) © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, El Misterio de La Noche, 2024, oil on hemp, 118-1/4" × 247-1/2" (300.4 cm × 628.7 cm) © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Nacimiento, 2023-2024, oil on hemp, 65" × 140" (165.1 cm × 355.6 cm) © Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Exhibitions View All Past Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Entre El Día Y La Noche Sep 4 – Sep 28, 2024 London Past Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Viaje en Espiral Jun 2 – Jun 24, 2023 Seoul Journal View All Artist Projects Pace Playlists: Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Jul 05, 2024 News Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Joins Pace Gallery Jun 27, 2024 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Periodicals Close Alejandro Piñeiro BelloOne-Artist Exhibitions Alejandro Piñeiro Bello One-Artist Exhibitions DatesBorn 1990, Havana, CubaLives and works in MiamiEducation2010, The National Academy of Fine Arts “San Alejandro”, Havana, Cuba2024Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Entre El Día Y La Noche, Pace Gallery, London, September 4–28, 2024.2023Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, Rubell Museum, Miami, December 4, 2023–October 20, 2024.Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: En El Arco Del Caribe, KDR, Miami, December 3, 2023–January 13, 2024.Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Escaping Paradise, (concurrent with Future Past Perfect), NSU Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 30–October 15, 2023.Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Viaje en Espiral, Pace Gallery, Seoul, June 2–June 24, 2023.Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Orígenes, El Castillete, Madrid, February 24–March 10, 2023.2022Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: En mi Casa, The Love You Gallery, Miami, February 2–March 3, 2022.2021Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: FIELDS, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland, March 19–April 25, 2021.2019Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: ARCOS, XIII Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, April 12–May 12, 2019.Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: En El Monte, in collaboration with Jose Capaz and Fabelohung, Pioneer Works, New York, February 22–April 21, 2019.2018Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Instant Memory, There–There Gallery, Los Angeles, opened November 2, 2018.Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Instant Memory, Legato Art Studios, Los Angeles, February 17, 2018.2015Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, The Studios of Key West, Florida, February 5–16, 2015.2014Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: One of a kind, the 8 Floor Gallery, Rubin Foundation, New York, September 10–November 7, 2014.2011Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: Stainless, Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura de la Habana, Cuba, November 2011.2010Alejandro Piñeiro Bello: ZOOM, Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba, 2010. Alejandro Piñeiro BelloGroup Exhibitions Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Group Exhibitions 2023Caribbean Dreams, Versailles Restaurant, Miami, December 6–12, 2023.Perhaps the Truth, Ballroom Marfa, Texas, October 4, 2023–March 30, 2024.Biscayne, The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Miami, September 15–December 2, 2023.Reverón/Solar, El Castillete, Madrid, opened September 15, 2023.Florida Room 2, KDR305, Miami, July 22–August 19, 2023.In the heat of the night, Andrew Reed Gallery, New York, July 12–August 12, 2023.Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, February 9–March 12, 2023.2022Figuration through Abstraction, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, November 28–December 3, 2022.Lost in the Worlds, F2T Gallery, Paris, October 18–23, 2022.New Visions, The Love You Gallery, Miami, September 18–October 8, 2022.Wet Hot, The Office, Miami, July 9–August 30, 2022.Horizon Line, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, March 3–April 1, 2022.2021Untitled Art, Makasiini Contemporary, Miami, November 29–December 19, 2021.First Thought, The Love You, Miami, November 28, 2021– February 4, 2022.2020Online: Matter of the Mind, Artsy Website, October 2–November 14, 2020.2019We Buy Gold, Good to Know, Art Basel, Miami, December 5–January 14, 2019.Del Laberinto se sale por un costado, Galería El Apartamento, Havana, Cuba, November 26–February 17, 2019.No sé qué es una casa, Galería La Fugitiva, Havana, Cuba, opened October 31, 2019.El sitio en que bien se está, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba, opened July 3, 2019.Tropical Virus, Gardens Building, Havana, Cuba, 2019.Expo de Verano, Roma Building, Havana, Cuba, 2019.2018lille3000 "Ola Cuba!", Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France, April 19–September 2, 2018.2016La madre de todas las artes, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo, Havana, Cuba, March 26–May 7, 2016.8 Lobbies, Roma Building, Havana, Cuba, 2016.Close, but no cigar, Meat & Marble, Havana, Cuba, February 19–21, 2016.2015Nuevos Colores, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, September 17–November 14, 2015.Behind the Wall, 12th Habana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, May 22–June 22, 2015.Zona Franca, 12th Habana Biennial, San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, Havana, Cuba, May 22–June 22, 2015.One Chaotic Mind/Una Mente Caotica, Studios of Key West, Florida, February 5–26, 2015.Asamblea, Galería Taller Gorría, Havana, Cuba, 2015.2014Art Attack, Galería Galiano, Havana, Cuba, February 2–March 15, 2014.Una Raza, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba, 2014.2013Post it, Galería Collage Habana, Havana, Cuba, December 2013–January 2014.Sex in the City, Galería La Acacia, Havana, Cuba, January 18–February 28, 2013.2012Daiquiri sin azúcar, Galería Habana, Havana, Cuba, July 2012.Dry Cleaning, 11th Habana Biennial, La Lavandería Gallery, Havana, Cuba, May 11–June 11, 2012.Gulliver 1, Freize Museum, Berlin, 2012. Alejandro Piñeiro BelloPublic Collections Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Public Collections The Brownstone Foundation, ParisChrysler Museum Collection, Norfolk, VirginiaInstitute of Contemporary Art, MiamiMarquez Art Projects, MiamiMuseum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CaliforniaNSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FloridaRubell Museum, MiamiThe Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation Collection, New York Alejandro Piñeiro BelloPeriodicals Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Periodicals 2024Carollo, Elisa. “Cuban Artist Alejandro Piñeiro Bello Is the Latest Addition to Pace Gallery’s Roster.” Observer, 1 July 2024. https://observer.com/2024/07/cuban-artist-alejandro-pineiro-bello-joins-pace-gallery/“Pace Gallery presents Cuban artist Alejandro Piñeiro Bello’s first solo exhibition in the UK.” ArtDaily, 1 July 2024. https://artdaily.com/news/172023/Pace-Gallery-presents-Cuban-artist-Alejandro-Pi-eiro-Bello-s-first-solo-exhibition-in-the-UK2023Cantrell, Mary. "Contemporary art and music fixture Ballroom Marfa revels in 20-year anniversary." The Big Bend Sentinel, 3 October 2023. https://bigbendsentinel.com/2023/10/04/contemporary-art-and-music-fixture-ballroom-marfa-revels-in-20-year-anniversary/“Exploring Diversity and Social Issues: Future Past Perfect Exhibition Celebrates South Florida's Vibrant Communities.” Island Origins Magazine, 26 July 2023. https://islandoriginsmag.com/future-past-perfect-exhibition-at-nsu/Farley, Michael Anthony. "The Miami Report: Highlights from Basel and Beyond." BMore Art, 8 December 2023. https://bmoreart.com/2023/12/abmb2023.htmlLaster, Paul. "5 Museum Exhibitions to See in Miami During Art Basel." Galerie Magazine, 4 December 2023. https://galeriemagazine.com/5-museum-exhibitions-see-miami-art-basel/Lemnus, Jack. “Labors during lockdown: Emerging artists debut their pandemic creations at NSU Art Museum.” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 26 July 2023. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/26/labors-during-lockdown-emerging-artists-debut-their-pandemic-creations-at-nsu-art-museum/Markowitz, Douglas."At NSU Art Museum, the Future of South Florida Art Is "Perfect." Miami New Times, 10 October 2023. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/future-past-perfect-displays-seven-local-artists-at-nsu-art-museum-17996150Mitchell, Rory. "Kiki Smith and Alejandro Piñeiro Bello at Pace Gallery Seoul" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Ocula, 8 June 2023. https://ocula.com/advisory/picks/kiki-smith-pace-gallery-seoul/"NSU Art Museum Debuts Future Past Perfect Exhibit." Lifestyle, 24 July 2023. https://lmgfl.com/nsu-art-museum-debuts-future-past-perfect-exhibit/Rabb, Maxwell. “Pace Gallery now represents Alejandro Piñerio Bello.” Artsy, 27 June 2024. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-pace-gallery-represents-alejandro-pineiro-bello Rabinowitz, Chloe. "NSU Art Museum Reveals New Acquisitions." Broadway World, 10 October 2023. https://www.broadwayworld.com/miami/article/NSU-Art-Museum-Reveals-New-Acquisitions-20231010"Three Exhibitions at Rubell Museum." Arte Aldia, 2023. https://www.artealdia.com/News/THREE-EXHIBITIONS-AT-RUBELL-MUSEUM“What to See Around Town During Miami Art Week” (exhibition preview). Surface Magazine, 1 December 2023. https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/miami-art-week-2023-guide/