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Growing up in Cuba, I was surrounded by silence where music should have been.Western bands like The Beatles, Queen, and Led Zeppelin were forbidden, and even Cuban voices in exile—like Celia Cruz—were  silenced. Yet, despite the threat of punishment, we found ways to listen. The volume was always low, and my parents reminded me that secrecy was survival. In our home, even a single U.S. dollar could be considered a crime, and my father hid money inside bottles within the walls. In a society where words were dangerous, I learned early to guard my speech. But art
became my language of freedom. Through images and symbols, I could express what I could never say aloud. My paintings were my sanctuary—my resistance, my escape, and the space where I could invent a new reality. At fifteen, my obsession with painting took root. Supplies were scarce, so I improvised: watercolor mixed with toothpaste for texture, diesel oil when linseed oil was out of reach, my mother’s blankets primed with house paint. These limitations didn’t discourage me—they strengthened me. They taught me that passion has no excuses
and creativity finds a way.
For me, art is not just expression—it is survival. It is joy, purpose, and the purest form of freedom. Now, after fifteen years in the United States, I live with an abundance of materials and the freedom to pursue my vision without fear. With that freedom, I have returned to the feeling I had as a child: a boundless sense of joy in making. In this exhibition, I experiment across new mediums and surfaces: painting on wood slices, combining watercolor and ink on paper, creating wool-felting pieces, and even
painting directly on walls to defy the limits of canvas. The works range from vibrantly colorful to starkly monochromatic, all connected by the same spirit—play, discovery, and liberation.
This exhibition is a celebration of joy without restrictions, of creativity without borders. It is an invitation to embrace art as freedom, to find wonder in experimentation, and to remember that even in the darkest circumstances, the act of creating is a revolutionary joy.