Andres Conde

Andres Conde, son of a political prisoner, was uprooted from Cuba as a child, and brought to Miami via Madrid, Spain in 1980, where he went on to graduate from the University of Miami.  An expressionist with a penchant for graphic art, Conde mitigates the feeling of displacement by depicting historic examples of Cuban iconography in his work.

The artist is currently engaged in producing two series.

"Dias de un Futuro Pasado" / "Days of Future Passed" : This series is anchored in the twenty year period from 1920-1940 and focuses on Havana society with a nod to the internationally known artists of that period.

"SOCIAL" :  Conde is in the process of creating 240 new covers for the iconic Cuban magazine which closed in 1938.  He has reopened the magazine, in his mind, and is running it from 1939 through the date of the revolution in 1959, when he will symbolically close the doors of the magazine again.  SOCIAL magazine, as the name implies, was the "Vanity Fair" of Cuba. Published and designed by renowned illustrator Conrado Massaguer.

Conde's work can be found in collections across North and South America, France, Germany and Haiti. 

Andres Conde lives and works in Natchez, Mississippi.