Renelio Marin

Born in Havana, Cuba, Marin's work is split into two directions – one where lines and drawing is the primordial element and the other in which painting and color are used as conveyors of emotion and expression.

The first direction of work is linked to the surrealist method of automatic drawing. Back in the early 1990's in Havana, while Renelio was still a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, the work of psychologist Carl Jung became a major influence as to the purpose of art. Automatic drawing became the method for accessing the levels of the mind. The narrative in his accumulative drawing series is based on association.

The other direction of work is painting. Painters and art movements that had a similar historical narrative to his life in Cuba during the Cold War years were his major influences. Those whose lives were entangled for many years with the politics of the Socialist/Communist countries of the Soviet bloc. Also, modern art and the impulse to better the world or at least improve life conditions. Painting for Renelio is not only a mode of expression or way to deal with personal traumas, it is also a way of becoming.

Marin hold's a graduate degree from San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in 1993; an M.A. in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University in 2011; and a B.A. in Studio Art from Hunter College of the City University of New York in 2009.

Marin's solo and group exhibitions include, "Latin American Art Biennial" Gordon Parks Gallery, Bronx, New York (2010); “One Man Show" Havana Libre Gallery, Cuba; “Pensacola Museum of Fine Arts." Pensacola, Florida (2003) and "Art Without Borders", Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (1998.). Selected collectors of the artist include, The Giorgio + Rosanna Armani Collection; The Shelley + Donald Rubin Foundation Collection; The Vidal Partnership Collection, CEO Manny Vidal; The Wilfredo Rosado Collection; The Havana International Bank Collection; The Jorge Reynardus + Jorge Moya Collection; The Sheppard Collection; The Giuliana Caporale Collection.