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Carlos Gamez de Francisco, born in 1987 in Holguín, Cuba, is a contemporary artist based in Fort Myers, Florida. Throughout his career, he has garnered numerous accolades, including the Fine Art Photographer of the Year at the Moscow International Photo Awards and Honorable Mentions at both the International Color Awards and the Tokyo International Photo Awards. His achievements also include the Museum Guild Purchase Award from the Evansville Museum, the SAIC Distinguished Scholarship at The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Key to the City of Louisville awarded by Mayor Greg Fischer. Additionally, he participated in the “Dreammakers” Artist in Residence program at the Muhammad Ali Center.
Gamez de Francisco has exhibited his work in solo shows at prestigious venues, including the 21c Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas; Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Larchmont, New York; Hardcore Art Contemporary Space in Miami, Florida; the Muhammad Ali Museum in Louisville, Kentucky; and the Colonial Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba. His work is represented in several significant collections, such as the 21c Museum in Louisville, the Fashion Resource Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, the Cubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center in Miami, and Louisville Metro Hall. Through his art, Carlos Gamez de Francisco continues to make a notable impact on the contemporary art scene.
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Carlos Gamez de Francisco, born in 1987 in Holguín, Cuba, is a contemporary artist based in Fort Myers, Florida. Throughout his career, he has garnered numerous accolades, including the Fine Art Photographer of the Year at the Moscow International Photo Awards and Honorable Mentions at both the International Color Awards and the Tokyo International Photo Awards. His achievements also include the Museum Guild Purchase Award from the Evansville Museum, the SAIC Distinguished Scholarship at The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Key to the City of Louisville awarded by Mayor Greg Fischer. Additionally, he participated in the “Dreammakers” Artist in Residence program at the Muhammad Ali Center.
Gamez de Francisco has exhibited his work in solo shows at prestigious venues, including the 21c Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas; Kenise Barnes Fine Art in Larchmont, New York; Hardcore Art Contemporary Space in Miami, Florida; the Muhammad Ali Museum in Louisville, Kentucky; and the Colonial Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba. His work is represented in several significant collections, such as the 21c Museum in Louisville, the Fashion Resource Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, the Cubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center in Miami, and Louisville Metro Hall. Through his art, Carlos Gamez de Francisco continues to make a notable impact on the contemporary art scene.
- Nationality: CUBA
- Date of birth : 1987
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Contemporary Cuban Artists

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Hardcore Art Contemporary Space presents the first solo exhibition in Miami of Cuban artist Carlos Gámez de Francisco (b. Holguín, Cuba, 1987): "Radical Genealogy: The Decline of Dauphins, Courtesans, and Hounds", curated by Aluna Curatorial Collective | Adriana Herrera & Willy Castellanos).
Gámez appropriates the aesthetic of the opulent and decadent atmosphere of the days of the last French monarchs to create a parable of absolute power. Black humor serves as the narrative thread linking pictorial scenes in which the bloody and the absurd converge with ostentatious fashion. Each frame opens a window onto a story that functions simultaneously as a prophetic mirror: in its background one may catch a glimpse of the fate that awaits the characters thriving on excessive power. Its different modes of perpetuation, sometimes associated to a perverted Eros, culminate ? as do the diverse series and animations by the artist ? in the genetic defects (metaphors for the social disorders) and in the death sentences which the French Revolution associated with the guillotine. The famous attraction of the abyss exerted by the unrestrained libido is as strong and deceitful as the seduction exerted by the libido imperandi, the wish for unlimited power.
Despite being a young emerging artist, this will be his 13th solo exhibit. In 2011, he won the Norman Kohlepp Merit Awards, from the Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, Kentucky. In 2007 he won the award for Best Short Film in the Seventh National Festival of Audiovisual "By First Time", Holguín, Cuba.
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Born: 1987 in Holguin, Cuba.
Lives and works in Chicago, United States.
EDUCATION
2016 -School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Distinguished Scholarship.
2006 -Jose Marti Fine Arts School. Holguin, Cuba
2004 -Raul Gomez Garcia Fine Arts School. Holguin, Cuba
-Independent study with Cuban artists Miguel Angel Salvo, Cosme Proenza, Fredy Azzes, Enrique Baster, and Harry Ruiz.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2015
“Troubling Beauty: Myth and Metaphor in Contemporary Costume Drama”. 21c Museum, Bentonville, AR
2014
“Troubling Beauty: Myth and Metaphor in Contemporary Costume Drama”. 21c Museum, Louisville, KY
“Size Matters”. The Green Building Gallery, Louisville, KY
“Cactus Petals, Fluctuating Asymmetry, and Crimes of ion”. Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2013
“Petalos de Cactus, Fluctuaciones Asimetricas, y Crimen Pasional”. Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
2012
“Radical Genealogy: The Decline of Dauphins, Courtesans and Hounds". Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
“Trio”. Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Black Portraits of Pomegranate Eaters”. Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2011
“Cuban Now” 21C Museum, Louisville, KY
2010
“The Last Words of Louis XVI” Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville, KY
2009
“Fungus for Parry-Rombeg”. Les Arts Gallery, Balearic Islands. Spain
2008
“The Last Little Vincent and Jean Puy”. Colonial Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
2006
“The Hole of the Mirror”. Iberoamérican House, Holguín, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2016
Context Art Miami, Ai Bo Gallery, Miami, FL.
Cubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center, Miami, FL
“Cuban Fried Chicken”, MAC Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
“Cuban Art: Influence and Articulation”. Moremen Moloney Contemporary, Louisville, KY
“Navigate”, 1619 Flux Art + Activism, Louisville, KY
2015
New Blood Festival, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art Southhampton, NY, Glenn Aber Contemporary
2014
“Latin Views 2014”. Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut
“Miami New Media Festival 2014”. The Chill Concept. Miami, FL
Art Hamptons, NY, Glenn Aber Contemporary
Art Palm Beach, FL, Glenn Aber Contemporary
2013
“NSHMBA Louisville Fundraising & Awards Gala”. NSHMBA, Louisville, KY
“Dis-semblance: Projecting and Perceiving Identity”. 21c Museum, Cincinnati, OH
“Salon de la UNEAC”. Fausto Gallery, UNEAC. Holguín, Cuba
“Acuarelas III”. Lombillo Palace, Havana, Cuba
2012
Scope -Art Basel, Miami, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space.
“Latin Views”. Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut
2011
“Mada New Media Festival’11”. Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
-2011 “Contemporary Realism”. Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Acuerelas II”. Lombillo Palace, Havana, Cuba
2010
“Fronteras Desdibujadas” Periquera Colonial Museum, Holguin, Cuba
"EKLEKTICITY." George Rodez Gallery, Miami, FL
“III Salon de Arte Religioso”. Fausto Gallery, UNEAC. Holguin, Cuba
2009
“Drove my wife crazy”. Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
2008
XXII Provincial Visual Art Exhibition. Visual Art Association, Holguin, Cuba
“Cuban Artists”. Rome, Italy
”Dachshund, a Legend”. Humboldt professorship, University of Havana. Havana, Cuba
XXII City Exhibition. Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
2007
“XV Salon Iberoamericano”. Electra Arenal Gallery, Holguín, Cuba
XXI Visual Art Exhibition. Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
XXI City Exhibition. Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
COLLECTIONS
21C Art Museum and Hotel, Louisville, KY
Fashion Resource Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Polanco Collection, Havana, Cuba
Louisville Metro Hall, Louisville, KY
Gamez de Francisco´s works are also in private collections in the United States, Spain, Ecuador, Italy, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico.
RESIDENCY
2009- 2010
“Dreammakers” Artist in Residence. Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY
AWARDS
2016 Ox Bow Merit Scholarship, Ox Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Capital Professional Development Program, 21c Museum, Louisville.
2015 SAIC Distinguished Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SAIC Grants, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kurtich Travel Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 Key to the City of Louisville by Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville, KY
2011 Norman Kohlepp Merit Awards. Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
2010 Capital Professional Development Program, 21c Museum, Louisville.
2009 “Dreammakers” Artist in Residence. Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY
2008 City Award. Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
2007 Best Performance. XXI Provincial Visual Art Exhibition, Holguín, Cuba
Best short film in the Seventh National Festival of Audiovisual “By First Time”. Holguín, Cuba
2006 Exhibit of Illustrated Poetry. Holguin Gallery, Holguín, Cuba
OTHERS
2012 La Boca del Lobo International Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
2010 “3Rd Annual KY Short Film & Video Showcase”. 21C Museum, Louisville, KY
2008 Illustration of the book “My days in the Land” by Fabian Suarez.
2007 Illustration of the book “I Insist in Giving You Boats” by Taimi Ocampo.
XVII shows The Warehouse of Image, Camaguey, Cuba
VII National Festival of Audiovisual “By First Time”, Holguín, Cuba

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2016 Ox Bow Merit Scholarship, Ox Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Capital Professional Development Program, 21c Museum, Louisville.
2015 SAIC Distinguished Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SAIC Grants, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kurtich Travel Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 Key to the City of Louisville by Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville, KY
2011 Norman Kohlepp Merit Awards. Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
2010 Capital Professional Development Program, 21c Museum, Louisville.
2009 “Dreammakers” Artist in Residence. Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY
2008 City Award. Visual Art Association, Holguín, Cuba
2007 Best Performance. XXI Provincial Visual Art Exhibition, Holguín, Cuba
Best short film in the Seventh National Festival of Audiovisual “By First Time”. Holguín, Cuba
2006 Exhibit of Illustrated Poetry. Holguin Gallery, Holguín, Cuba
Ultima exposicion: Museo de Arte Colonial , La Habana, Cuba. 305u1b
Los últimos pequeños... en Arte Colonial
Una vez más, el Museo de Arte Colonial acoge a un exponente de las artes plásticas de Holguín. Se trata de la muestra personal «Los últimos pequeños Vincent y Jean Pay» de Carlos Gámez de Francisco, que el jueves 3 de julio dejara inaugurada la curadora Noemí Diaz Vilchef, quien leyó el texto Carlos Gámez de Francisco y el don de la pintura escrito por el crítico de arte Martín Garrido Gómez. «Tal vez por la total sinceridad de su autor estas piezas resulten tan impactantes», sostiene el especialista al valorar la muestra de 14 acuarelas y óleos.
CARLOS GÁMEZ DE FRANCISCO Y EL DON DE LA PINTURA
Carlos Gámez de Francisco es muy joven (nació en Holguín en 1987) y se inició en el arte de forma autodidacta. Me temo que por algún tiempo todavía tendrá que afrontar los prejuicios que ambos factores despiertan en muchas personas. El remedio, sin embargo, está a la mano: tiempo, trabajo y ambición, dejando a un lado el tema del talento, que en este caso se presupone, pues de lo contrario, no estaríamos escribiendo estas palabras.
Como la mayoría de los niños, Carlos Gámez hacía garabatos en cuanta superficie plana encontraba a mano, incluidos los libros de texto y las libretas de trabajo de su padre. Pero sólo a partir de los 16 años comenzó a pensar en la pintura como una posible profesión, por el amplio campo que ofrecía a su imaginación. Atrás quedaban los estudios de danza en la Escuela Vocacional de Arte y el paulatino acercamiento a un grupo de jóvenes pintores holguineros que fueron, pese a su juventud, sus primeros maestros en la disciplina. De cada uno de ellos tomó algo: de Julio César Rodríguez, la seriedad ante el trabajo; de Miguel Ángel Salvó y Enrique Báster, el dominio de la técnica; de Freddy García, la necesidad de superación cultural y de Harry Ruiz, el proceso de concepción de la obra en sí. Por otro lado, su campo de preferencias en el mundo de la pintura era, de por sí, muy amplio y abarcaba desde los pintores renacentistas y los clásicos rusos hasta la estampa japonesa, el expresionismo y el arte gráfico en general, de Toulouse-Lautrec a la estética de las revistas comerciales.
Con toda esta herencia a cuestas, Carlos Gámez comenzó a luchar por ser él mismo, pero sin negar lo que había recibido. Sus obras son el testimonio de esta batalla silenciosa que comienza con cada nueva propuesta. Las influencias están ahí, pero cada vez más subordinadas a los intereses del creador, y estos intereses, siendo muy variados, giran una y otra vez en torno a ciertos estereotipos de la conducta humana que despiertan en él una curiosidad casi morbosa. Con sus obras, Gámez de Francisco se nos revela como un novel psicólogo, con tintes de sociólogo, que escarba sin piedad y sin escrúpulos en nuestros más íntimos secretos. Tal vez por la total sinceridad de su autor estas piezas resulten tan impactantes. Dejando a un lado la calidad formal, sobre todo en las acuarelas, y ciertas extravagancias en la concepción de las piezas en sí mismas, lo que más atrae en ellas es su lucidez irónica a la hora de enjuiciar el esquematismo con que a veces se enfocan las actitudes humanas. De ahí su cercanía a la estética expresionista, en especial a la alemana de principios del siglo XX. Estas figuras descoyuntadas, esperpénticas, que parecen escapar a las leyes de la razón, de la física y la biología, no son más que nuestros alter egos, monstruos por lo general amables, pero monstruos al fin. Así nos ve el pintor, y así se ve a sí mismo, con ese amaneramiento irónico que le es tan sustancial y que, al parecer, le sirve para intentar desmitificar la realidad que le rodea.
Carlos Gámez de Francisco puede, también, pintar para los niños. Como la infancia la tiene aun relativamente cerca, no debería costarle demasiado trabajo mirar atrás, y recordar. Sin embargo, no hace concesiones a la hora de realizar su trabajo y lo que ofrece a los niños de hoy, a sus contemporáneos, es un arte sutil y sugestivo, imaginativo y mágico, por momentos cruel, es cierto, pero la vida suele ser cruel en ocasiones, y él sabe que lo mejor es estar preparados para esa eventualidad. Por eso, no hay paternalismos en sus obras, y si un regodeo en el trabajo meramente pictórico, capaz de estimular la imaginación de los más pequeños.
A estas alturas, resulta difícil predecir qué caminos seguirá la obra de nuestro joven pintor en los próximos años. Su rica imaginación, la complejidad de su pensamiento, unido a su facilidad para dominar la técnica y a su terca autodisciplina, parecen condenarlo al éxito. Pero, en definitivas, lo único que nos atrevemos a afirmar es que Carlos Gámez de Francisco tiene ese algo difícil de definir que individualiza la obra de un determinado creador, ese algo sutil que marca la diferencia entre el éxito y el fracaso, y que nosotros, a falta de un término más preciso, podríamos denominar como el don de la pintura.
Martín Garrido Gómez
Julio de 2008

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