Juan Ramón Valdés Gómez (born 1968 in Manicaragua,

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), also called "Yiki", is a modern Cuban artist, known for his paintings. His paintings are representative of 20th-century vanguardia artists who rejected the academic conventions of Cuba's national art academy. His work is influenced by

Cubism Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassemble ...

and Modernist Primitivism themes from Cuba. He attended the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. He has earned numerous awards and his work has been exhibited extensively throughout Cuba as well as in North America and Europe. This includes notable exhibits such as "Borders Crossroads" (Galleria Villa Manuela, Havana City - 2006), "Tribute to the 110th Birthday of Wifredo Lam" (Sagua la grande, Villa Clara, Cuba - 2012), "That's Cuba!" (Galleria di Palazzo Tiepolo Salvadori, Venice, Italy, 2016), and "A Fine Collection of Cuban Art, (Whitehalls Gallery, Ontario)

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1968 births Living people People from Manicaragua Cuban artists Cuban painters Instituto Superior de Arte alumni {{Cuba-painter-stub