Antonio Gonzalez-Nuñez

Biography & statement of my work





Antonio Nunez was born in Havana , Cuba . As a child he was fascinated with drawing and painting. During his early years he remembers spending hours with his grandfather drawing with any material and media he could find.



Antonio graduated from the National School of Design in Havana in 1978 and in 1980 he came to the United States in the Mariel exodus.

Antonio's' work has been recognized by important collectors in the United State and Europe .

He has participated in several solo and collective art shows. In addition he has done illustrations for different publications and completed several paintings for a hotel in Washington DC .

Antonio actually lives in Miami ,Florida and Paris , France .


Statement of his work

For Antonio, painting is an escape from daily reality, an approach to a magic and imaginary world where memories of his infancy are brought to light through his personages. Symbols of innocence lost and scenes of his childhood reappear in his ar

Symbols, elements and scenes of my childhood, lost in time, reappear in my dreams and creativeness.


Found objects, fragments of antique pictures, engraving and documents are constant in my work. I look ...

National School of Design ,Havana ,Cuba