Esteban Quintana De La Fuente

I can define myself as a self-taught, generalist and multidisciplinary artist born in Havana City, Cuba, who expresses himself through different artistic manifestations such as drawing, illustration, painting, photography, music, writing and philosophy.

Since always, the mind itself became my source of inspiration and search, which is why I chose for my paintings, a surrealist figurative style to represent stories through characters, objects and fluid environments, always representing an introspection, while composing atmospheres or incidental music for mental images, which are also the argument for the rest of my forms of expression.

As an observer of the mind, I paid special attention to a cultural movement such as surrealism and the painter Salvador Dalí. As for music, my favorite composers have always been Claude Debussy, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, with a special interest in the concept of programmatic music (instrumental music with a literary or pictorial association).

As for the materials, I use mostly acrylic on canvas. For the rest of the visual arts I use or combine traditional and digital techniques. As for music, I combine electronic and acoustic instruments, sometimes including the voice as an instrument and ...

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (CUBA)

1997
The Landscapes of Man

Multimedia exhibition held at the International Press Center in Havana City. Cuba. Exhibition shared with the painter Eduardo Valladares. I presented for this exhibition: 8 large format paintings, stories written for the paintings, and incidental music composed for this event.

1991
2nd Encounter of Arab Culture in Cuba

Held at the Gran Teatro de la Habana. Multimedia presentation composed of sculptures, paintings, incidental music and dance.

1991
Parallel Essences. Casa Amistad.

Painting exhibition on the esoteric and spirituality.

1990
10 de Octubre Writers' House

Presentation of sculptures and papyri from the exhibition Man Through Time, along with music and a talk about Pharaonic Egypt.

1990
Man Through Time

Multimedia recreation of the ancient Egyptian Pharaonic civilization. The project was composed of sculptures (basically made of paper pulp), incidental music, paintings and dance. The music was recorded at Radio Progreso Studios under the baton of a legend and master of sound: Angel Larramendi and the collaboration of Armando Garcia on percussion. The success of this project was due to the impressive and unforgettable collaboration of an ex...