Dixie Miguez

My artworks are typically done with oil colors on stretched canvas and represent the everyday life of the country side and small towns of central Cuba. The art represents my childhood in San Juan de los Remedios, a small town in Villa Clara, central providence of Cuba and the experiences and events archived in my mind through the years I lived in Cuba. The subjects and themes may vary but the essence of my art is the same, Cuba in a context of surrealism. On the paintings I represent scenes of the everyday life in my hometown surrounded by the local culture and architectural elements from a surrealism point of view. The visual characteristics of my art are represented by the use of human bodies with no faces, no arms and disconnected hands. The color palette used is very intense and warm representing the colors of the Cuban tropic such as warm red, cadmium yellow, forest green and dark brown. The use of no face and no arms was born in Cuba; it was a way for me to express the lack of freedom of expression in our country. A face without mouth can't speak and without eyes can't see.
With the time it became the key of my surrealism style and now I see it in an opposite way, now it represents an unlimited freedom. I would like that in ...

ISDI - Instituto Superior de Diseño (Higher Institute of Design) Havana, Cuba.

2011 - Gallery night, (June 24-25) Miami Lakes, FL
2011 - Art Fest at Doral, (May 13-15) Carlos Albizu University, Doral, FL.
2011 - Gallery night, (March 25-26) Miami Lakes, FL
2011 - Art on the Park, (January) Hialeah, FL
2010 - Weekender Art night, Miami Lakes, FL
2010 ? November, Art on Palm. Hialeah, FL
2004 - Artworks displayed by Lucca?s Arte Latino. Juan O?Rileys. Seatle, WA.
1995 - Exhibit of works. DAS Salon & Gallery. Norfolk, VA.
1995 - Exhibit of works. Miami Herald Building. Miami, FL.
1994-1995 Exhibit of works. Navy Exchange. US Naval Base. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
1992 - Personal Exhibition. Casa de la Cultura. Remedios, Cuba.
1990/1991 - Posters Exhibit. Museum of Las Parrandas. Remedios, Cuba.