Karim Lopez Artista Dominicano

Karim crea ilustraciones que dibuja a mano para luego darles vida digitalmente, acompañadas cada una por pequeños textos donde refleja estos aspectos de un extremo a otro; desde lo social hasta lo fantástico y bizarro, haciendo un recorrido por la música, películas e incluso recuerdos de la infancia, planteando todo un universo personal.

– Ventana RD

Alejandro Alsina, artist from Santo Domingo

Alejandro Alsina was born in Santo Domingo, capital city of the Dominican Republic, in 1951. Unconventional in contemporary times, Alsina has long used the benches of Duarte Park in the Colonial Zone as his open-air studio. This location, long regarded for its merchants and artist enclave, is a tourist destination, and historic central neighborhood of Santo Domingo and the oldest permanent European settlement of the Americas.

As a child, Alsina was interested in the arts, but did not pursue any formal training until his late teenage years. It was while on his book-selling route when he was first advised by a local art teacher to nurture his talent by enrolling in the National School of Fine Arts.

"One day I came to the house of a teacher named Jaime Corcho. It was he who told me to put myself in school because I had talent. I went to school, and I kept on painting and painting."

While at ENAV, Alsina was able to somewhat polish his technique. But he would not finish his art studies at ENAV. Choosing instead to concentrate on his career as an artist in the park where he has been selling his paintings since he was nineteen years old.

"I have a lot of time painting here. I went to school, but I did not finish, I just kept working. I developed a lot in drawing, and from there I understood that I could continue alone. So far I defend myself in painting. I have my ability."

His story, and style have made Alejandro Alsina a favorite and respected member of the Dominican art community, and the tourist that at times pay up to $300.00 for an original Alsina en plein-air.

Jorge Severino, artist from Puerto Plata

Jorge Severino Contreras, born 1935, in Puerto Plata, a northern province of the Dominican Republic. A self-taught artist, his first drawing instructions were received at the workshop of a fellow Puertoplateño Rafael Arzeno Tavares (1914-1972). After which, Severino continuied on his own pictorial discovery.

He held his first solo exhibition in 1967. And in 1968, he gets the 2nd place painting prize at the IV León Jimenes Art Contest with his watercolor on paper titled "La oración" (The prayer).

"The first individual "exhibition" by Jorge Severino (late 1967) was practically a collective. He refers to this moment with humor because at the time, far from having found his own voice, his own style, the ten pieces gathered had different styles, according to the critic Contín Aybar, and could belong to at least six different schools. Although Severino remembers himself as a child drawing, being a painter was not really in his plans. Life or necessity, which are the same thing normally, had taken him in other directions."
-- Fernando Casanova, art critic

Jerson Jiménez - Artist from Santiago, Dominican Republic

Jerson Jiménez, was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, in 1970. His first exhibition was in 1987 in the Dominican Republic. In 1991, he travels to Europe, and settles in Vienna, capital of Austria.

Throughout his career, he has also exhibited in Dubai, New York, Miami, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Slovakia.

His works are often bathed in psychedelic colors, a style which he claims, transmits to the viewer a positive feeling, an intense color and a feeling that can not be expressed with words.

What people see in my work right now, and that many define as my style, is a very personal style that has grown over the years. When I work on my art, I do it with great enthusiasm, because I am looking for a result, that above all, surprises me. -- Jerson Jimenez, 2018

Nadal Walcot: Artist from San Pedro de Macoris

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Nadal Walcot (1945 – June 18, 2021) was born in San Pedro de Macoris, a province of the Dominican Republic, located in the south-eastern region of the country. His roots extend from Saint Martin and the Saint Kitts and Nevis islands in the Caribbean.

Nadal Walcot: Artista de San Pedro de Macoris

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Nadal Walcot (1945 – 18 de junio del 2021), nació en 1945 en el Ingenio Consuelo de San Pedro de Macorís, provincia de la República Dominicana, ubicada en la región sudeste del país. Sus raíces se extienden desde Saint Martin y las islas Saint Kitts y Nevis en el Caribe.

Rosanna Cardenas Tavarez, artista de la ciudad de Nueva York

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Rosanna Cárdenas Tavarez, nacida en 1976, en la ciudad de Nueva York, de padres dominicanos. Cuando niña vivió varios años en la ciudad de Santiago, República Dominicana, de donde emigraron sus padres.

Su pasión por el arte comenzó a una edad temprana. Dibujando hasta altas horas de la noche. Su dedicación la llevó a la Escuela de Artes Visuales (SVA) en la ciudad de Nueva York, donde se graduó en 2004 con una Licenciatura en Bellas Artes.

Sus influencias incluyen a José García Cordero (Santiago, 1951), Gustavo Peña (Santo Domingo, 1979) y Scherezade García (Santo Domingo, 1966), tres artistas dominicanos de la época contemporánea. Otros artistas que han influido a Rosanna son Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Edgar Degas, Paul Gaugin, Alphonse Mucha, Tanya Shatseva, Soey Milk, Brandi Milne y Wendy Ortiz.

Rosanna Cardenas Tavarez, artist from New York City

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Rosanna Cardenas Tavarez, born 1976, in New York City to Dominican parents. As a young girl she lived for several in the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic, where her parents immigrated from.

Her passion for art began at a young age. Drawing until the late hours of the night. Her dedication lead her to the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Her influences include Jose Garcia Cordero (Santiago, 1951), Gustavo Peña (Santo Domingo, 1979), and Scherezade Garcia (Santo Domingo, 1966), three popular Dominican artist of the contemporary era. Other artist that have influenced Rosanna include Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Wayne Thiebaud, Edgar Degas, Paul Gaugin, Alphonse Mucha, Tanya Shatseva, Soey Milk, Brandi Milne, and Wendy Ortiz.