Tomas Esson
Born in Havana, 1963 and lives in Miami
Tomás Esson was born in Havana, Cuba in 1963. He studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte. Esson is considered one of the most important artists of his generation to have emerged in Cuba, becoming a central figure in the decade’s renaissance of Cuban Art. His first exhibition in Havana, A Tarro Partido II (with Broken Horn II), was shuttered by local party officials citing Esson’s grotesque representation of venerable icons of the Cuban Revolution, such as Che Guevara. This repression resurfaced in the mid-1980s as Cuban artists began more critically addressing the social realities of life in Cuba. Esson participated in some of the most important exhibitions and biennials in Cuba and Latin America – his works later began to be exhibited and collected in Europe. In 1990, he left Cuba and moved to the United States.
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Pérez Art Museum Miami – PAMM