Esterio Segura

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Miami studio – Installation of 48 porcelain plates made in Spain to commemorate 48 years anniversary of the Cuban revolution. The plates can be purchased as one set or multiple sets (Limited Edition of 1/10).
The plates can be set up for a special event dinner party, contact the gallery.

Biography

Esterio Segura was born in Santiago, Cuba and now lives and works in Miami and Havana. His work include painting, sculpture and installation, which he makes use of humorous imagery to address socially and politically charged themes from Cuban history and his immigration to the US. He has been exhibited in the US, Latin America, and Europe.

Segura has become equally known for his drawings, paintings, and, more recently, prints. Segura’s compositions are witty and wry combinations of recognizable and iconic images borrowed from mythology, popular imagery, religious art, and art history, particularly from the Counter-Reformation, the Spanish Baroque, and the work of Caravaggio. Recurring themes in his work include eroticism, religious rituals, and the use of symbols. Recently, he has also incorporated text elements into his works. Text and titles have always been highly important for Segura, who believes that “titles are my thoughts getting concrete,” saying they offer the viewer an entry point into the work.

“Crowded with fantastic ideas and strong images, Segura’s work resonates with the angst of the Cuban people. Yet it is resolved in such a poetic way that the resilient beauty and creativity of life on the island is made clear.” (Kathy Zimmerer, 2002).

Education
1994 – MA from the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA), Havana City, Cuba
1989 – BFA from the Professional School of Arts, Camagüey City, Cuba 

Selected One-Person Exhibitions
His first solo exhibition took place in the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Ballet, Camagüey, Cuba in 1986. In 1996 the show Bird and Fish: In the Freezer was seen at the Gasworks Studios, London. In 1997 he showed Habanos libres y yo. Fotografías y dibujos at the Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, Havana. In 1999 he presented Espacio ocupado por un sueño at Centro Wifredo Lam in Havana.

Selected Group Exhibitions
Among the collective exhibitions was La Misión, seen at the Dominico San Juan de Letrán Convent Gallery, Havana, in 1992. In 1993 Mora was part of an important and famous exhibition, Las metáforas del templo at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales in Havana. Una de Cada Clase was the name of an exhibition in 1995 organized by the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. In 1998 he was in the show La isla a flote at the Der Brücke Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1999 he presented Trabajando p’al inglé at the Concourse Gallery, Barbican Center, London.

Collections
Esterio Segura’s work can be found in the permanent collection of MOMA (New York); the MOLAA (Long Beach, CA); the Latin American Art Museum, University of Essex (England); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (Cuba); Kendall Art Center The Rodriguez Collection (Miami, FL), and in corporate and private collections in the Americas and Europe.

Selected Bibliography/Press
Hybrid of Chrysler: A Provocation to Fly, Art on Cuba by Gabriala Garcia Azcuy, David Horta (07/2019)
Inside Cuba’s Boundary: Breaking Art Scene, Robb Report by Tony Perrottet (12/2018)
University of South Florida, institute for research In art by Graphic Studio (11/2018)
Kennedy Center’s Unprecedented Cuba Festival, Washington Post by Peggy McGlone, Philip Kennicott (05/2018)
Inside the studio of Esterio Segura, Cuba Educational Travel by Isabel Albee, Cuba (2/2018)