Emilio Falero
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Emilio Falero | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) Sagua la Grande, Cuba |
| Education | Studied under Juan Llera and Juan Luis Ruyan |
| Alma mater | Miami Dade Community College; Barry College |
| Known for | Painting |
Emilio Falero (born 1947 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba) is a Cuban Fine Arts painter residing in Florida.
Emilio Falero was born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba in 1947. Falero began studying art under painters Juan Llera and Juan Luis Ruyan; their teaching included lessons in color theory and advanced readings on his own.[1] He graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory in 1961 and subsequently emigrated to the United States in 1962 as a part of Operation Peter Pan following the events of the Cuban Revolution.[2] Upon arriving to Miami, joined a wave of younger emerging Cuban artists who would become a prominent force in Cuban art, including Juan Gonzalez and Rafael Consuegra. Falero studied painting, sculpture, and ceramics with other prominent artists, such as Rafael Soriano, Rafael Consuegra, Duane Hanson and Mark Wethli, in Miami, Florida, between 1966 and 1969 graduating from Miami Dade Community College (North Campus, Miami), Florida in 1967, and later attended Barry College in North Miami, Florida, in 1969. Before then, Falero had attended and graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory in 1961.[3]
Since graduating, he has gone on to achieve success in numerous high-profile exhibitions, win awards, and received praise from Cuban art scholars as well as significant media and literary coverage. He is a member of the Agrupación Católica Universitaria.[4][5]
Style
His work is known for its distinctly academic and intellectual approach, often with layered references to art history and theology. His common influences are rooted in Spanish art, especially Velazquez and Picasso, but also nods to others such as Caravaggio, Vermeer, and El Greco.[6] He utilizes a high degree of technical skill to achieve his updated takes on Realism, Renaissance, and the Baroque. Falero has had phases nodding to more recent influential art movements of the twentieth century - such as Pop Art (i.e. Andy Warhol, George Segal), Surrealism, Modernism, and Postmodernism - while incorporating Latin American elements and other flourishes to reflect his Cuban background.[7]
Art historian Dr. Lynette Bosch of the State University of New York says of Falero: "By drawing on imagery taken from a range of artistic styles and eras, he has blended the separate parts of his life into a united reality that reflects his diverse experience and faith."[8]