Below is a list of Cuban artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Cuba, of Cuban descent or who produced works that are primarily about Cuba.

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Agustín Drake Aldama Agustín Drake Aldama (1 September 1934 – 4 August 2022) was a Cuban metal sculptor. Born in Matanzas, he graduated at the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas Alberto Tarascó, Matanzas, Cuba in 1953 and years later he was a director of thi ...

(born 1934), metal sculptor, born in Matanzas * Nela Arias-Misson (1915–2015), Cuban-born American abstract, expressionist painter * Armando de Armas Romero (1914–1981), Havana painter *

Belkis Ayón Belkis Ayón (23 January 1967 – 11 September 1999) was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography. Ayón created large, highly-detailed allegorical collagraphs based on Abakuá, a secret, all-male Afro-Cuban society. He ...

(1967–1999), Havana painter and lithographer

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* Eduardo Muñoz Bachs (1937–2001), Spanish-born Cuban poster artist * Henry Ballate (born 1966), artist, born in

Aguada de Pasajeros Aguada de Pasajeros () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. Geography The municipality is divided into the town of Aguada and the villages of Carreño, Real Campiña, Covadonga and Perseverancia. Yaguaramas, now part o ...

* Juan Pablo Ballester Carmenates (born 1966), photographer, video artist, born in Camagüey *

Dulce Beatriz Dulce Beatriz (née Dulce Hernández Moreno de Ayala, 17 March 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a Cuban-born artist known for her Impressionism, Impressionist-style paintings. Life and career Dulce Beatriz was born in Havana on 17 March 1931, to a ...

(born 1931), painter, born in Havana *

José Bedia Valdés José Braulio Bedia Valdés (born January 13, 1959 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban painter currently residing in Florida. Bedia studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" and then finished his art studies at the Instituto Super ...

(born 1959), painter, born in Havana * Mario Bencomo (born 1953), painter, born in

Pinar del Río Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 139,336 (2004) in a municipality of 190,332, it is the 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''. History Pinar del R� ...

Félix Alberto Beltrán Concepción Félix Juan Alberto Beltrán Concepción (23 June 1938 – 28 December 2022) was a Cuban artist and one of the most important Latin American designers. He had a career as a graphic designer, painter, technical drawing, draftsman, and engraver. ...

(1938–2022), designer * Cundo Bermúdez (1914–2008), Cuban-born American painter, born Havana *

José Bernal José Bernal Romero (January 8, 1925 – April 19, 2010, known by his first name and by his paternal family name José Bernal) was a Cuban-American artist, born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in the former province of Las Villas (now Villa Clara). H ...

(1925–2010), Cuban-born American painter and sculptor * Joaquín Blez Marcé (1886–1974), photographer * Carlos Alberto Cruz Boix (born 1949), painter and sculptor *

Saidel Brito Lorenzo Saidel Brito (born Saidel Brito y Lorenzo on December 4, 1973, in Matanzas, Cuba) is a prominent Cuban artist specializing in drawing, sculpture, installation and photography. Brito studied in 1992 at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (''ENA'') a ...

(born 1973), drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, born in Matanzas * Adriano Buergo (born 1964), painting, drawing, installations

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Camila Cabello Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in ...

(born 1997), singer *

F. Lennox Campello F. Lennox Campello is an American (born in Cuba, 1956) artist, art critic, author, art dealer, curator, and visual arts blogger. In 2016 ''The Washington City Paper'' called him "one of the most interesting people of Washington, DC." Early li ...

(born 1956), visual artist, art critic, art dealer, writer *

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(1927–2001), sculptor *

Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas is a Cuban painter. Biography Rodríguez Cárdenas was born in 1962 in Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, and completed his arts studies in 1983 at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). He formed part of the Ren ...

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Williams Carmona Williams Carmona is a Cuban painter. He was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1967. In the early 1990s he moved to Puerto Rico. He has works in a number of museums including the Museum of Latin American Art The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) was fo ...

(born 1967), painter *

Maria Emilia Castagliola María Emilia Castagliola (born 1946) is a Cuban-American painter and a conceptual artist. Born in Havana, Cuba, she immigrated to the United States in 1961. Her early work stressed her Cuban roots with the use of Catholic and Renaissance icons; h ...

(born 1946), mixed-media artist *

Consuelo Castañeda Consuelo Castañeda (born 1958) is a Cuban artist, professor, and art critic whose work includes painting, installations, photography, graphic art, architecture, and print. She was a major part of a movement of the relationship between art and po ...

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Pedro Álvarez Castelló Pedro Reinaldo Álvarez Castelló (February 9, 1967 – February 12, 2004) was a Cuban artist who rose to prominence during Cuba's Special Period. Biography Álvarez was a native of Havana, Cuba. He studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Bel ...

(1967–2004), Cuban-born American painter, lived in Tempe, Arizona *

Humberto Castro Humberto Castro (born Humberto Jesús Castro García in 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is an important Cuban painter. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" and at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana, Cuba. In 1 ...

(born 1957), painter *

Hugo Consuegra Hugo Consuegra (born Hugo Consuegra Sosa October 26, 1929 in Havana, Cuba – January 24th 2003 in New York City, New York) was a Cuban-born artist and architect who, in 1953, became one of the founding members of Los Once (The Eleven), a group of y ...

(1929–2003), Cuban-born painter, lived in New York City *

Rafael Consuegra Rafael Consuegra (September 16, 1941 – September 17, 2021) was a Cuban-born American sculptor and ceramist who worked in the United States and Europe. Consuegra was born in Havana, Cuba. He left the island in 1960 and established residence ...

(born 1941), sculptor and painter *

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(1925–2006), photographer * Miguel Cubiles (1937–2005), Cuban-born Mexican paintings, ceramics, and engravings, lived in Mexico City * Liliam Cuenca (born 1944), painter

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* Demi (artist) (born 1955), Cuban-born American contemporary painter, active in Miami * Ana Albertina Delgado Álvarez (born 1963), contemporary artist * Angel Delgado Fuentes (born 1965), visual artist * Rolando López Dirube (1928–1997), Cuban-born Puerto Rican painter and sculptor * Fernando Díaz Domínguez (1932–1983), painter

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* Ofill Echevarria (born 1972) Cuban-born American painter and multimedia artist, based in New York City * Juan Francisco Elso (1956–1988) multidisciplinary artist * Carlos Enríquez (1900–1957), painter * Carlos Estevez (born 1969), visual artist

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* Emilio Falero (born 1947), Cuban American painter * Agustin Fernandez (1928–2006), Cuban-born American painter, sculptor, and multimedia artist * Jesse A. Fernández (1925–1986), Cuban-born French artist, photographer, and photojournalist * Teresita Fernández (born 1968), American artist of Cuban descent, known for public sculptures * Miguel Fleitas, (born 1956), Cuban-born American visual artist, photographer, and film director *

Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca Jose Emilio Fuentes Fonseca (JEFF) is an artist who was born in Cuba in 1974. He came to live in Havana at 7 years old, where he still lives and works today. He is frequently referred to as a "Naïve" or "Outsider" artist, since he principally wor ...

, (born 1974), Cuban outsider artist * Lourdes Gomez Franca (1933–c. 2018) Cuban-born American painter and poet, active in Miami

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* Humberto Jesús Castro García (born 1957), painter and printmaker * Carlos Rafael Uribazo Garrido (born 1951), multidisciplinary artist * Aaron Gilbert (born 1979), American painter of Cuban descent, active in Brooklyn, New York *

Juan Ramón Valdés Gómez Juan Ramón Valdés Gómez (born 1968 in Manicaragua, Cuba), also called "Yiki", is a modern Cuban artist, known for his paintings. His paintings are representative of 20th-century vanguardia artists who rejected the academic conventions of Cuba ...

(born 1968), painter * Jose Ramon Gonzalez Delgado (born 1953), painter and ceramicist * Juan Gonzalez (1942–1993), Cuban-born American painter, active in New York City

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* Diango Hernández (born 1970), Cuban-born painter, active in Germany *

Jose Acosta Hernandez José Acosta Hernandez (born 1966) also known simply as Jose Acosta, is a Cuban-born American artist. He is known as a painter and sculptor. Early life and education José Acosta Hernandez was born in 1966 in San José, Cuba. His family immigrat ...

(born 1966) Cuban-born American, painter and sculptor * Carlos Enrique Prado Herrera (born 1978), sculptor and ceramist, active in New York City * Mirta Cerra Herrera (1904–1986), painter * Abel Herrero (born 1971), Cuban-born Italian multidisciplinary artist

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Miguel Jorge Miguel Jorge (1928–1984), also known as “Micky” Jorge, was a Cuban artist who was influential in the establishment of South Florida's early Latin American art market in the Greater Miami area from the 1960s through the 1980s. Life and car ...

(1928–1984), Cuban-born American painter and sculptor, lived in Coral Gables, Florida * Josignacio (born 1963), contemporary painter, and creator of a plastic paint medium,

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Alberto Korda Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda (September 14, 1928 – May 25, 2001), was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image ''Guerrillero Heroico'' of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. ...

(1928–2001), photographer, famous for his photograph of Che Guevara, lived in Paris

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Tony Labat Tony Labat (born 1951) is a Cuban-born multimedia and installation artist. He has exhibited internationally over the last 40 years, developing a body of work in performance, Video, sculpture and Installation. Labat's work has dealt with investigat ...

(born 1951), Cuban-born American conceptual artist working within video art, installation art, and sculpture * Roger Aguilar Labrada (born 1947), painter, graphic designer, born in Pilon *

Wifredo Lam Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by and in conta ...

(1902–1982), Cuban-born painter, lived in Paris * Julio Larraz (born 1944), painter, sculptor, political caricaturist, and cartoonist * Vicente Dopico Lerner (born 1945), painter * Manuel Castellanos López (born 1949), graphic artist * Pachy Lopez (born 1968), songwriter * Rubén Torres Llorca (born 1957), painter

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* Luis Marin (artist) (born 1948), Neo-expressionist painter * Armando Mariño (born 1968), painter and sculptor * Juan T. Vázquez Martín (1941–2017), Cuban-born American painter, among the masters of abstract paintings in Cuba * Raul Martinez (1927–1995) painter, designer, photographer, muralist, and graphic artist * María Martínez-Cañas (born 1960), photographer * Rene Mederos (1933–1996), poster artist and graphic designer * Manuel Mendive (born 1944), painter, leading

Afro-Cuban Afro-Cubans or Black Cubans are Cubans of West African ancestry. The term ''Afro-Cuban'' can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community and the combining of native African and other cultural el ...

artist * Eduardo Michaelsen (1920–2010), Cuban-born painter, he died in San Francisco, California * José María Mijares (1921–2004), Cuban-born American painter, he lived in Miami, Florida *

Servando Cabrera Moreno Servando Cabrera Moreno (1923–1981) was a Cuban painter. A supporter of the Cuban Revolution, he created many paintings that depict the Cuban peasantry. Stylistically, his paintings are rooted in the tradition of vanguardia, and are especial ...

(1923–1981), painter * Enrique Caravia Montenegro (1905–1992), painter * Osvaldo Yero Montero (born 1969), sculptor, born in Camagüey

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* Adriano Nicot (born 1964), painter * Gilberto de la Nuez (1913–1993), outsider painter and woodcut maker

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* Pedro Pablo Oliva (born 1949), painter * Pedro de Oraá (1931–2020), painter

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Amelia Peláez Amelia Peláez del Casal (5 January 1896 – 8 April 1968) was an important Cuban painter of the Avant-garde generation. Biography Amelia Peláez was born in 1896 in Yaguajay, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas (now Sancti Spíritus Pr ...

(1896–1968), painter * Gina Pellón (1926–2014), Cuban-born French painter, died Paris * Mario Perez (born 1943), painter *

Dionisio Perkins Dionisio Perkins (1929 – 2016), better known as Dennis (sometimes spelled "Denis") Perkins, was a Cuban artist recognized as a key member of the early Cuban exile art community in South Florida. Life and career Early years Dionisio Perki ...

(1929–2015), Cuban-born American painter, active in Florida * Fidelio Ponce (1895–1949), painter * René Portocarrero (1912–1995), painter * Herman Puig (1928–2021), photographer, died in Barcelona, Spain

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* Roberto Juan Diago Querol (1920–1955), Cuban-born Spanish painter, photographer, died in Madrid * Pablo Quert (born 1957), painter

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Sandra Ramos Sandra Ramos (born Oct, 1969) is a Cuban contemporary painter, printmaker, collagist, video and installation artist who explores nationality, gender, and identity in her work. She is known for works featuring her character of the Cuban Pioneer gir ...

(born 1969), Cuban-born American contemporary painter, printmaker, collagist, video and installation artist * Miguel Rodez (born 1956), Cuban-born American artist * Arturo Rodríguez (born 1956), Cuban-born American painter, active in Miami *

Edel Rodriguez Edel Rodriguez (born August 22, 1971 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American artist, illustrator, and children's book author. Using a variety of materials, his work ranges from conceptual to portraiture and landscape. Socialist propaganda and west ...

(born 1971), Cuban-born American illustrator, children's book author * Emilio Hector Rodriguez (born 1950), Cuban-born American abstract painter and photographer * Juan Miguel Rodríguez de la Cruz (1902–1990), ceramic artist * Gilberto Ruiz Valdez (born 1950), artist

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* José Vilalta Saavedra (1865–1912), Cuban-born Italian sculptor, who died in Rome *

Baruj Salinas Baruj Salinas (born July 6, 1935) is a Cuban-American contemporary visual artist and architect. He is recognized as a central figure in the establishment of the modern Latin American art market in South Florida. Background Salinas' family is of ...

(born 1935), painter * Emilio Sánchez (1921–1999), Cuban-born American painter, active in New York City * Tomás Sánchez (born 1948), painter, engraver * Edgar Soberón (born 1962), Cuban-born American painter * Loló Soldevilla (1901–1971), painter and sculptor *

Rafael Soriano Rafael Soriano (born December 19, 1979) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, and Chicago ...

(1920–2015), Cuban-born American painter, he died in Miami, Florida

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* Raúl Alfaro Torres (born 1933), painter and sculptor * Mario Torroella (born 1935), painter * César E. Trasobares (born 1949), collage and installation artist

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* Hilda Vidal Valdés (born 1941), painter, drawer, designer, sculptor, collagist, and works in artistic tapestry, and

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Víctor Manuel García Valdés Víctor Manuel García Valdés (October 31, 1897–February 1, 1969) was a Cuban painter. He was an early member of the "Vanguardia" movement of artists who, beginning in the 1920s, combined European concepts of Modern art with native Primitivis ...

(1897–1969), painter * José Lázaro Vázquez Xene (born 1968), artist * Luis Vega De Castro (born 1944), painter and illustrator * Fernando Velázquez Vigil (1950–2002), ceramic artist and painter * José Manuel Villa Castillo (born 1939), graphic designer, scenographic designer, interior designer, drawer, illustrator, painter, and engraver * Elio Villate (born 1957), painter * Pedro Vizcaíno (born 1966), Cuban-born American painter, drawer, performance artist, and installation artist

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