Yunior Rebollar: Foreshadows

May 5 – July 2, 2022

Artist Statement

Yunior Rebollar is a mixed media artist primarily working in portrait drawing and digital manipulation. Yunior is from a small municipality called Cotorro in La Habana, Cuba. Throughout various points in his life his work has been used as a tool to communicate and understand the world. Drawing inspiration from music, cinema, fashion, dance and pop culture Yunior has always been concerned with how to position and organize these inspirations within his work and day-to-day life. His artistic choices have historically been dictated by the ever-changing realities of his life, filtered through the limitations of these imposed realities.

Yunior’s work focuses on closing gaps and building bridges to both real and futuristic representations of Blackness. His work establishes origins of reflection, occupying the visual space of Black representation and starts from an attitude of acceptance. An acceptance of the yet undefined nature of Blackness. His work restores and reveals an authentic view of Blackness as a paradigm – as a container of a vast and primal culture, full of knowledge and philosophies that are still utilized.