Chromatic Dialogues

Pedro A. Figueredo & Rafael Montilla

Opening Reception: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Galería Adelmo is pleased to announce the opening of Chromatic Dialogues, a two-person exhibition of artworks by Pedro A. Figueredo and Rafael Montilla. The opening reception will take place on Friday, August 30, 2019. The exhibition will run through Tuesday, September 24, 2019. 

Using color as one of their main forms of expression, Pedro A. Figueredo and Rafael Montilla have created distinct individual bodies of work. Both artists work within the realm of abstraction: Figueredo in the tradition of lyrical abstraction, and Montilla in the tradition of geometric abstraction.

Pedro A. Figueredo’s series of paintings Liminal Passages expresses transitional periods in life using a personal language of colors and textures. The ephemeral stages of changes are reflected in the blending or changes of colors. In Figueredo’s paintings, bands of textures symbolizing events in one’s life interrupt fields of boundless colors representing emotions or reactions. Individual paintings may reflect a single or a range of emotions such as despair, passion, lost, or joy.

Rafaal Montilla’s works comprises of conceptual artworks expressed through minimalism and geometric forms utilizing color and shape. According to Montilla, “through my proposal, I seek to awaken the individual and change his understanding of himself, in order to recover his moral autonomy to be super conscious and live in harmony with the physical universe and ourselves.”

Pedro A. Figueredo was born in Bayamo, Cuba, grew up in New York City, and lives and works in Little Havana neighborhood, Miami, Florida. Figueredo studied architecture and art history at Columbia University, New York City, and studio art and museum studies at the Art Center of South Florida, and at the Florida International University, Miami.  He has exhibited at several venues in South Florida and New York City. Website: Pedroafigueredo.com

Rafael Montilla was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and lives and works in the Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida. Montilla has studied painting, drawing, weaving, and sculpture with prestigious artists, and at renown art institutions in Caracas, Venezuela. He has exhibited in various cities throughout the United States: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Weston, Las Vegas, Coral Gables, and New York; and internationally in Canada, Holland, Italia, France, Spain and Venezuela. Website: rafaelmontillaart.com

Galeria Adelmo is located in the Little Havana district and opened in April of 2010. Its primary goal is to represent and promote the art works of local established or emerging artists from South Florida and throughout the globe.  On the last Friday of each month, coinciding with Viernes Culturales festival, Galeria Adelmo showcases a featured artist.  Galeria Adelmo also offers a Saturday Morning Art Class, private weekday painting lessons, as well as Private Painting Parties.