ABOUT US
Cowry Art Studio's virtual space, promoting and selling the artworks of Rafael López Ramos and Natasha Perdomo, an artists couple who have been living and creating together for over 24 years. Cowry Art Studio invites you to visit our virtual gallery from the comfort and safety of your home, Located a few blocks from the North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, both artists are creating and promoting their artworks within an amazing energy generated right in the middle of a new developed area, which is blooming in several artistic events promoted by North Miami City.International Art Fairs, like Art Basel, Art Miami, Context, Red Dot, Pinta, and Wynwood; have put the Miami art scene on the spotlight, by presenting artists from around the world and commercial galleries. Cowry Art Studio is an Independent Art Space.
Rafael López-Ramos (Cuba, 1962), studied at Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), 1987-1991, and graduated from Academia San Alejandro, 1985. His latest solo shows have been Chromatic Aporias, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, 2015; and Wonderland, 17 Frost Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2012. His work has participated in curated exhibitions like Stealing Base: Cuba at Bate, The 8th Floor, NY, 2013; Killing Time, Exit Art, NY, 2007; Cuban Art outside Cuba, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, 2006; 1er Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, 1995; El Objeto Esculturado, CDAV, Havana, 1990
"My work has always been more concept than style based, which allows me to freely choose the media and visual language that better fits the needs of each project, confident that every artwork always bears the imprint of its creator, in different ways. When painting I use to over-pose images and symbols on Abstract Expressionist backgrounds -“on the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth showing through”, as Milan Kundera wrote in Immortality. Last year, however, I decided to dive into my work's backgrounds in order to explore in depth its “unintelligible truth” part, fully centering my energy on how to create good Abstract paintings while allowing my hand to have fun, within the gestural and lyrical post-war tradition "
"My work has always been more concept than style based, which allows me to freely choose the media and visual language that better fits the needs of each project, confident that every artwork always bears the imprint of its creator, in different ways. When painting I use to over-pose images and symbols on Abstract Expressionist backgrounds -“on the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth showing through”, as Milan Kundera wrote in Immortality. Last year, however, I decided to dive into my work's backgrounds in order to explore in depth its “unintelligible truth” part, fully centering my energy on how to create good Abstract paintings while allowing my hand to have fun, within the gestural and lyrical post-war tradition "
BIO. Natasha Perdomo (b.1962-) Cienfuegos, Cuba. Natasha is a self-taught contemporary multidisciplinary artist living and working in North Miami, Florida. In (1989) she graduated in Art History, Grammar and Creative Writing. University of Havana, Cuba. In (1984) she obtained a Master's Degree in Spanish Language and World Literature, Instituto Superior Pedagógico Félix Varela, Santa Clara, Cuba. Since then she has been working on her artistic creations as an independent artist. Her is doing Landscapes in oil, acrylic, oil pastels, soft core pencils, charcoal, collage / vinyl, canvas, thick paper or Canvas Texture Papers. Her works have been exhibited in Art Museums such North Miami Museaum of Contemporary Art MOCA; Vancouver Museum, BC, Canada; Coral Gables Museum; some Universities like The University of the West Indies, Barbados, Interamerican Campus; Miami Dade College. FL. USA; Temple University Rome Campus, Italy, West Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY. USA, among other Spaces and Academic Art Galleries, Community institutions and Art Fairs in Miami: ArteAmericas Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL, USA. Natasha Art works have been presented at University at Buffalo, NY, Department of Philosophy, Published by State University of New York Press, Albany. Published by The Miami Art Scene and El Nuevo Herald Magazines. . Natasha is currently a Visual Artist, working at Cowry Art Studio