BELSY COBIELLAS CRUZ
Artist Statement CV Press Release
Belsy Cobiellas Cruz paintings are scenes that often include interactions from daily life as well as mythological characters. Often in her paintings she will use old colonial decorative elements to create the patterns that she paints. Cruz has intently developed a feminine aesthetic.
Belsy Cobiellas Cruz comes from a family of artists and art professors. Her father is an artist. Cruz herself went to study at a Vocational School of the Arts at 11 years old. She graduated from the Academy of San Alejandro in Havana, Cuba with a degree in art focusing on painting. Cruz has had a long career as an exhibiting artist in Cuba and has participated in several exhibitions in Europe.