Yurién López Reyes Bio and Artist Statement
BIO
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Yurién López Reyes is a multimedia artist from Trinidad, Cuba who paints under the professional name “zegansahiel”. Working primarily in acrylic and gel pen canvases, her art often incorporates embroidery, hand stitch, fabric and beads, as well as other 3D elements and text to bring intriguing textural and material effects to the colour harmonies of her pieces.
Yurién is a self-taught artist. After a career working in the arts in Cuba as a trainer in Trinidad’s Office of Cultural Conservation and in sales and management at several of the city’s main art galleries, Yurién’s studies of Judaism and Kabbalah informed her to explore her own art as an expression of her faith. Since that time, her works have been displayed in various municipal group exhibitions in Cuba, as well as in Ottawa through the ArtEast group, and can be found in private collections in Cuba and the U.S., including the Cuban Art Space collection at New York’s Centre for Cuban Studies.
Yurién moved to Canada in 2024 as a Permanent Resident and is thrilled to be continuing her art career here in a world of fresh environmental and social inspiration and influence.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Yo soy una mujer que pinta mundos energéticos, decretos, las dimensiones de los sueños, las ideas y las afirmaciones; mi obra es intangible y carente de sombras o densidad.
Trabajo dentro y fuera del bastidor, incorporando a mis soportes bordados hechos a mano, encajes, botones, modeling paste, acrílicos y plumas de gel.
Mi gran propósito es conectar al público con la libertad de ser, la comodidad de vivir plenamente, la frescura de una psiquis balanceada y la ruptura de los paradigmas sociales impuestos de manera sutil por la programación mental.
I am a woman who paints energetic worlds, decrees, the dimensions of dreams, ideas, and affirmations; my work is intangible and devoid of shadows or density.
I work both inside and outside the frame, incorporating handmade embroidery, lace, buttons, modeling paste, acrylics, and gel pens in my canvases.
My main purpose is to connect the public with the freedom of being, the comfort of living fully, the freshness of a balanced psyche, and the breaking of social paradigms subtly imposed by mental programming.
