Pace Gallery now represents Alejandro Piñeiro Bello.

Pace Gallery now represents Miami-based artist Alejandro Piñeiro Bello. The gallery will present the artist’s solo show “Entre El Día Y La Noche” (“Between Day and Night”) in London from September 3rd to 28th. This will be the artist’s most substantial show to date and his first major exhibition in the U.K. Pace will co-represent the artist in collaboration with KDR in Miami.

Born in 1990 in Havana, Piñeiro Bello studied painting at The National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro from 2006 to 2010. There, the artist developed his signature style, marked by his use of oil paint on raw linen or burlap. His bright, gestural work draws on vibrant Caribbean culture and its diaspora, inspired by his experience living between Havana and Miami, and occasionally includes surrealistic imagery. According to Pace, his work is likened to Cuban artists Wifredo Lam and Manuel Mendive, as well as Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin.

“I remember being in the library of the San Alejandro Academy in Havana almost 20 years ago. With much luck, one could sometimes obtain an art book or catalog from outside the island, [and] there I was exposed for the first time to the magnificent, cutting-edge exhibitions of the galleries and institutions that shaped the contemporary art world,” said Piñeiro Bello. “I observed those scenarios as when one discovers a wonder from another world. From that moment, I dreamt of being able to show my work in a place like that; dreams come true.

“I am very, very happy for this representation and, most of all, to be able to work with such a beautiful and special team where human connection is essential and enriching,” Piñeiro Bello added.

At Pace, “Entre El Día Y La Noche” will feature a series of new paintings, works on paper, and a sculpture, each embodying the transition between day and night in Cuba. To explore this subject matter, Piñeiro Bello uses an iridescent palette and vast canvases, the largest of which stretches over 20 feet wide. The works will juxtapose classical Western painting techniques with non-linear narratives typical of Latin American storytelling.

Piñeiro Bello’s first presentation with Pace, “Viaje en Espiral,” took place in Seoul last June. In recent years, the artist has exhibited with the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana and the NSU Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His works are featured in several prominent public and private collections, including the Rubell Museum in Miami and The Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul.

“Alejandro Piñeiro Bello fuses his personal memories of Cuba—the sea, a sunset, an indigo night sky—with the country’s rich cultural history and traditions of dance, music, and the Marvellous Real,” said Pace president Samanthe Rubell. “We are thrilled to welcome his boundless creativity and fresh perspective to Pace’s program.”