Cuban-Spanish visual artist with over 30 years of creative activity and extensive academic and professional training.

About the Artist

Trujillo is a Cuban-Spanish visual artist based in Pontevedra, Galicia, with over three decades of uninterrupted creative work. His pictorial work is expressed on canvas or cardboard, with a unique language that combines technical rigor and contemporary sensitivity. Throughout his career, he has participated in individual and collective exhibitions, and has been recognized in national and international competitions with awards and mentions.

His experience as a university professor and his training in artistic heritage management give him a comprehensive vision of art: from creation to its cultural, museum, and market context.

Artist Statement

Much of my work has been developed within the realist movement, although it intentionally, at certain moments, slides into a partial abstraction, seeking formal and figurative deconstruction to create a language where the protagonist is the concept I wish to convey and the way of expressing it. This also provides me with the possibility of externalizing the subjectivity of life and its people.

The mobility of bodies is a fundamental right of every human being, and for each one to be able to walk, there must be a surface beneath them to move freely, as well as the necessary means to guarantee their movement. Metaphorically speaking, we move to conquer new spaces, situations, and experiences. In my daily work, I represent the coming and going of people in different spaces and cities, or simply their wandering through streets and paths, capturing the linear transit of bodies that express their experiences and lives with their gestures, their way of dressing, and their manner of movement.

I work with diverse supports and materials, using techniques such as watercolor, acrylic, and/or oil in varying dimensions, as well as clay modeling. In my works, I aim to rediscover the symbolic essence of each human being, delimiting their personal journey throughout human existence.

Lights and shadows, line, color, composition, and textures are protagonists in my pieces, along with abstract figures that move, walk, and wander voluntarily. I like to capture the lives of people who struggle, feel, and persevere in their daily journey.

Education and Career

Exhibitions and Awards

Throughout his career, Trujillo has participated in more than 25 individual and collective exhibitions in Spain, Cuba, and Luxembourg. His awards include the First Prize in the Provincial Competition of Martí Chairs (1996), the Third Prize in the National Cuba-Soneto Salon (2004), and the Artistic Merit Certificate at the Luxembourg Art Prize (2022).

His work is part of private collections in over ten countries, including Spain, Cuba, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Finland, the Czech Republic, Panama City, and Miami.