Esviel Jeffers
Bio
Esviel Jeffers Durruthy (Cuba) is a visual artist and a graduate of the Wifredo Lam Professional School of Visual Arts (1998), as well as an agricultural sciences engineer from the Jesús Montané Oropesa University (1993). He has lived in Panama for over twenty years, where he has built a distinguished career in the arts. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Panama, Cuba, Denmark, and Japan. His recent exhibitions include PROTOTYPES: Utopia of Departure (2022), The Pressure Cooker (2023), and the MAC Panama Auction (2024). In 2023, he was awarded the Roberto Lewis National Visual Arts Prize.
Statement
Esviel Jeffers’ chimerical machines speak with the playful and spirited humor so characteristic of his island heritage about the almost delirious leap of faith involved in migrating from one country to another in a world fractured by sectarian hatred and walled borders. The exhibition centers on the first three-dimensional version of the fantastic machines Jeffers has created and also includes a selection of sketches, drafts, and process drawings made with pencil, pen, and marker.
Additional information
Las máquinas quiméricas de Esviel Jeffers hablan con el humor travieso y revoltoso tan típico de su herencia isleña sobre el salto de fe casi delirante que involucra migrar de un país a otro en un mundo fragmentado por la violencia de odios sectarios y fronteras amuralladas.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
