"La Dama de las Piedras"

Hablar de mi trabajo no es fácil, es diferente, es encontrarse con un pez, un girasol, un rostro en medio del océano, es la sonrisa de un niño y la tristeza de un anciano. Son las flores llenas de azules,violetas y verde esmeralda. La palma real, el guajiro cubano, el gallo, el sombrero, la mujer del camporodeada de frutas tropicales. Mi trabajo es un arco de medio punto, en los balcones de mi Habana. La mulata sensual que deja escapar por sus ojos el recuerdo de mi patria. Yo soy todo eso, y más, soy el mar de mi tierra, el sabor del ron y el tabaco. Hablar de mi trabajo es, un laberinto de líneas que saltan en mi pupila, que vienen y van en un papel blanco y que me han acompañado siempre. Mi trabajo es mi vida, y es para ustedes.

Matty Marcos was born in Habana Cuba in 1947. She studied plastic arts at the San Alejandro Superior School of Fine Arts in Habana, where at the same time she completed engraving, and lithography works at Plaza de la Catedral de la Habana. Matty Marcos participated in various group expositions in Cuba. In 1971, she traveled to Spain, where she became a part of the artistic scene and also studied the artistic roots of old Europe. She worked in a ceramic craft shop, designing and modeling originals. Because of her dedication to the arts she obtained membership of the Spaniard Painters and Sculptors Association. Matty Marcos left a note to her mother before leaving Cuba, where you can feel the outstanding humanitarian and vocational stature of the artist. Seek in my love, faith, trust; look at my eyes today and take from them what you need, and the day that I will not be here, rest your eyes on my work and you will find me. My life is in my work; it is the only thing I have. They were made with my hands, only capable of giving love; with the pain that Humanity makes them suffer, but they are here to give to humankind the gift of myself.

In December of 1975, after participating in various exhibitions in Miami, she moved to live in this sunshine land that reminds her of its beloved island. She participated in about fifteen individual exhibitions until 1981, when she decides to take time off for personal matters. While she was a recluse, Dr. Josefina Rubio of Todo Magazine wrote this about Matty. Regardless of her youth, Matty has a perfectly defined style in her paintings. A modern, bright and colorful strong trace in most of her backgrounds and a well-marked Afro-Cuban influence in her paintings. Deeply analyzing her work, there is no doubt that even though she has a modern line, the influence of the disclaimed Cuban school is apparent, which its main characteristic is the oval face, slender, refined toward the chin. This style was introduced by Victor Manuel and continued by other painters until today. This characteristic is typical in the paintings of Oliva Robaina, Eddy Cortada and others, and is almost a trademark that has been influencing new painters. Can this be classified as Cuban School or not? Some experts in the field denied its existence while others confirm it. Without doubt, Matty Marcos has a great future in her hands. Her style is well liked, is firm, easy, and of great creativity.

After being absent for some time from public view, Matty Marcos continues to live in a world that is not hers. Adjusting to new experiences, helping from a distance her family in Cuba. Sad for so many years in exile, which forced her to learn different customs and cultures, she entered into the world of children, animals and nature. But she continues painting, sometimes creating for herself and for her interior world, which she fills with fantasy.

Today in her real world, the arts, the creation, she talks with Luis Felipe Marsans in an interview (Diario Las Americas, July 1998): To paint is a dream that is out of reality, and what needs to be done is to look for a way that one thing be compatible with another, to continue existing and painting, because time keeps moving on and what we do today will be the only thing that will stay from us tomorrow. But it took plenty of time and hard work for Matty to arrive at this objective and realistic conclusion. Here she also realizes that time does not flow without reason, and that when we learn we grow. Even through the years of loneliness and having to live away from family she continues to give the very best of herself. Matty Marcos loves life.

In March 1994, she created the murals of La Carreta Restaurant at the Miami International Airport.These murals reveal her homesickness, the color of Cuba, the peasants, the fruits, the greenery ofher native country. It is a green concept that fills the spirit. Also, during this time, she paints murals in pediatric offices and that is the way she lives today, back among us. With new hope and desire to continue enhancing our lives with her art, she is presently working on one of her most original creations: Her stones. These stones have a life of their own; they move, they walk; they talk among themselves; they laugh and shine. The polished river stone is the one Matty employs in her great small work. The acrylic is used to get a strong color, also in the drawing and pen at the end. A unique, exclusive finish and extremely original.

A special note from the artist:

On each stone that I begin, I feel a new different emotion

It is the joy of a child,

Is the color of the sea,

Is the line that jumps to my eyes,

It is an everyday fantasy,

This is who I am…

Matty Marcos exhibited her collection of stones for the first time along with her paintings on canvas at the Brickell Equity Corporation Limited Galleries in 1988. There she obtained numerous acclaims through the radio, TV and printed media. After such a long absence, she was happy and satisfied of the public acceptance. Matty Marcos has returned to being among us, with her love to her paintings on canvas and river stones. and her public.

I was there hidden for so long that I did not know what was happening outside. There, you only feel the sea, with the sound of the waves. There, the seagulls disappear in the distance and are painted in the air There, a tear tastes to salt and algae and is clothed in sand. I was there hidden for so long That now I only want to go out… To see the sun… Breathe the air full of lilies. And then, with color pencils, Draw my name in the sand.

Matty Marcos

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Individual Exhibitions
The World of Stones by Matty Marcos, Tete Restaurant
September 7, 2003, Miami, Florida

The World of Stones by Matty Marcos, The Florida Museum of Hispanic & Latin American Art
October 1 - 30, 1999, Coral Gables, Florida
The Work of Stones by Matty Marcos, D'aluart Café, Art Exhibit
December 18 - 31, 1998, Miami, Florida

Matty Marcos Art Exhibit, Brickell Equilies Corporation
July 10, August 10, 1998, Miami, Florida

Matty Marcos Exhibit, Miami Dade Community College
1981, Miami, Florida

Matty Marcos Bacardi Exhibit, Bacardi Gallery
June 13 - 25, 1977, Miami, Florida

Matty Marcos Art Exhibit, Florida International University
March 1977, Miami, Florida

Art and Curiosity Shop
March 1976, Miami, Florida

Latin Chamber of commerce
November 1976, Miami, Florida

Dume Teather
October 1975, New York, New York

West New York City Hall
July 1975, New Jersey

Group Exhibitions

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village March 2 & 3, 2013 Coral Gables, Florida

9th Annual Pinecrest Gardens Arts Festival January 26 & 27, 2013 Pinecrest, Florida

41st Annual South Miami Art Festival November 3 & 4, 2012 Miami, Florida

14th Anniversary Cuba Nostalgia Exhibit May 18-20, 2012, Fair Expo Miami, Florida

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village March 3 & 4, 2012 Coral Gables, Florida

40th Annual South Miami Art Festival November 4 & 5, 2011 Miami, Florida

1st Annual Summer Extravaganza July 16th, 2011, Coral Gables, Florida

13th Anniversary Cuba Nostalgia Exhibit May 20-22, 2011, Fair Expo Miami, Florida

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village March 5 & 6, 2011 Coral Gables, Florida

SOLO Art Miami, Miami Airport Convention Center November 19-21, 2010, Miami, Florida

39th Annual South Miami Art Festival November 6 & 7, 2010 Miami, Florida

12th Anniversary Cuba Nostalgia Exhibit May 21-23, 2010, Fair Expo Miami, Florida

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village March 6 & 7, 2010 Coral Gables, Florida

7th Annual Pinecrest Gardens Arts Festival January 16 & 17, 2010 Pinecrest, Florida

38th Annual South Miami Art Festival November 4 & 5, 2009 Miami, Florida

11th Anniversary Cuba Nostalgia Exhibit May 15-17, 2009, Fair Expo Miami, Florida

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village March 7 & 8, 2009 Coral Gables, Florida

6th Annual Pinecrest Gardens Arts Festival January 17 & 18, 2009 Pinecrest, Florida

37th Annual South Miami Art Festival November 1 & 2, 2008 Miami, Florida

Hispanic Heritage Expo "Celebrando Nuestro Arte y Cultura Hispana"

September 27 & 28, 2008 Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Florida

10th Anniversary Cuba Nostalgia Exhibit May 16-18, 2008, Fair Expo Miami, Florida

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village

March 8 & 9, 2008 Coral Gables, Florida

5th Annual Pinecrest Gardens Arts Festival

January 12 & 13, 2008 Pinecrest, Florida

9th Anniversary Cuba Nostalgia Exhibit May 18-20, 2007, Fair Expo Miami, Florida

Carnaval on the Mile Fine Art Village March 2 & 3, 2007 Coral Gables, Florida

Mi Arte Gallery " A Well-Dressed Mango"

July 7th, 2006 Coral Gables, Florida

35th Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 4 - 5, 2006, Miami , Florida

Cubanostalgia - Fair Expo Center, Tamiami Park
May 18 - 21, 2006, Miami , Florida

Sunday on the Mile / Carnival Miami (Kiwanis)
March 4 - 5, 2006, Coral Gables , Florida

34th Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 5 - 6, 2005, Miami , Florida

Viernes Artisticos - Calle Ocho Boulevard
May 27, 2005, Miami , Florida

Cubanostalgia - Fair Expo Center, Tamiami Park
May 19 - 22, 2005, Miami , Florida

Sunday on the Mile / Carnival Miami (Kiwanis)
March 6, 2005, Coral Gables , Florida

33rd Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 6 - 7, 2004, Miami , Florida

Cubanostalgia
May 20 - 23, 2004, Coconut Grove , Florida

32nd Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 6 - 7, 2003, Miami , Florida

"Guajiros" en Casa Juancho
October 2003, Miami , Florida

Cubanostalgia, Coconut Grove Convention Center
May 16 - 18, 2003, Coconut Grove , Florida

The Cuban-American Artist Society, "Small Format", GDS Fine Arts Studio
December 13 - 14, 2002, Coral Gables , Florida

Gallery Night, Davinci's Gallery
December 6, 2002, Coral Gables , Florida

31st Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 1 - 2, 2002, Miami , Florida

The Art Festival in the Pines
April 8 - 9, 2000, Pembroke Pines, Florida

Art Expo South Miami 2000
January 8 - 9, 2000, South Miami, Florida

Riviera Country Club, The World of Stones by Matty Marcos
December 5, 1999, Coral Gables, Florida

20th Annual Baptist Hospital Artists Showcase
November 27 - 28, 1999, Miami, Florida

28th Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 6 - 7, 1999, South Miami, Florida

The Wirtz Gallery, Iberoamericana International V Art exhibit 1999
October 1 - 29, 1999, South Miami, Florida

Cuban Museum Fifty Artist, One Hundred works, a silent Art auction
September 24, 1999, Coral Gables, Florida

Art '99, Brickell Equities Corporation,
July 15 - 30, 1999, Miami, Florida

XX Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Commerce aid Industry
April 28 - May 1, 1999, Raddison Cetre, Miami, Florida

Art Encounter 99, Sol Gallery
March 19, 1999, Coconut Grove, Florida

15TH Annual Art and Craft festival
February 20 - 21, 1999, South Miami, Florida

Third Annual Colors of the Earth Art festival
September 19, 1998, Homestead, Florida

Cuban Hispanic Week Art Exhibit, Miami Dade Community College
March 1981, Miami, Florida

CEPA Artists' Plastic Arts Exhibit, Latin American Fraternal Association
October 9 - 12, 1980, Miami, Florida

Cuban Artists' Arts Exhibit, Latin American Fraternal Association, Knights of Colombus,
May 12 - 13, 1979, Miami, Florida

The Cuban-American Artist Society, "The Harmony of Contrasts", Brickell Avenue
July 11, 2002, Miami , Florida

Cubanostalgia, Coconut Grove Convention Center
May 17 - 19, 2002, Coconut Grove, Florida

Gallery Night, "El Dia Internacional de la Mujer", O & Y Gallery
March 1, 2002, Coral Gables, Florida

Gallery Night, Davinci's Gallery
January 4, 2002, Coral Gables, Florida

30th Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 2001, Miami, Florida

Gallery Night, GDS Fine Arts Studio
September 7, 2001, Coral Gables, Florida

Art Expo 2001, Brickell Equities Corporation Limited
July 12 - 28, 2001, Miami, Florida

Cubanostalgia, Coconut Grove Convention Center
May 17 - 20, 2001. Coconut Grove, Florida

Gallery Night, Republic Security Bank
May 4, 2001, Coral Gables, Florida

Calle Ocho, Historia Pequena Habana
Gallery 2000, March 30, 2001, Miami, Florida

St. Stephen's Art & Craft Show
February 17 - 19, 2001, Coconut Grove, Florida

21st Annual Baptist Artist Showcase
November 25 - 26, 2000, Miami, Florida

29th Annual South Miami Art Festival
November 4 - 5, 2000, Miami, Florida

Centro Matter Art Exhibit, Intercontinental Hotel
September 30, 2000, Miami, Florida

13th Annual Las Olas Art Fair
September 2 - 3, 2000, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Cubanostalgia, Coconut Grove Convention Center May 19 - 21, 2000, Coconut Grove, Florida

CEPA, Biscayne college Bilingual Institute
December 1997, Miami, Florida

Trade Fair of the Americans March 8 - 9, 1978, Miami, Florida

CEPA, Bacardi Art gallery
December 1997, Miami, Florida

CEPA Hispanic Week, Miami Dade Public Library System
October 8 - 10, 1977, Miami, Florida

Arts Crafts Exhibit, Miami International Folk Festival May 16 - 27, 1977, Miami, Florida

CEPA Art Exhibition, Koubek Center
April 29 - May 1, 1977, Miami, Florida

Art Museum
February 1977, Miami, Forida

Painting and Sculptures Exhibits, Mercy College Center for Bilingual Education
January 27 - 30, 1977, Miami, Florida

Cuban Artists, University of Miami (50 Cubans Artists)
November 1 - 5, 1976, Coral Gables, Florida

Cuban Artists, Miami, Rainbow Art Galleries
November 1 - 5, 1976, Miami, Florida

Cuban Painters, Dade federal
August-September 1976, Miami, Florida

Art Show - Pan American Week, Bergen Community College
April 1975, Paramus, New Jersey

International Painting Competition
1974, Mallorca, Spain

Salón de Otoño
1973, Madrid Spain

Awards

Pinecrest Gardens Fine Arts Festival, 3rd Place Mixed Media, 2013 Pincrest, Florida

Despierta America, Channel 23 Univision, Interview "El Mundo de Pierdas" January 2013, Miami, Florida

America TV, Channel 41, Interview by Raisa Palumbo, 2011 Miami, Florida

Pinecrest Gardens Art Festival 2010, 3rd Place Mixed Media Pinecrest, Florida

Radio Mambi 710 AM, Ninoska a las 3:00 Entrevista Radial, May 2010

Carnaval Miami Fine Arts Village, 1st Place Mixed Media, 2010

Pinecrest Gardens Fine Arts Festival, 3rd Place Mixed Media, 2009 Pinecrest, Florida

Entrevista Radial with Alvarez Guedez, Clasica 92, 1998 Miami, Florida

Sundays on the Mile – Carnival Miami – Kiwanis Mixed Media First Place Award
March 4 - 5, 2006, Miami, Florida

Miami Exclusive Magazine, Premios "Nosotros"
December 7, 2000, Miami, Florida

Mujeres Universitarias, Otorga Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition June 3, 2002 Miami, Florida

Miami Dade County Florida - Certificate Of Appreciation
October 1, 1999 Miami, Florida

Telemundo - Channel 51. Noticiero
July 15, 1999, Miami, Florida

Miami Dade County Florida -, Certificate of Appreciation
October 1, 1999, Miami, Florida

Third Annual Colors of the Earth Art festival, First Place
September 19, 1998, Homestead, Florida

GEMS- Que Pasa Miami, Cable Channel 44
September 11 - 13, 1998, Miami, Florida

Nuestro Orgullo, Esteban Lamela, Univision-Channel 23
July 31, 1998, Miami, Florida

Gran Orden Martiana del Merito Ciudadano, Cuban Lyceum Inc.
May 28, 1977, Miami, Florida

Miami Cuban Lions Club, Certificate of Appreciation, July 30, 1977 Miami, Florida

Centro Matter, Recognition of her work, 1976 Miami, Florida

Bicentennial of the United States
July 4, 1976, Paramus, New Jersey