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Waya or Wayacón (Julián Espinosa), b. 1931. He lives in Remedios, a village known for the observance of practices of Santería, the syncretic religion born of Yoruba and Catholicism, rich with symbolism and rituals. He is what we refer to as a "self-taught outsider artist" who has not had art training, and is essentially uninfluenced by artworld or market trends. In Cienfuegos, where Wayacón's work is sold, he is a man of many legends. His work was much admired by Samuel Feijóo (1914-92), one of the most important naive Cuban painters as well as a poet, journalist and lecturer. Wayacón's self consistent, singularly expressive vocabulary invites the viewer into an hallucinatory world through the merging of a brilliant coloration and unique graphic images. 
-- Joan Crystal Pearlman, New School University, New York City

Wayacón has had more than 20 one-man shows, has been part of more than 60 Cuban and foreign group exhibits and has been awarded more than 20 prizes in Cuban galleries. His art is represented in museums and private collections in Cuba, France, Italy, England, Japan and the U.S.A.

This is his first one-man show in the U.S.