Circular Reflections

Asbel Gómez Dumpierre orchestrates a lyrical, narrative-driven space where contemporary surrealism meets the ghost of figurative form. His canvases unfold as theatrical arenas in which fractured anatomy, aquatic life, and forgotten machinery drift through fluid, suspended moments. A hyper-saturated palette and clean graphic contours support meditations on memory, displacement, and cultural identity.

• Academic Foundations: Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1971. He completed a multi-year studio and theoretical program at the Superior Pedagogical Institute of Havana, earning a degree in Art Education with a concentration in Fine Arts in 1994.
• Institutional Service & Parallel Disciplines: From 1995 he worked independently in cooperation with the Cuban Fund for Cultural Assets. His practice includes painting, printmaking, sculpture, and civic public art, and he has held professional affiliations with UNEAC and the Asociación Catalana de Entidades Artísticas in Barcelona.
• Exile, Translocation & Relocations: His professional path included periods in Buenos Aires, Lisbon, and Milan before he permanently migrated to the United States in the mid-2010s and established his primary production base in South Florida.
• Current Status: He lives and works full-time as an independent professional artist in South Florida.

• 1989–1994: Student Instructor and Studio Assistant, Department of Fine Arts, Superior Pedagogical Institute of Havana, Cuba.
• 2016–2017: Commissioned Resident Muralist and Public Art Instructor, Jersey City Mural Arts Program, Jersey City, New Jersey.

• Fragmented Figure: A career-spanning investigation of the mechanical separation and reassembly of the human form.
• Exile and the Sea: Oceanic iconography, marine entities, and symbolic transport ships addressing collective memory, trauma, and migration.

• 2019: IBDO Gallery, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• 2016: Jersey City Mural Arts Program Individual Commission, Jersey City, New Jersey.
• 2014: Individual Survey, Galleria HangarArt, Milan, Italy.
• 2014: Recent Works, Galleria LaboExpo, Milan, Italy.
• 2008: Populaciones, Galería de Arte Galiano, Havana, Cuba.
• 2005: Nuevas Pinturas, Galería de Arte Galiano, Havana, Cuba.
• 2003: Asbel Dumpierre: Obras Recientes, Lapa Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 2001: Exposición Individual, Galería Hoy en el Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2000: Pinturas Cubanas, Centro Cultural San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1999: Muestra Personal, Country Club Miraflores, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1998: Exposición Personal, Galería Habana (UNEAC), Güira de Melena, Cuba.
• 1997: Muestra de la Mitad, Galería de Arte del Municipio Diez de Octubre, Havana, Cuba.
• 1996: Pinturas de Fin de Siglo, Galería de la Sala Gilda Hernández, Havana, Cuba.
• 1995: Asbel G. Dumpierre, UNEAC, Matanzas, Cuba.

• 2026: Circular Reflections, Westchester Regional Library, Miami, Florida.
• 2025: Circular Reflections, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida.
• 2021: Encounter II, Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, Florida.
• 2020: The Art Fair On The Water, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• 2019: Encounter, Saladrigas Gallery, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, Florida.
• 2017: Market Art + Design Hamptons, Bridgehampton Museum, New York.
• 2016: Outside/In, Cast Iron Lofts Exhibition Space, Jersey City, New Jersey.
• 2015: Festival Internacional de la Cultura Maya, Gran Museo del Mundo Maya, Mérida, Mexico.
• 2013: XL Premio Sulmona, Polo Museale Civico Diocesano, Sulmona, Italy.
• 2010: XXXVII Premio Sulmona, Polo Museale Civico Diocesano, Sulmona, Italy.
• 2007: Art Madrid ’07, Pabellón de Cristal de la Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain.
• 2001: Vereda Tropical: Muestra de Arte Cubano, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1999: The International Festival of Graphic Arts, Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, Romania.
• 1997: IV Salón de La Habana, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.

• 1999: First Prize in Painting, IV Salón Buenos Aires a Nivel Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1998: First Prize in Painting, II Salón de la Universidad Americana de Acapulco.
• 1998: Second Prize in Painting, IV Salón Buenos Aires a Nivel Nacional.
• 1998: Third Prize in Painting, Salón de Artes Visuales Fin del ’98, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• 2026: Catálogo: Reflexiones Circulares [Curaduría: Miguel Rodez]. InCUBAdora, March 24, 2026.
• 2025: Rodez, Miguel. Circular Reflections: Cuban Art Documentation Project. St. Thomas University Press, 2025.
• 2020: MiládelaRoca, Gloria. “Alas para contar historias. Obra plástica de Asbel G. Dumpierre.” Nagari Magazine.
• 2019: El Nuevo Herald Staff. “Guía de Arte y Cultura de Miami week.” El Nuevo Herald.
• 2008: Granma Editorial Board. “Asbel Gómez en Galería Galiano.” Granma.

• Jersey City Mural Arts Program Civic Collection, Jersey City, New Jersey.
• Polo Museale Civico Diocesano Archive, Sulmona, Italy.
• Cuban Cultural Fund Permanent Contemporary Registry, Havana, Cuba.