Meet The Multi-Talented Visual Artist Celestino "Junior" Ortiz

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - March 9, 2020 - PRLog -- Under the guidance and mentorship of contemporary master artists Carmelo Sobrino and Noemi Ruiz, internationally collected visual artist Celestino Ortiz reaffirms his passion for the arts after having achieved great professional success within the communications industry. In addition to being a successful artist, Celestino is an academic professor with an extensive career in the field of communications technology. Specializing in TV Radio Production, Video and Cinematography, Celestino has been a professor at CCAT – College of Cinematographic, Art and Television in Miami since 2016, a TV-Host and Co-Producer of Estudio Celestino TV Show for TIVA TV and currently hosts a popular video podcast Rock Show. He received a Master of Arts (MA) in Museology/Museum Studies from Caribbean University-Bayamon in Puerto Rico.

The artist creates work that stands as a reflection of his individual psyche—and in doing so, attempts to tap into universal inner sources. His work resists stylistic categorization, but it can be clustered around two basic inclinations: an emphasis on dynamic, energetic gesture, in contrast to a reflective, cerebral focus on more open fields of color. In either case, the imagery is primarily abstract.

Celestino carries a genuine desire to communicate, and his chromatic palette is not far from the Caribbean culture that inspired the works in his Energy Fields and Fuerza Natura series'. The complexity and gestures within these bodies of work resonate passionately using bold reds, oranges, blues and green, yellow hues. Celestino recently started working on a new abstract series that evolved from his past style into a more esoteric aesthetic. The artist is also well known for his eye-catching and colorful pop art portraits. Always striving for straightforwardness in his portrait paintings, Celestino uses bold swaths of primary colors with an innate ability to capture the true essence of his subject matter.

Celestino's paintings create a triangular discourse that the viewer and the artist share in a lyrical harmony. He has held many exhibitions over the course of his career, some of which include the El Museo del Barrio and the Whitney Biennal 2017 at Whitney Museum of American Art, and notable art fairs such as Red Dot Miami with Contemporary Art Projects USA during Art Basel Miami Beach 2019. He is represented by A. Cueto Gallery and Pamil Fine Art, future shows include the Museo Casa Escuté this coming June.

To learn more about this fascinating artist, for sales, commissions, general inquires or future show information, email celestinoart@gmail.com and visit  https://www.instagram.com/celestinovisualartist/