31 Facts About Adriano Nicot

Adriano Adolfo Fernandez Nicot is a Cuban-American painter and poet based in Miami, Florida.

Adriano Nicot is known for a distinctive Neo-Expressionist style and is closely associated with the prominent Cuban artists Antonia Eiriz, Manuel Vidal Fernandez, and Hilda Vidal Valdes.

Adriano Nicot's work has since been featured in several books and exhibitions in the US and in Latin America.

Adriano Nicot was born on October 9,1964, in Havana, Cuba during the early years following the Cuban Revolution.

Adriano Nicot's parents were both born in Cuba and shared recent European backgrounds.

Adriano Nicot's father, Adriano Adolfo Fernandez Santaren, was a Cuban financier from Havana whose parents arrived in Cuba from Leon, Spain.

Adriano Nicot's mother, Margarita Nicot Verdecia, was a computer programmer born in Guantanamo, Cuba of French ancestry that had migrated to Puerto Rico before arriving in Cuba.

Adriano Nicot displayed an interest and inclination toward the arts early in his childhood and was supported by his parents in his artistic pursuits.

In interviews Adriano Nicot has recounted that he began actively drawing and sketching by the age of five, after which his father would regularly provide him with sketching paper.

Eiriz was a neighbor of his in Havana and Adriano Nicot would visit her home regularly for private lessons in painting.

Also in 1994, Adriano Nicot was commissioned to paint a public art mural in the Casa de Cultura Centro in Havana.

In 2021 Adriano Nicot participated in the nonprofit HATT Foundation's fine art auction with artwork valued in excess of $13,000.

In 2022 Adriano Nicot was selected to be featured in the Pompano Beach Cultural Center's Culture and Identity of Our America collective exhibition.

Adriano Nicot has been highly active in exhibiting his art at a range of venues and has participated in over sixty solo and collective art exhibitions in Cuba, the United States, and Peru since launching his professional art career in the early 1990s.

Adriano Nicot has been curated by Hortensia Montero, Anthony Ardavin, Niten, Ana Juncadella Barbosa and David Fernandez among others.

Since relocating to the United States Adriano Nicot has exhibited throughout Central and South Florida as well as in Connecticut and internationally in Cusco, Peru.

Adriano Nicot has exhibited in high-profile venues such as Art Basel Miami, the Ritz Carlton Hotel, and the Coral Gables Museum.

Adriano Nicot's style is a distinct exponent of the movement that has become known for elements such as rejecting the use of sharp, clear lines and instead using often tenebrous color and texture to define form.

Adriano Nicot creates works that are somber and psychological in nature, often painting haunting portraits depicting real or imagined subjects as well as mythological and spiritual themes.

In interviews as well as artist statements, Adriano Nicot has explained that he never plans his pieces before beginning them and instead allows them to develop in their own spontaneous and intuitive manner.

Adriano Nicot's finished works are meant to evoke inner-reflection in the viewer.

Adriano Nicot's artwork has received analysis from media and art critics.

In interviews Adriano Nicot has attributed his early career success to his work being easily distinguishable from other Latin American artists due to their personal introspective nature and distinctly dark and stark tones.

Adriano Nicot attributed this early distinction as a signature element of his work for imparting a memorable impact that led to his enduring appeal among critics and collectors.

Since becoming re-established in the United States, Adriano Nicot has published the books El tiempo que me interroga, which explores Adriano Nicot's art and poetry, and Monsters of the Reason, which focuses on his visual art.

Adriano Nicot's art is featured in several books including Pais sin Moscas by Felix Anesio, La Patria es una Naranja by Felix Luis Viera, Miami mi rincon querido by Eduardo Rene Casanova Ealo, as well as on the magazine Revolucion y Cultura's article by Jesus Vega covering famed Cuban art critic Zoe Valdes's book Ficciones con Sangre Azul.

Adriano Nicot won the First Prize for his painting La Bella de la Alhambra, a key work of Adriano Nicot's early career, in the juried Third Salon of Havana's la Galeria Arte Siete on April 24,1994, which was presided by Fidel Perez Cardenas, Director of the Centro Cultural Cinematografico Yara.

Adriano Nicot was awarded the Judge's Distinction Award by the Broward Art Guild in July 2009 for his Mixed-media painting Carmen during their Human Image and Portrait exhibition.

Since arriving to the United States, Adriano Nicot has been interviewed and covered in various media outlets on television and print media such as the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Express News Latinoameria, Diario Las Americas, The Ledger, The Lakelander, Miami Art Guide, ART Oncuba, Platforma de Arte Contemporaneo, Akeru Noticias, and The Artisan Magazine.

Adriano Nicot's work is featured in private collections in the United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, South America, Europe and Asia.

Adriano Nicot's artwork is mostly associated with Latin American art and is included in notable collections such as those of curator Gustavo Orta, Cuban-Dominican art critic and film director Raysa White, theater director and former Miss Cuba Flora Lauten, and Secretary of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO Mariana Ramirez Corria.