Alex Vera Wall Art

Alex Vera works mostly in oils, acrylics, oil pastels, and mixed media to create art that’s composed of interesting subject matter with bright and vivid colors. He’s an artist who paints pop art with messages and meanings that are universal. He’s inspired by the street culture of New York and the tropics of Florida, and he creates diverse works of art that appeals to the masses. He’s inspired by the works of Pablo Picasso and Keith Haring mainly because of their imagery and colors but also for their works that include messages of social energy and activism. He hopes his art will one day cross the boundaries between museums and popular culture. Vera also uses semiotics in his process to keep that universal message alive because he feels that symbols is a language everyone can understand when substituted for words.

His works have been exhibited in Sleepless Nights Miami 2011, Art Basel Miami 2011, and can be found in galleries across the United States. He creates art simply because he feels nothing else in life has brought him happiness the way painting does. After attending college many times, and even changing majors after receiving his degrees, he never found his place in the world and he says art is the only thing that makes sense in his life. He creates his art sometimes after seeing something and being inspired by it (whether it’s something physical or just an emotion) or on the spur of the moment. He likes to paint with acrylic because the texture is unique and the colors are so vivid.