Cindy Cubela Rodríguez was born in Havana, Cuba, on March 5, 1995. In 1996, she moved to Barcelona with her mother, growing up in the vibrant cultural scene of the 1990s and 2000s. This dual identity —Caribbean and Mediterranean— is a defining element in her artistic work.
She studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, where she completed her final degree project with an apology for intimacy, through a costumbrist piece inspired by her Cuban family environment. From there, she began a deeper exploration of uprootedness, with her work delving into themes of solitude, loss, and belonging.
Her work —both intimate and expansive— is shaped by the techniques and emotional worlds of Emil Nolde and Claude Monet, two essential references in her artistic practice. Their influence can be felt in the way she approaches color, atmosphere, and the interplay between emotion and landscape. In her compositions, nature becomes an emotional territory—figures merge into light, silence, and sensation.
Alongside her visual art, she runs a craft workshop where each handmade piece carries the same poetic energy.
Inspired by the wide expanses of the Cuban jungle, Cindy places the royal palm tree at the center of her iconography — a symbol of grounding and identity. Her work sits at the intersection of the political and the emotional, marked by a strong painterly aesthetic in which color and contrast are essential expressive tools.