Born in 1985 in Pinar del Ri?o, Cuba, Reynier Llanes embarked long ago on an artistic journey that is deeply rooted in his native land and folklore. He was first trained at Pinar del Ri?o’s school of art, Instructores de Arte, where he completed his studies in 2004, mainly under the tutelage of renowned realist Juan Miguel Sua?rez. After his graduation, Llanes relocated to Havana, a vibrant hub of art and culture, where he continued his studies and collaborated with fellow artists, drawing inspiration from the city’s museums. In 2007 Llanes moved with his family to Miami, Florida, to take advantage of the city’s international art scene and exciting cultural life, while remaining close to his home country. Later, he spent nearly six years working in Charleston, South Carolina, as an artist-in-residence in the studio of Jonathan Green, with whom he shared a deep intellectual rapport and an instinct for telling the story of his own people through engaging visual metaphors that explore cultural and environmental matters while forthrightly raising questions about social justice. 

In the years since his residency in the Jonathan Green studio and his return to Miami, Llanes has continued his artistic exploration of nature and daily life with a mystical and imaginative elegance. Drawing from his own memories and experiences as an artist, émigré, and immigrant as well as his studies of literature, history, and science, he invites viewers into the unique dreamworlds of his creation. His explorations of transitions—personal and societal, physical and spiritual— communicate with great sensitivity and empathy the common threads we share as humans. Inspired by artists who came before him, he aspires to create and make his own statement while encouraging and inspiring younger artists who, like him, seek to express the ineffable through art. Llanes’s paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, the Rollins Museum of Art at Rollins College, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame, the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Art–DeLand, the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, and the Morris Museum of Art, to cite just a few. 

The exhibition at the Morris has benefited immensely from the assistance of William Meek and the Harmon-Meek Gallery of Naples, Florida. 

• October 25, 2025 – March 22, 2026