Andrés Conde

b. 1968
Havana, Cuba

Andrés Conde is a Cuban American painter whose work blends pop realism, figurative painting, and vintage graphic influence. Drawing from Cuban and American visual culture, Art Deco and Art Nouveau design, and mid-century illustration, Conde creates narrative paintings that balance beauty, nostalgia, and subtext through richly cinematic imagery. The artist lives and works in Natchez, Mississippi.

Featured Works

A photo of a circular painting in oil on canvas of an art nouveau woman painted in a graphic style by contemporary Cuban American artist Andrés Conde, titled Mujer Gráfica 1.

Mujer Gráfica 2
oil on canvas
40 in diameter
Andrés Conde
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Mujer Gráfica 1
oil on canvas
40 in diameter
Andrés Conde
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A pop realist image of a woman painted in oil on linen and titled I Heard, by contemporary Cuban American artist Andrés Conde.

I Heard
oil on linen, framed black floating
48 × 48 in
Andrés Conde
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A pop realist image of a woman wearing headphones painted in oil on linen and titled Listen Here, by contemporary Cuban American artist Andrés Conde.

Listen Here
oil on linen, framed black floating
48 × 48 in
Andrés Conde
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All’s Fair Baby
acrylic and oil on canvas, framed black floating
36 × 60 in
Andrés Conde
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Chaos
oil and acrylic on cavas
30 x 30 in
Andrés Conde
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I’m Just Here for The Violence
acrylic and oil on canvas
36 × 26.25 in
Andrés Conde
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An image of an oil on canvas painting of a woman smoking a cigarette with her eyes closed, titled Vices and Other Indiscretions by contemporary Cuban American artist Andrés Conde.

Vices and Other Indiscretions
oil on canvas
31 x 43 in
Andrés Conde
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An image of an oil painting of a topless woman with a glowing halo holding her arms up in the air as if manifesting, she's painted in an art nouveau style, the piece is titled Nouveau SOCIAL by contemporary Cuban American artist, Andrés Conde.

Nouveau SOCIAL
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in
Andrés Conde
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An image of an oil painting of a Chanel perfume bottle that reads No. 1 Cares Homie on the label in black and white by contemporary Cuban American artist Andrés Conde.

No. 1 Cares Homie
oil on cavas
23× 36 in
Andrés Conde
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La Revancha del Tango
oil on canvas
36 × 26 In
Andrés Conde
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Andrés Conde

Andrés Conde was uprooted from Havana as a child and brought to New York by way of Madrid in 1979. The family eventually settled in Miami. The contrasts in art, architecture, and culture between Havana and Madrid, Madrid and New York, then New York and Miami had a profound visual impact on the young artist and continue to inform his work today.

Conde studied commercial art and graduated from the University of Miami. His earliest paintings on canvas leaned heavily toward pop, revealing his strong affinity for graphic design and commercial imagery. The most notable of these early series, Pop Revolution: When the Image Outlives the Ideology, examined the enduring power of political iconography in Cuba. The recurring image referenced in the series was Ernesto “Che” Guevara, whose likeness became both symbol and spectacle within the work. In the painting Siete Años Para El Che (Seven Years for Che), Guevara’s well known portrait is constructed from the handwritten names of prisons and labor camps where Conde’s father was held for seven years.

A turning point in Conde’s work came after a meeting with painter Itzchak Tarkay at the artist’s Miami studio in 1997. Tarkay, a Holocaust survivor known for his luminous paintings of women, asked Conde why he painted such confrontational images. Conde responded, “Because I’m angry.” Tarkay smiled and replied, “Paint something beautiful. Paint your wife.” The conversation marked a profound shift in Conde’s approach to subject matter.

“I persist in reimagining a past that never was or obsessively trying to capture the beauty of God’s most perfect creation, it is complete insanity.”

— Andrés Conde

With his ongoing series SOCIAL, Conde continues to create work that is both visually seductive and psychologically layered. The artist is in the process of creating 240 imagined covers for the iconic Cuban magazine SOCIAL, often referred to as the “Vanity Fair” of Cuba. Though the publication ceased in 1938, Conde reimagines it continuing through the years leading up to the Cuban Revolution, symbolically closing its doors again in 1959.

Conde has become best known for his paintings of women, whose presence in the work often conveys both strength and vulnerability simultaneously. His fascination with the feminine extends beyond the sensual, reflecting a deep admiration for women as emotional and psychological anchors within his narratives. In the series Días de Un Futuro Pasado (Days of a Future Past), Conde frequently depicts celebrations suspended somewhere between the 1930s and 1950s. The viewer’s attention is consistently drawn toward the women in the compositions, while the men, though present, remain secondary figures within the atmosphere of the scene.

The artist lives and works in Natchez, Mississippi.

His work can be found in collections throughout North and South America, France, Germany, and the Caribbean.