Cuban-American artist Edel Rodriguez has developed his work based on his personal experiences, religious rituals, politics, memory, and nostalgia. His figurative creations highlight issues related to identity, cultural displacement, and mortality. 

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Born in Havana in 1971, he grew up in El Gabriel, an agricultural village surrounded by tobacco and sugarcane fields. In 1980, during the exodus from the port of Mariel, Edel Rodriguez and his family left Cuba for the United States aboard the "Nature Boy." Since then, he has pursued a career as an art director, illustrator, and visual artist.

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