Reclamando Our Untold Stories

By Creative Pinellas

Tania Figueroa Martinez is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges memory, caregiving, and the quiet power of emotional inheritance. Through mixed media painting, writing, and occasional sculptural experiments, she constructs visual altars from fragments of her past childhood photographs, sacred objects, half-forgotten stories, each piece a portal into the hidden corners of her inner landscape. Her practice is intimate and intuitive, guided by the melancholic tenderness of caregiving and the act of remembering. Symbols and iconic images surface…… Read More

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Zulekha Maria Foulen is a self-taught Panamanian American artist whose work bridges heritage, healing, and history through acrylic painting, photography, and mixed media. Drawing inspiration from her roots and personal reflections, Zulekha’s art explores themes of identity, memory, and transformation. Her creative journey began in youth, when she contributed to public art installations for New York City’s subway transit system. Over the years, she continued to create intuitively and sporadically, letting life and spirit guide her brush. She participated in…… Read More

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Jessica Caldas (b. 1986, Jacksonville, FL) is a Puerto Rican American, Florida and Georgia based artist. Her work connects personal and community narratives, usually centered on the experiences of women and women identifying folks, to larger themes and social issues through bodily, multidisciplinary works. In 2023 she completed the Working Artist Prize Fellowship at MOCA GA and was an Atlanta Artadia Awardee. Her work has been shown at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA, The Art & History…… Read More

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Ro Martinez is a self taught Hispanic artist, she works with acrylics in her favorite black and white palette mixing a rainbow of colors to create a blend of her two styles; Op-Art and Abstract design. The use of color is inspired by her Colombian heritage. In 1980 she painted two massive murals in NY then left to pursue acting and modeling. After a successful 30+ year career, she returned to her love of art in 2017. Ro has had…… Read More

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Iris Agustina Morales (IAM) is a Queer multifaceted artist who intertwines performance, poetry and visual art to conjure the profound wisdom of their ancestors. Embarking on a journey of self discovery. Weaving together the realms of identity, spirituality and ancestral legacy all leading to the power of healing and transformation. She has paved way for the quest of truth and the confrontation of the shadows of her own past to reveal the beauty of resilience…. Read More

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Jovanna Surillo is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, memory, and personal transformation. Working with acrylics abstract art digital collage, mixed media, and poetic text, her art blends visual storytelling with emotional depth. Her pieces often center themes of cultural heritage, inner strength, and the evolving self. Surillo’s work invites viewers into intimate moments of reflection, offering imagery that is both personal and universally resonant. She currently lives and creates in Lakeland Florida… Read More

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Jean-René Rinvil is a Haitian multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator, and cultural advocate whose vibrant works explore themes of identity, memory, and diaspora. Rooted in the rich cultural heritage of Haiti, Rinvil’s creative practice draws deeply from childhood memories and is characterized by the use of bright, expressive color palettes that reflect the vitality and resilience of his Caribbean roots. Rinvil earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida and later pursued a Master of…… Read More

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Mario José Pagán Morales is a Nuyorican poet, voice-over actor, spoken word artist, and cultural worker, born in Ponce Puerto Rico, and raised in the South Bronx. His poetry has been featured in several anthologies, including The BreakBeat Poets, Volume 4: LatiNEXT (Haymarket Books, 2020), Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea (Great Weather for MEDIA, 2019), and the 2019 “The Performance of Breath” edition of The Acentos Review (edited by Peggy Robles-Alvarado and Lupe Méndez). His work is also…… Read More

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Brenda Segoviano, 28 years old. I’m a Mexican-American paper collage artist. I’m passionate about creating art that is personal to my experience as first generation. I like to layer fragments of color and textures to give shape to the complexities in navigating my dual identity. Each piece is a deliberate expression; capturing nuances, moments, a story or people in my life in a visual form of artistry…. Read More

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Mafe Chinchilla was born and raised in Colombia and now lives and creates in Tampa, Florida. She turned to painting as a form of personal therapy, transforming emotion, memory, and identity into bold, symbolic visual narratives. Her work is deeply inspired by womanhood, ancestral power, and social resistance. Influenced by expressive forms and cultural symbolism, Mafe’s paintings often feature faceless and feminine figures with textured backgrounds. She exhibits her work locally and continues to explore the intersection of art, healing,…… Read More

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Jorge Jaime Montoya AKA “Japografo”, is a Colombian visual artist based in Tampa, Florida, where he has lived for nearly five years. With a background in graphic design and over 15 years of experience in photography, Jorge blends both disciplines through mixed media art that reflects his roots, punk attitude, and deep connection to urban and DIY culture. His work spans design, photography, and video editing, often infused with emotion, irony, and raw street aesthetics. Influenced by tattoo art, 90s…… Read More

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Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Francesca grew up in a home of taekwondo entrepreneurs. The family migrated to the US about 37 years ago, and although this has been home since then, it is thru her art that she has found “home” again. Her work centers in integrating the multicultural aspect of being Afro-Caribbean, reclaiming parts of the story that are often left out and even worse, erased. Francesca lives in Tampa Bay with her husband, three daughters,…… Read More

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Vera Nye is a self taught artist. Her main mediums are oil and acrylic paints. She has a passion for using a vibrant color pallet in her work…. Read More

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rose (she/they) is a Cubana-Americana dedicated to building a loving, inclusive, and beloved community. Born and raised in Key West, Florida, she now calls St. Pete home. A storyteller at heart, she is a multi-medium creative exploring storytelling through poetry, visual art, and art journaling. Her work centers on emotions, human rights, identity, and discovering wonder in the everyday. They hold a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from FSU where they first dissected language in both creative and academic realms.…… Read More

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A conscious Colombian poet, host, art curator, visual artist, and Reiki Master dedicated to using creativity as a vehicle for healing, empowerment, and transformation. Writing has been my lifelong passion, and over the years, poetry has become both my resistance and my remedy—a way to speak truth, process experience, and inspire growth. Now also creating visual art—Rebel, channels the same energy and intention through color, texture, and symbolism. This expansion has deepened my practice, allowing new dimensions of storytelling and…… Read More

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Cibby was born in Guatemala but grew up in California. She is a multi-talented visual artist trained in graphic designing, video editing and screenwriting. When she moved to Florida 11 years ago, she immersed herself in her hobby, photography, because she fell in love with Pinellas County. Today, her photographs have been in exhibits around the world as far as the Matca Gallery in Hanoi, Vietnam; and as close to home as the Octagon Arts Center in Clearwater, Florida. In…… Read More

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Sharee’ Yveliz is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and creative director whose work celebrates the vibrant intersections of Afro-Latinidad, neurodivergence, and inner child expression. Rooted in Dominican heritage and raised in the small-town magic of Haverstraw, NY, Sharee’ brings a rebellious tenderness to every canvas, poem, and story she tells. Her art, often described as both whimsical and grounding, blends bold color with subtle detail, inviting viewers to witness the beauty of identity, vulnerability, and transformation. Through her platform Viva La…… Read More

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Addie Rodriguez is an emerging mixed media artist with a keen interest in 2D collages and 3D assemblages. In recent years Addie has immersed herself in visual arts as her latest creative outlet. Her fashion illustration and design skills are evident in her artworks. She purposefully chooses to work with materials that she can touch, cut, and place in a particular order versus using a computer. The tactile aspect of her collages, assemblages, and mixed media pieces are considered paramount…… Read More

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Michelle Sawyer is a visual artist from Tampa, FL. She earned her degree in Fine Arts from the University of South Florida and became a multifaceted artist. Sawyer has worked as a painter, muralist, curator and educator. Her large-scale works, which range from commercial to historical to community-centered projects, can be seen throughout the Tampa Bay Area. Examples of such projects include the Tampa Heights mural at Cafe Hey created to raise awareness of interstate expansion in a historic neighborhood,…… Read More

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ArttByLexx is a multidisciplinary artist whose work invites deep reflection and emotional connection. Guided by intuition, nature’s rhythm, and ancestral memory, she creates visual narratives that hold space for transformation through joy, grief, and growth. Her art blurs the boundaries between past and present, offering each piece as a soulful invitation to feel deeply and connect inward…. Read More

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SPIN El Poeta is an award winning Guatemalan spoken word artist and Canadian national slam poetry champ. He is a long time youth advocate, arts educator, former refugee, proprietor of the One Mic Educators arts enterprise and cofounder of the LA Raza Open Mic through the One Mic Educators collective. SPIN has donated thousands of crowdsourced dollars to grassroots causes. He has also paid out thousands of dollars to racialized artists across Turtle Island through the LA3 Raza Open Mic…… Read More

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Tania Torres is a Puerto Rican and Dominican non-binary mural artist from Chicago. Through their work, they explore duality, intersectionality and ambiguity. During an artist residency in Sao Paolo, Brazil, they developed their vibrant, abstract-pop art style that combines ambiguous figures with imagery correlated to their everyday life, history, politics, religion, love, and pleasure. Tania currently resides in St. Pete with her plants, paint brushes and partner…. Read More

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Adela Salas is a visual artist, muralist, sculptor, and designer born in Santiago, Chile. She earned her BFA from Florida Atlantic University and has since cultivated a multidisciplinary art practice that merges painting, muralism, and sculpture. At the core of her work is a deep commitment to storytelling—each piece acting as a visual narrative that explores identity, healing, and transformation. Adela’s artistic voice is characterized by vivid colors, surreal creatures, fluid lines, and organic shapes that blend together in dreamlike…… Read More

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Arturo Romero (R2ROMERO) is a Mexican American street artist who is known for his distinctive portraits and scenes on currency. Born and raised in Santa Ana, California, he started painting money in 2015, Since then he has traveled and painted in various countries, England, Spain, France, Netherlands, Mexico, and the United States directly participating in several art festivals and exhibitions around the world. He now lives and works in Saint Petersburg, Florida, an ambitious artist painting Murals, canvases, metal signs,…… Read More

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Born in Havana, Cuba in 1967, Edel Alvarez Galban, aka AGalban, has always had a fascination with everything artistic. From his infancy he painted everything around him, becoming a threat to all the walls, furniture and electrical devices in his childhood home, no one wanted the child to visit their home for fear he would start “decorating”. Elementary teachers noticed very early his interest and artistic talent, but later in adolescence his vocation for medicine tilted the balance to study…… Read More

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Freddiefred is a semi-taught artist whose work is an exploration of his life experiences, blending urban and natural elements with a nod to his Puerto Rican roots. Growing up in Wilmington, Delaware, Freddie’s perspective is shaped by the fusion of city life and the natural world around him. His mixed media approach—featuring acrylics, spray paint, watercolor, and pen-and-ink—brings his personal journey of growth and self-discovery to life through bold, geometric forms. Freddie has exhibited his work in St. Petersburg, Florida,…… Read More

By Sketzii

I convey the many facets of Puerto Rican ethnic identity and Latin culture in my work. I take photographs while traveling, research, learn, and connect with the people of these diasporas and communities to inspire a reference or a new body of work. My mission is to tell our stories and for this reason my work is aesthetically illustrative with culturally inspired color stories…. Read More

By Javier Dones

Javier’s current work springs from a lifelong passion and fascination for the elements of nature, her power, arrangements, and structures. The medium is metals and chemistry. Copper is the main working material…. Read More

By John Gascot

Queer artist John Gascot, hailing from the Caribbean, traces his childhood roots to Puerto Rico, an origin that fuels his passion for vibrant hues. While he delves into diverse artistic styles such as Painterly and Geometric Abstractions, his hallmark remains the Latin Pop genre. Coined affectionately after years of honing his craft, “Latin Pop” merges Pop art, Cubism, and Folk art, resulting in a distinct visual dialect. These artworks serve as modern narratives, blending global influences to challenge cultural barriers.…… Read More