Joaquin Avila
Cuba, b. 1989
Hailing from Guantanamo, Cuba, Joaquin Avila is making waves in the art world. His donation of an art piece entitled Alepo to the United Nations auction for Scholas, an organization dedicated to education worldwide for underprivileged youth went for a considerable sum on auction for which he was flown to Rome in March, 2019 to meet his Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican. Recently, he painted the largest mural in New York City history.
