The Mott Haven Art Gallery
Meet Our Artists

Pablo Pallasso
Abstract Artist
Pablo Palasso is a renowned abstract artist from Santo Domingo whose emotionally charged artworks, showcased at Christie’s Auction House in 2004 and in numerous exhibitions across Latin America and Europe, earned him the UNESCO diploma and Medal of Honor in 2006.

Oscar Garcia
Visual Artist
Oscar Garcia Gonzalez, a Cuban visual artist born in Holguin in 1983, has a background in Sociocultural Studies and extensive artistic experience with over 70 national and international exhibitions, showcasing his distinctive surrealist style in current exhibitions across New York, Miami, and Spain.

Rafael Rodriguez
Visual Artist
Rafael Rodriguez, a Dominican Abstract Expressionist artist born in 1959, expresses his experiences and worldview through the cold colors of the Andes and vibrant hues of the Caribbean, focusing on his art rather than himself; a graduate of The National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, he has held various positions in the arts and traveled extensively across Europe and Latin America.

Elizabeth Rodriguez
Visual Artist
Elizabeth Rodriguez, celebrated as one of Latin America's outstanding artists, has garnered national pride for the Dominican Republic by winning a prestigious painting prize in New York and exhibiting widely across Europe, Central America, and the United States, while also engaging in education and psychology studies and workshops.

Jaime Vasquez
Visual Artist
Jaime Vasquez, a Peruvian artist from Chimbote, gained recognition for his poignant depictions of local fishermen's struggles in polluted waters, especially in his painting *In the Shadow of the Steel* (1980), which led to international acclaim after the 1988 documentary *The Agony of the Port*, and later became a prominent art educator in Lima before moving to the United States in 2003.

Gregor Trzaska
Impasto Artist
Polish-born artist Gregor Trzaska planted his roots in New York City and uses the metropolitan landscape as his muse. Utilizing built-up texture and an impasto effect, Gregor seeks to define the energy of the urban spirit by revealing the underbelly of daily living...