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The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora / 2022

My resent visit to The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. Next to my graphic "No a la Bienal de La Habana". Miami FL.

The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora / 2021-2022

My graphic for "No a la Bienal de La Habana" (Posters Show) is among a total of fourteen graphic pieces by Cuban artists invited to this major event.

Poetry Book Launching / 2021 / Sofia

"Senses of the Soul" by Voya Padareva. Covers and illustrations by Cepp Selgas.

Cántaro / Poetry Book / 2021

Joaquin Badajoz: Autor / Cepp Selgas: Book and covers concept / Ferret Vincench: Illustrations / Spanish / NY-USA.

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SIGNOS / Cuba / 1976

While I was still living in Cuba, Samuel Feijóo published several of my drawings in the 1976 edition of SIGNOS magazine. Some of those drawings date back to 1974
Since then M.C. Escher's tessellation has consistently influenced my work.

"Bloque motociclo" / 1974

"Don Quijote infinito" / 1975

"Zapatero-Zapato" / 1975

Teatro Nacional de Guiñol / 1976

My first Solo Show / Havana, Cuba / Photo by Ernesto Briel.

Tapestry / Cuba / 1977

First Prize / National Museum of Decorative Arts / Havana / Selgas / "Buitres-Buitres" / 36X36in.

Aguas mansas / 1970

Cepp Selgas / Gouache on paper / 12X9in.

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SelgasArt: It was "ALL ABOUT(Christmas)EVE." Selgas has always been my signature and so it will stay. I'm Cepp Selgas. "Jesus" is no longer part of my artistic name.

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Selgas' Portrait by Yovani Bauta / 2020

Jnart Productions / Miami FL

Mariel / 2020

Cepp Selgas / Escape from Red Paradise -1985

Editions/Hoy no he visto el Paraíso

My book cover as a video by Lamanguita / 2011

The Importance of Being Ernesto Briel

A video by CepptimoArte / 2010

CEPP SELGAS / Paris ARS Atelier

By Ricardo Vega / Lunaticas Production / 2010

A CUBAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK

By Ricardo Vega / Lunaticas Production / 2006

Garrison Art Center NY / 2020

Cepp Selgas / Postcard from a Pandemic. / My Art in Social Distancing Times Series.

MENTOS SERIES / 2019

selgasArt / "EmbalsaMentos" Mix Media Sculpture.

Gallery Space at Wagner-NYU / 2018-19

SELGAS &THE ESCHER EFFECT, 1974-2018 / Photo by Frankie Crescioni.

Gallery Space at Wagner-NYU / 2018-19

SELGAS &THE ESCHER EFFECT, 1974-2018 / "Love Danzón" / Acrylic on canvas 2018 / Photo by Frankie Crescioni. / Thanks to-Sponsors 'ALAS' (The Association of Latin@s and Allies in Public Service), 'La Herencia Latina' and NYU, and Co-Presenter 'CLACS' (Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

"INFINITE WAR" / 2018

Cepp Selgas / Acrylic on Linen.

Editorial SILUETA / 2018

"Las confesiones de Maria Tibisi y otros cuentos" / Juan Cueto-Roig / Book cover by Cepp Selgas.

Briel at Sotheby's / London / 2017-18

sothebys_s2_londonThank you @thegustavovaldescollection & Jesus Selgas

Artefactus Cultural Project / 2017

Theatre play poster featuring my "Leonela" / Ink on paper, 1979

Jadite Galleries / New York / 2017

Masquerade Series / Acrylic on canvas 48x38ins. / 2015-16

Editorial SILUETA / 2017

"El niño perdido" / Georges Ferdinandy / Book cover by Cepp Selgas

Jorge Mendez Gallery / 2016

Cepp Selgas /Jorge Mendez Gallery/Palm Spring,Ca

Jorge Mendez Gallery / 2016

Cepp Selgas / Masquerade I / Times series / Acrylic on canvas 48x38ins. 2015

Conexos (Spanish) Paperback / 2016

“CONEXOS” 2015 yearbook / Editorial SILUETA / Book cover and inside illustrations by Cepp Selgas.

Jadite Galleries / New York / 2016

Duke University / Transnational Cuban American Imaginaries / 2016

RAÚL MOARQUECH FERRERA BALANQUET

SelgasArt / Culver Academies / 2015

Culver Academies / North-Central Indiana, USA

LMNOP Art in Balance / 2015

Alexander Calder, Armando Guiller, Blanca Arregoitia, Cepp Selgas, Contract Design Magazine, John Czarnecki, LMNOP, Mobile in LMNOP Art in Balance Challenge, MoMA, NYC, Starr Figura, Susan Lyons, USA.

MUSTO MUSEUM / 2015

Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York / Book Launching / 2014

Emilio Cueto / The New York City book launching of La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre en el alma del pueblo cubano. (Image from my Virgin-Boat series-Detail)

Tertulia Latina / Tarecomania / 2014

With "Mommie Dearest No.1" / Jadite Galleries / Photo by Rodriguez Calero.

Tarecomania / Jadite Galleries/ 2014

Two Man Show / Assemblage, Mixed media, Sculpture / New York City.

ARTernate / 2 Park Avenue, NYC / 2014

20 Latin Artists / LACREA and Tertulia Latina / USA

ARTernate / 2014

Photo by Rodriguez Calero

ESSENTIAL / MagCloud / 2014

Ars Atelier City / New York-Paris.

Homage / Essential / 2014

Cepp Selgas / Acrylic on canvas / 58x62 ins.

Chakras / 2014

Chakras / Historias de la Cuba dispersa / Editorial Verbum / Elizabeth Mirabal y Carlos Velazco / Book cover by Cepp Selgas.

E Gallery / New York / 2013

Ay mi Cuba-E Gallery, Bernardo Navarro, Cepp Selgas, Clara Morera, Jorge Valdés.

Chévere / Multicultural ARTS Center

Clara Morera / Cepp Selgas / Jorge Valdés / Bernardo Navarro / Group Show at Latin Art Space / Cambridge, MA / 2013

Chévere / 2013

Multicultural ARTS Center / Clara Morera / Cepp Selgas / Jorge Valdés / Bernardo Navarro / Group Show at Latin Art Space / Cambridge, MA.

AKUS Gallery Art Show / 2013

Motherhood to Mother Goddess / Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT.

Hemos llegado a Ilión / 2013

Magali Alabau / Betania / Cepp Selgas cover.

Art Cubain Contemporain / 2012

ARS Atelier Gallery / Michel Blázquez, Clara Morera, Cepp Selgas, et Zoé Valdés / Paris.

Selgas Life' Line / 2012

Photo by Anna Siano

Ars Atelier City / Winter 2012

This special issue of Ars Atelier City (226 pages), confirms Selgas' indisputable permanent presence in the contemporary Cuban visual arts.

David Lago / Poemas-Poèmes / 2011

ZV-Lunaticas / Paris / Cepp Selgas cover.

Ars Atelier City No.4 / Fall 2011

My "Children of Obbatalá" as an Ars Atelier City magazine' cover / Gustavo Valdés' design / New York-Paris / USA-France.

Los sonidos del silencio / 2011

David Lago / Editions Hoy no he visto el Paraíso / Cepp Selgas cover, Paris.

Opening Night / Ajiaco / 2011

Ajiaco / Newark Museum-NJ / 2011

Ajiaco:Stirrings of the Cuban Soul / Art Show.

El eunuco de mármol / Roger Salas

My cover and inside illustrations / Spain-2011

The Hermitage Museum / 2010

With "Madonna Lita" by Leonardo de Vinci / St. Petersburg, Russia. Photo: Carlitos.

AJIACO / 2010

Ajiaco-Stirrings of the Cuban Soul / Hilliar University Art Museum / Lafayette, Louisiana.

LES DEUX INTERDITS / CD-2010

Cepp Selgas / Ars Atelier / Paris

Les dieux interdits / Ars Atelier

Catalogue design by Gustavo Valdés / Ars Atelier / Paris, 2010

Selgas/Les dieux interdits/Paris

Opening night at Ars Atelier, March, 2010

Cepp Selgas / 13th Sign / 2010

New York solo show at Jadite Galleries, January 2010. Photograph Michaelangelo Di Nonno.

Cuerpos al borde de una isla / 2010

Reinaldo García Ramos / Editorial Silueta / Cepp Selgas cover.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum / 2009

AJIACO: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul / New London, CT/09-10

AJIACO: Stirrings of the Cuban Soul

Lyman Allyn Art Museum/New London, CT/09-10

Children of Obbatala

Cepp Selgas / Acrylic on canvas / 60X48ins.-2009

AJIACO / Catalogue / 2009

AJIACO-Stirrings of the Cuban Soul / Gail Gelburd, Ph. D.

Art Thieves

Just a joke from photographer Michaelangelo Di Nonno, 2009

Cepp Selgas / Caprices / 2009

At Agustin Gainza Gallery' solo show, Miami, FL.

Calentando el bate / 2008

Santiago Martín / Calentando el bate / Ediciones ZV Lunáticas / Book cover by Cepp Selgas.

Virgin-Boat / New York / 2008

Boat No.70. Photo by Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte.

Contemporary Cuban Art Show / Silvermine Guild Arts Center / New Canaan, CT / 2008

"Reflections/Reflexiones", catalogue.

Cepp Selgas / New York / 2007

"Lucky Numbers&Other Vanidades", a solo show at Jadite Galleries.

Selgas / New York / 2007

Opening at Jadite Galleries.

m.c.Escher /Madrid / 2007

While visiting Spain.The sight of "El arte de lo imposible" show at Canal de Isabel II; was for me, one of the greatest events ever.

Diario Las Americas / 2007

By Jesús Hernández / larevista-13 / 27 de abril de 2007

Lyman Allyn Art Museum / 2007

Cepp Selgas / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz / Acrylic on canvas / 60X28 / 1999 . At Expresiones-Expressions: Caribbean and Latin American Art / New London, CT.

Une maison explosive / 2006

R. Luque Escalona / Actes Sud / Cepp Selgas cover.

Selgas / Miami FL. / 2006

A "Selgas on Lorca" solo show, at Teatro 8

El Nuevo Herald / Aplausos / 2005

By José Antonio Evora / Center Fold / 6D. -08-05 / X Festival Internacional de Ballet / Miami FL.

X Festival Internacional de Ballet / Miami FL. / 2005

The Miami Herald / "The Cuban Nijinsky": Rolando Sarabia, before my poster.

Selgas / Nature Actually / 2004

A solo show at Agustin Gainza Gallery, Miami FL.

Orden de registro / Raul Rivero 2003

EHC / Cepp Selgas cover.

El Nuevo Herald / Artes y Letras

By Armando Alvarez Bravo / Domingo 7 de abril del 2002

La Habana para una Infanta difunta / Catalogue, 2002

A solo show at Agustin Gainza Gallery, Miami FL.

Les Mystères de la Havane / 2002

Zoé Valdés / Édition : Calmann- Levy / Cepp Selgas cover.

Briel&Selgas / Opening / 2001

"The Eye of the Beholder" / NJ' Ars Atelier Gallery.

MEMORIA: Cuban Art of the XX Century / USA-Cuba / 2001

California International Art Fundation / 576 pages / Briel-page-107 / Selgas-page-333

Los hijos de los dioses / 2000

At Agustin Rivero Gallery / Coral Gables, FL.

With A Zoé Opening Presentation

Selgas / Los hijos de los dioses / Agustín Rivero Gallery / Coral Gables, Fl. / 2000

El Nuevo Herald / Artes y Letras

By A Alvarez Bravo/Domingo 23 de abril del 2000

Coral Gables / FL / 2000

At Agustin Rivero Gallery with Gustavo Valdés, next to my painting; "La casa de Aggayú Solá".

El Nuevo Herald / 2000

By Olga Connor / ciudad en caliente / orichas / 22D-6 de abril del 2000

El Nuevo Herald / 2000

By Norma Niurka; Retratos de amigos entre dioses / 1-C. Viernes 31 de Marzo del 2000

The New York Times / Arts and Entertainment / By D. Dominick Lombardi / 2000...

...& Contemporary Mexican&Cuban Art catalogue: At The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY.

Notre-Dame de l'Eau / Yemaya

Cepp Selgas / Oil-Acrylic on canvas / 60X54ins.-1999

La Revolución de Castro: Un aborto perfumado / 1999

Rafael Bordao / Cepp Selgas cover.

Homestead / Florida / 1999

Unforgetable Coral Castle.

Los hijos de los dioses / 1999

Solo show at NJ' Ars Atelier Gallery / Catalogue words; "La armonía de la emoción", by Zoé Valdés.

El Nuevo Hudson / 1999

By Alina Bengochea / Espectáculos-23, NJ.

Selgas / FAITH / Catalogue, 1999

A solo show at Jadite Galleries, NY.

El Yunque / Puerto Rico / 1996

Jurassic Fun!

Galeria Vanidades / 1996

Catalogue / Solo show / Miami FL.

Selgas / Recent Paintings / 1996

A solo show at Cuban Collection Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL.

Remembrance / 1995

Catalogue / Solo show at Gallery New World / Dusseldorf, Germany.

Dusseldorf / Germany / 1995

Gallery New World, "Remembrances."

Vanidades / New York / 1994

By Mari Rodríguez Ichazo / Vanidades Continental / Año 34 No.16

Mostly Angels / New York / 1994

At Jadite Galleries, next to my painting "El palmar a las Puertas del Cielo".

El Palmar a las Puertas del Cielo

Cepp Selgas / Acrylic on paper / 36X36ins. 1994

Mostly Angels / Catalogue / 1994

Solo show at Jadite Galleries / New York.

St.Petersburg / Russia / 1993

At Vladimir Mayakousky Metro Station.

Cuban Artists Collection / 1993

Victor Gómez / Publisher & Gustavo Valdés Jr. / Art Historian. Miami Press Publisher & Distributors INC. Miami. FL.

Palindromes / Catalogue / 1993

Solo show/Waterfront Gallery, Gent Belgium.

Gent / Belgium / 1993

Waterfront Gallery at Palindromes Show.

Selgas / REQUIEM / 1993

Solo show catalogue/Jadite Galleries, NYC.

Briel & Selgas / SoHo, NY / 1992

At Chuck Levitan Gallery with Ernesto Briel / Photo by Gustavo Valdés Rivera.

Briel y Selgas / Recent Works

By Rafael Román Martel / Noticias de Arte / New York / June, 1992

Selgas/Recent Works/ Catalogue/1992

At Chuck Levitan Gallery , NYC.

Noticias de Arte / Ronda de Galerias / New York / 1992

By Tram Combs / Gustavo Valdés' translation / Briel y Selgas: Simbolistas / Mayo de 1992.

Hemos llegado a Ilión / 1991

Magali Alabau / Betania / Cepp Selgas cover.

Selgas / ICONS / Catalogue / 1990

A solo show at Gallery Genesis, Chicago IL.

Barlow Avenue - 2nd Edición / 1990

Rafael Roman Martel / Cepp Selgas cover.

Paris / Louvre Museum / 1990

Always a sucker for Infantas / Photo by Ernesto Briel.

Barlow Avenue / 1990

Rafael Roman Martel / Cepp Selgas cover.

Berlin / Germany / 1990

Those were the days! / Photo by Ernesto Briel.

Louvre Museum Night / 1990

With Ernesto Briel in Paris.

Vigilia del aliento / 1990

Arminda Valdés Ginebra / Betania / Cepp Selgas cover.

Boat Ages / Catalogue / 1989

A solo show at Harlem Library, New York.

FIT / New York / 1988

Cepp Selgas / Portfolio' Cover / Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.

Briel&Selgas / Miami, FL / 1988

"The Geometric Eye" / West Dade Regional Library.

Briel & Selgas / Mirrors / 1988

Riveron Art center / West New York, NJ

Riverón Arts Center / 1988

Solo show catalogue / West New York NJ.

Ronda de Galerias/F.G. Cisneros

Noticias de Arte / Briel y Selgas en la exposición de Phillip Stansbury Gallery / New York, 1987

Güije and Angel / 1987

Selgas / Oil on canvas. Homage to Samuel Feijóo.

AKC Gazette / Mailbag Logo / 1986

Cepp Selgas / Graphic Work .

Sotheby' / Art Benefit / 1985

Selgas / "Back Door" / Oil on canvas / 60X20in. At Paloma Picasso' Casita Maria Art Benefit / EL MUSEO Collection, NYC

En camino / On the Road / 1985

Onilda A. Jimenez / Cepp Selgas cover.

AKC Gazette / Borzoi / 1984

Cepp Selgas / Graphic / Borzoi Club of America.

Festival de las Artes del Mariel / 1983

Selgas / "Eve" / Oil on canvas / 36X24ins. / 1982 / Tamiami Park, FL.

Tamiami Park / 1983

Festival de las Artes del Mariel / Graphic.

InterAmerican Safety Council / 1982

Selgas / Graphic Art / USA

Three Cuban Painters / 1982

Ernesto Briel / Pepe Camejo / Jesus Selgas / Middlesex County College, NJ.

Noticias de Arte / New York / 1981

Selgas / "Star" / Ink on paper/ 10X8ins.

Carrera / New York / 1980

Gouache on paper / Cepp Selgas

New York / Winter / 1980

At The World Trade Center' Calder. Photo by E. Briel

3-4-6-9 / My number 1 / NY-USA

Gouache on paper / September-1980

Lo que ve La Habana / 1980

Arte y artesanía / Cuatro creadores / CUBA- Internacional-Magazine, May 1980

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