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Biography
The multifaceted Dominican was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 18, 1967. Payami was enamored by the beauty of nature and drawn to painting and the arts. It was there he cultivated what God bestowed upon him- a beautiful gift bequeathed to his parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances: the portrayal on canvas of the innumerable colors that adorn the diversities of life.
Traveling from his native Santo Domingo to New York City, without ado joined the masses of the labor force of production, acquiring diverse vocations; the rite of passage though that great city only heightening his worth. As such it was in 2009, when in the month of October, and following the completion of several canvas paintings, Payami participates in a stunning exposition in a very exclusive milieu on Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, host to many internationally renowned artists, world famous curators and to a large and select audience, which carefully and passionately admired the embodied paintings of Payami.
Following these experiences Payami has walked a path lined with successes and exhibitions in venues such as Art Basel Miami 2012, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Ana G Mendez University, AND THE Dominican Republic Independence Festival, in Alce Art Studio 2012, 2013 in Cuba 8, in Agora Gallery New York 2014, Cultural Souls Miami, 2014, Allart Framing & Gallery Miami Lakes 2015 in Wynwood Warehouse Project 2014, Nina Torres Gallery 2015, 17 Art Gallery in For Pierce. His life experiences, along with his love of life, nature, and family have been his muse in the word of the arts. To those who do not love the arts, the arts capture emotions, sadness, happiness, charms, living alongside nature, knowing the environment; the of arts of Payami say it all.
Artist Statement
The abstract expressionist acrylic and colored pencil paintings of Dominican Republic artist Payami (Miguel Payano) are living canvases, full of energy and movement, and replete with human emotion. In his artistic process, Payami uses a spatula, brush, and other implements to lay the paint thickly onto the canvas, resulting in multi-dimensional and highly textured images, where broad swaths of color are juxtaposed with fine lines and often delicate forms. A hallmark of Payami’s work is his use of color, which is inspired by his home in the Dominican Republic: colors that are tropical and breathing, with lots of life and plenty of inertia.
Central to Payami’s work is the texture he creates on the canvas, providing depth which in turn imparts much of the emotionality and meaning contained within each image. As he explains, “I need the texture because it represents me—it empowers me. All the detail, the combination of the color with the texture...it’s energy. It’s explosive and it lives in me until I get it out on canvas.”
Payami currently lives and works in Miami Florida in the United States.
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