Miami-based Artist Ernesto Kunde: Exploring Nature In Art

Ernesto Kunde first began his artistic journey in 1995 experimenting with works on paper using controlled coffee stains, and creating nature drawings and landscape sketches. Kunde has always found inspiration in his surroundings, most notably architecture and nature. Since moving to Miami in 2006 from Brazil, the tropical mangroves of the Everglades and South Florida have been Kunde’s most prominent subject matter.

Ernesto is best known for transforming the mangroves, wild birds, and crackled Deco architecture of Miami in his work. He displays a keen eye for interpreting his tropical surroundings, the vital elements of Miami as a natural and urban biosphere are omnipresent in his work – appearing on cuts of canvas, found wood and corrugated aluminum.

Kunde infuses his work with highly saturated, contrasting tones with completely opaque shadow. Color gradients and differentials are just barely visible beneath intense layers of paint. He paints on a diverse range of surfaces, such as found wood, canvas, and steel. Kunde also creates sculptural works and suspended installations.

“I have been very inspired by the architecture and the tropical landscape in Miami, which lead me back to my roots in Brazil. Mangroves and palm trees, the display of the tangled and intertwined root systems of the Everglades that in turn represent the relationships I have encountered in my life,” says Kunde of his work.

Kunde has been an artist-in-residence at the Bakehouse Art Complex (2012-2015), Sedona Summer Colony (Summer 2016), and Franz Mayer of Munich, Germany (Fall 2016). He has held many exhibits and group shows with notable galleries and museums in South Florida, the US and Europe.

Ernesto’s work has been shown extensively throughout South Florida at venues such as the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Coral Gables Museum, the Cornell Museum in Delray Beach, Miami-Dade College Kendall Gallery, Sardinas Gallery at St. Thomas University, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Arthouse 429 in West Palm Beach and the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

The artist has been exhibiting his work since 2012 and has held exhibitions during Art Basel Miami Week at Context, Scope Art Fair, Spectrum, and Art Wynwood. Kunde has completed many successful art projects and has been featured in a variety of art and design publications within South Florida, the US and internationally. He is sought after to create unique commissions for high profile residential and commercial projects.

To learn more about this fascinating artist, for sales information, commissions or general inquires, visit www.kundeart.com