Cuban artist, writer and independent curator, based in New York City. His multidisciplinary work focuses on painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing and installation. His art explores the transitioning and overlapping of colors as a metaphor for the Afro-Cuban customs, rituals and traditions. The exhibition explores the idea that everything is in a constant state of flux, that nothing stays the same forever. This transience is particularly evident in the natural world, where the elements are constantly at work, eroding, rusting, and aging the materials around us. Mendoza seeks to capture this sense of impermanence and the beauty that arises from it. The piece includes found materials, such as old metal objects or weathered wood, which have been transformed by the elements over time. These materials carry with them a history, a story of their own, and I seek to bring this to the forefront while in the presence of the artworks. “Rust, Time, and the Wind like a Shadow” convey the sense of interconnectedness between all things, the idea that everything is part of a larger whole, provoke thought, and inspire a sense of wonder about the world around us.