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About the Artist
Horacio Esteban

b. 1963

Born in Cuba and raised in Cayman Brac, Horacio Esteban is a sculptor and jeweller known for his use of the local semi-precious stone Caymanite. A core member of the Native Sons artists collective, he was recognised by the Cayman National Cultural Foundation for Artistic Excellence in Sculpture (2002) and in 2017 received the Artistic Director’s Visionary Award. In 2004 Esteban was the recipient of the NGCI’s Artist Away Grant and in 2015, he was selected for residency in the inter-island artist lock-in project in Jersey, Channel Islands, produced by the Jersey Arts Trust in partnership with Jersey Heritage and Wild Works Theatre Company. NGCI exhibitions include Emergence (2005), Native Sons’ Fahive (2005), All Access (2015), Saltwater in their Veins (2017), a solo exhibition, Horacio Esteban (2017), Revive: Contemporary Caymanian Craft (2017), Cross Currents – 1st Cayman Islands Biennial (2019), Island of Women: Life at Home During our Maritime Years (2020), a solo exhibition, Alchemy (2020), and The People’s Collection: A 25-Year Cultural Legacy (2022).

Featured Works

Fertility

Horacio Esteban
1998

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Mother and Child

Horacio Esteban
2017

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Mother and Child II

Horacio Esteban
2017

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Grand Cayman

Horacio Esteban
2017

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Related Exhibitions

28-26 Jan May 2022

The People’s Collection

A 25 Year Cultural Legacy
4-31 Dec Mar 2020

Alchemy

Horacio Esteban
20-21 Feb Aug 2020

Island of Women

Life at Home During Our Maritime Years
3-11 Oct Jan 2017

REVIVE

Contemporary Caymanian Craft
7-30 Oct Dec 2017

Horacio Esteban

Solo Exhibition
20-20 Jan Apr 2017

Saltwater in their Veins

An Exhibition from the Maritime Series
13-3 Jul Sep 2015

All Access

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