MIAMI, FLA.- LnS Gallery announced the exclusive representation of the estate of renowned painter Rafael Soriano. Gallery co-owners Sergio Cernuda and Luisa Lignarolo are elated for the opportunity to elevate and preserve Soriano’s legacy as one of the major artists of his generation.

“As gatekeeper of the estate, it is our honor and privilege to work with the Foundation to solidify Soriano as one of the greatest Hispanic American artists, and further define his impact on abstract art at an international level,” said LnS GALLERY co-founder Sergio Cernuda.

Rafael Soriano (1920 – 2015) is widely recognized as one of the premier painters of Cuba. Born in Matanzas, Soriano studied at Havana’s prestigious Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, where he graduated in 1941 as Professor of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture. He taught visual arts for nearly two decades, co-founding the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Matanzas, the most important art school in Cuba outside of Havana. His paintings developed along the path of geometric abstraction through the 1950s, placing him within the group known as the Ten Concrete Painters.




In 1962, Soriano went into exile, settling in Miami with his wife Milagros and his daughter Hortensia. He worked as a graphic designer and occasionally taught, first at the Catholic Welfare Bureau and later at the University of Miami’s Cuban Cultural Program.

In 1964 he resumed painting, motivated by a transformative dream in which he returned to Cuba and encountered the Holy Trinity. This marks his shift towards the unique vein of abstract expressionism that becomes distinctively Soriano’s, fueled by mystical introspection, deep meditation, and emotion. Soriano wrote, “My paintings are subjective and surge from my own psyche and are a testimony of the birth of light and its figuration in the intimate and the immensity of the cosmos. Forms take shape in my canvas the instant that the imagination is ignited and the creativity surges as in a dream.” He died April 9, 2015 at the age of 94 in Miami, Florida.

Soriano’s family founded The Rafael Soriano Foundation to promote exhibition, scholarship, and to place his work in important museums and collections to be appreciated globally for future generations.

“Partnering with LnS GALLERY ensures that my father’s artwork and legacy will be handled with the utmost integrity and care. The passion and dedication that the gallerists have for Hispanic American Contemporary Art speaks for itself,” states Hortensia Soriano, Chair of the Rafael Soriano Foundation.

Currently, Soriano’s work is part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.; Art Museum of the Americas/Organization of American States, Washington, DC; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, TX; Denver Museum of Arts and Culture, Denver, CO; Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL; National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; The Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; McMullen Museum at Boston College, Boston, MA; NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale ,FL; Patricia & Philip Frost Art Museum, Miami, and the Bacardi Collection in Coral Gables, FL.