Ray Tenorio Viera

Ray A. Tenorio is a Cuban-born, Miami-based visual artist whose work explores mythology as a living language capable of connecting cultures, histories, and contemporary identities.

Working primarily with polychromatic oil pencils on wood and mixed media, Tenorio creates intricate visual narratives where drawing, storytelling, and symbolic cartography converge. Influenced by Surrealism, Expressionism, Afro-Caribbean traditions, and ancient mythologies, his work brings Yoruba cosmology, non-Western folklore, and universal archetypes into dialogue.

Rather than simply illustrating traditional myths, Tenorio reimagines them through a contemporary lens. His work investigates the unexpected parallels between distant civilizations—cultures separated by geography and history that nevertheless developed related archetypes, symbols, deities, and narratives in response to shared human experiences.