Reynier Llanes
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Reynier Llanes is a world-renowned contemporary Cuban artist whose evocative paintings blend magical realism with deeply rooted folkloric traditions. Born in Pinar del Río and mentored by realist master Juan Miguel Suárez, Llanes has become a pivotal figure in the modern narrative art scene. Known for his vibrant oils, his work explores the intersection of Cuban heritage and the rich cultural landscape of the American South.
From being named one of the New Superstars of Southern Art to having his work housed in permanent collections at the Denver Art Museum and the Gibbes Museum of Art, Llanes creates allegorical masterpieces that capture the inexpressible through a lens of wonder and technical brilliance.
Reynier Llanes was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in 1985. He attended the city’s school of art (Instructores de Arte) for four years and completed his studies in 2004. Llanes was tutored by one of the country’s most recognized realist artists, Juan Miguel Suárez. In 2005, he moved to Havana, where he continued his studies and collaborated with various artists. The capital was a thriving mecca of art and culture, and the museums were the grounds for inspiration.
In 2007 LIanes availed himself of an opportunity to emigrate from Cuba and moved to the United States, first settling in Naples, FL. In Naples, he began to introduce his work in a major exhibition entitled “Strange Visitor” at the Kapo Maestro Gallery. In 2009, he relocated to Charleston, SC, where he had the honor of being granted an artist-in-residence at the Jonathan Green Studios.
Llanes was awarded a “first purchase award” for a piece now in the art collection of the city of Charleston 2011, at the Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition Award. In 2012, Oxford America recognized him as one of the “New Superstars of Southern Art.”
The art of Reynier was nourished by the rich southern culture, and he began to collaborate with various museums and art centers. His work was featured in a traveling exhibition, The Vibrant Vision Collection, at the Morris Museum in Augusta, GA, and the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC.
Llanes is also an avid art collector in his own right, focusing on works by artists from Cuba, and particularly those from his native province of Pinar del Río. A selection of works from his collection was exhibited at the City Gallery in Charleston in 2013 and in the Art Museum in Myrtle Beach in 2015.
In 2015 Llanes relocated with his family to Miami in order to take advantage of the city’s international art market and vibrant cultural life and to be closer to his home country. South Florida is, of course, home to a large community of intellectuals, collectors, and fellow artists who have welcomed Llanes into their cosmopolitan scene. His first solo exhibition in Miami took place at Miami Dade College West. This exhibition was entitled “Preserving Cultural Heritage” and it featured a large collection of coffee paintings.
In 2017 he met Bill Meek of the Harmon Meek Gallery in Naples, FL, marking the beginning of a great professional and personal relationship. In the same year, Llanes presented his series “Marble Trace” at the Northwestern State University in Louisiana, the following year they offered him an artist-in-residence position.
In 2022, he had a solo exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art and had the opportunity of participating on Arts and Poets event at the DeLand Art.
His art is on permanent exhibition in the Gibbes Museum of Art– Charleston, North Carolina; Lowe Museum of Art- Miami, Florida; Flint Institute of Arts Museum + Art School- Flint, Michigan; Fairfield University Art Museum- Fairfield, Connecticut; Fort Wayne Museum of Art- Fort Wayne, IN; The Butler Institute of American Art- Youngstown, Ohio; Denver Art Museum – Denver, CO; ABG Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; and the Museum of Art – DeLand’s – DeLand, FL; and more.
The topics in his works have a strong folkloric character directly connected with the Cuban landscape, often portrayed with a magical lens of new interpretations. Conceptually, his works have focused on the dynamics of narrative and the forging of fables and allegories. The incidental details have given way to reformulations of settings and images, which are faithful to the gist of each tale that Reynier presents. For the years to come, Reynier would continue to work with institutions and communities in a series of projects focused on exploring the diverse sides of human nature and his exploration of art mediums and techniques. As great artists inspired him, he aims to encourage and inspire others to create and pursue a visual arts career. He will support the new generations and continue creating a door to express the inexpressible with his art.
MUSEUMS & PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
- Naples Art Institute, Naples, FL
- Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- Lowe Museum of Art, Miami, FL
- Flint Institute of Arts Museum + Art School, Flint, MI
- Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
- The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
- Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
- The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (The AGB) at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
- The Arkansas Arts Center, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
- Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
- Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
- Face to Face: Artists’ Self-Portraits from the collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr., Little Rock, AR
- Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- City of Charleston – Permanent Art Collection, Charleston, SC
- Miami Dade College – West Campus, Miami, FL
- Gaviña Gourmet Coffee, Vernon, CA
- Vibrant Vision Collection of Caribbean Art, Jonathan Green & Richard Weedman
- Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, NY
- Drury University Art Collection, Springfield, MO
- Missouri State University Art Collection, Springfield, MO
- John Goodman Amphitheater, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
- University of Missouri Art Collection, Columbia, MO
- Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples, FL
- Evangel University Art Collection, Springfield, MO
- Ohio Wesleyan University Art Collection, Delaware, OH
- Ozark Technical Community College, Springfield, MO
- Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
- Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, IN
- Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
MUSEUM AND GALLERY SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026- Pursuit of Grace, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Steeped in Folklore: Recent Paintings by Reynier Llanes, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
- Curiosity, Big Arts Center, Sanibel Island, FL
- Pursuit of Grace, Rutgers University–Camden, Camden, NJ
- Brewing Espression, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Reverie, Firetti Contemporary, Dubai, UAE
- Brewing Espression: Coffee, Poetry, and Painting, Sydney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Passages, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Brewing Espression: Coffee, Poetry, and Painting, Olga and Carlos Saladrigas Gallery, Miami, FL
- Embracing Divinity, Frascione Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
- Passages, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- Cinematic Impressions, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Timeless Origins, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (The AGB) at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
- What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- Where there is no Frontier, Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
- Where there is no Frontier, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Where there is No Frontier, Burrough-Chapin Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Chronicles, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Book of Life, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Lineage, University of Houston, Houston, TX
- Reynier Llanes’ Solo Exhibition, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Subtle Ways of Blue, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Faces in the Crowd, Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL
- The Figure in American Art, Polk Art Museum New Art Museum Collection, Lakeland, FL
- Marble Trace, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA
- Reynier Llanes’ Solo Exhibition, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Marble Trace, Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC
- The Vibrant Vision Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art, San Diego, CA (Aug 13–Oct 18, 2015)
- Voices of an Island – Cuban Art Collection of Reynier Llanes, Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes, Miami Dade College – West Campus, Miami, FL
- Exhibition of Art from The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
- Espressonism: Cuban Espresso Coffee Paintings by Reynier Llanes, Gallery 2014, Hollywood, FL
- Passionate Collectors and 25 years of Jonathan Green (The Barbara Burgess and John Dinkelspiel Art Collection), Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- The Spirit of the Coffee Bean: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes (Solo Show), Collier County Museum, Naples, FL
- Vision: The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- INCOGNITO at Friends of Art 2013, Naples Museum of Art (Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL
- The Spirit of the Coffee Bean, Collier County Museum (The Depot Museum), Naples, FL
- INCOGNITO at Friends of Art 2012, Naples Museum of Art (Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL
- Anecdotes from a Diary (Solo Show), Dunes Properties Studio, Charleston, SC
- The Spirit of the Coffee Bean, Saul Alexander Gallery at the Main Library, Charleston, SC
- Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes (Solo Show), Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Artist Studio Tour 2010, Friends of Art at the Patty and Jake Baker, Naples Museum of Art (Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL
- Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes, Gallery Chuma, Charleston, SC
- Have a Seat, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
- 2nd Annual Art Expressions of Latin America Exhibit, Museum of History, Fort Myers, FL
- Stranger Visitor, Reynier Llanes Studio/Gallery, Naples, FL
- Guernica with Havana Artists, Museo de Playa (Beach Museum), Havana, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025- Reciprocity, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, FL
- First Look: Recent Acquisitions to the Collection, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- From the sultry to the subtle: Erotic Art, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL
- Latin Heritage, Greenwood Art Center, Greenwood, SC
- Vuelve a nosotros tus ojos. La Caridad nos une, Ermita de la Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, Miami, FL
- Poetic Visions, Museum of Art, DeLand, DeLand, FL
- Voices of the Island, Finnegan/Hyness Gallery, FL
- Voices of the Island, Finnegan / Miami Dade College North Campus, Miami, FL
- Many Moons, Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC
- CollaboARTive “Inside the Lines”, Saladrigas Gallery, Belen Jesuit, Miami, FL
- Voices of the Island, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Grand Atrium Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Motus in Tempus, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Grand Atrium Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Them, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Grand Atrium Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Virgen, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Miami, FL
- Vibrant Vision: African Diaspora and African American Artists, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL
- Los Cuatro cubanos, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA
- Visual Therapy, Conde Contemporary (City Center Way), Pembroke Pines, FL
- Call Up the Figure, The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
- Cosmic Connections, Art Basel Miami – Contemporary Art Projects USA, Miami, FL
- The Art Pinar del Rio, Cuba – The art collection of Reynier Llanes, City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, Charleston, SC
- International Group Exhibition – Contemporary Artists of Pinar del Rio, North Charleston City Hall, North Charleston, SC
- Latin Cultural Fusion – Art of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba (The Reynier Llanes Art Collection), Dunes Properties Studio Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Artist Studio Tour 2010, Friends of Art at the Patty and Jake Baker, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
- Moja Art Festival, Jonathan Green and Protégé, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
- Latin Art Show, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Fiesta Cubana, Naples Yacht Club, Naples, FL
- The Culturalists, Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL
- Latin America Masters, Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL
- A Latin Art Affair, Harbor side Convention Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Cross Cultural Reflections, Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL
- October 20th Day of Culture, Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Art Young, House of the Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Tribute to 50th Anniversary of Independence of Malaysia, Maybank, Malaysia
- Exhibition with co-artist Silvio Martinez, Bogota, Colombia
- 3rd Exhibition of Art Instructors, Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- December 14, Junco Municipal Gallery, Cuba
- October 20th Graduation of Instructors of Arts, Cine Said, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Guernica with Havana Artists, Beach Museum, Havana, Cuba
- Memorial for Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba
- Tiburcio Lorenzo Hall, Headquarters of the UNEAC, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Group Exhibition, Gallery Viñales, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Arte Joven, House of The Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- May Pilgrimages, Holguin, Cuba
- Oil Painting, Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- First National Exhibition of Art Instructors, Ciego de Avila, Cuba
- Tiburcio Lorenzo Hall, Headquarters of the UNEAC, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- National Exhibition of Art Instructors, Cuba Arts Pavilion, Havana, Cuba
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2006- Mural with artist Juan Miguel Suarez, Home for the Elderly, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Mural with artist Yaciel Martinez Sanchez, Instructors School of Art, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
2023- Festival Juror, Fall Festival of the Arts (30th Annual Fine Art Festival), DeLand, FL
- Artist in Residence, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- OXFORD AMERICA 100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art
- First Place Award, Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition Award, Avery Research Institute, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
- Mayor’s Purchase Award: Reynier Llanes for King of Rhythm, 28th Annual Moja Arts Juried Art Exhibition, Charleston, SC
- Artist in Residence and Academic Administration Award, Jonathan Green Studios, Inc., Charleston, SC
- Special Mention, October 20th Day of Culture, Pedro Junco Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Special Mention, October 20th Instructors of Art, House of the Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Second Place, Guernica, Beach Museum, Havana, Cuba
Reynier Llanes was born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in 1985. He attended the city’s school of art (Instructores de Arte) for four years and completed his studies in 2004. Llanes was tutored by one of the country’s most recognized realist artists, Juan Miguel Suárez. In 2005, he moved to Havana, where he continued his studies and collaborated with various artists. The capital was a thriving mecca of art and culture, and the museums were the grounds for inspiration.
In 2007 LIanes availed himself of an opportunity to emigrate from Cuba and moved to the United States, first settling in Naples, FL. In Naples, he began to introduce his work in a major exhibition entitled “Strange Visitor” at the Kapo Maestro Gallery. In 2009, he relocated to Charleston, SC, where he had the honor of being granted an artist-in-residence at the Jonathan Green Studios.
Llanes was awarded a “first purchase award” for a piece now in the art collection of the city of Charleston 2011, at the Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition Award. In 2012, Oxford America recognized him as one of the “New Superstars of Southern Art.”
The art of Reynier was nourished by the rich southern culture, and he began to collaborate with various museums and art centers. His work was featured in a traveling exhibition, The Vibrant Vision Collection, at the Morris Museum in Augusta, GA, and the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC.
Llanes is also an avid art collector in his own right, focusing on works by artists from Cuba, and particularly those from his native province of Pinar del Río. A selection of works from his collection was exhibited at the City Gallery in Charleston in 2013 and in the Art Museum in Myrtle Beach in 2015.
In 2015 Llanes relocated with his family to Miami in order to take advantage of the city’s international art market and vibrant cultural life and to be closer to his home country. South Florida is, of course, home to a large community of intellectuals, collectors, and fellow artists who have welcomed Llanes into their cosmopolitan scene. His first solo exhibition in Miami took place at Miami Dade College West. This exhibition was entitled “Preserving Cultural Heritage” and it featured a large collection of coffee paintings.
In 2017 he met Bill Meek of the Harmon Meek Gallery in Naples, FL, marking the beginning of a great professional and personal relationship. In the same year, Llanes presented his series “Marble Trace” at the Northwestern State University in Louisiana, the following year they offered him an artist-in-residence position.
In 2022, he had a solo exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art and had the opportunity of participating on Arts and Poets event at the DeLand Art.
His art is on permanent exhibition in the Gibbes Museum of Art– Charleston, North Carolina; Lowe Museum of Art- Miami, Florida; Flint Institute of Arts Museum + Art School- Flint, Michigan; Fairfield University Art Museum- Fairfield, Connecticut; Fort Wayne Museum of Art- Fort Wayne, IN; The Butler Institute of American Art- Youngstown, Ohio; Denver Art Museum – Denver, CO; ABG Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; and the Museum of Art – DeLand’s – DeLand, FL; and more.
The topics in his works have a strong folkloric character directly connected with the Cuban landscape, often portrayed with a magical lens of new interpretations. Conceptually, his works have focused on the dynamics of narrative and the forging of fables and allegories. The incidental details have given way to reformulations of settings and images, which are faithful to the gist of each tale that Reynier presents. For the years to come, Reynier would continue to work with institutions and communities in a series of projects focused on exploring the diverse sides of human nature and his exploration of art mediums and techniques. As great artists inspired him, he aims to encourage and inspire others to create and pursue a visual arts career. He will support the new generations and continue creating a door to express the inexpressible with his art.
MUSEUMS & PUBLIC ART COLLECTIONS
- Naples Art Institute, Naples, FL
- Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- Lowe Museum of Art, Miami, FL
- Flint Institute of Arts Museum + Art School, Flint, MI
- Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
- The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
- Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
- The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (The AGB) at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
- The Arkansas Arts Center, Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
- Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
- Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
- Face to Face: Artists’ Self-Portraits from the collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr., Little Rock, AR
- Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- City of Charleston – Permanent Art Collection, Charleston, SC
- Miami Dade College – West Campus, Miami, FL
- Gaviña Gourmet Coffee, Vernon, CA
- Vibrant Vision Collection of Caribbean Art, Jonathan Green & Richard Weedman
- Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, NY
- Drury University Art Collection, Springfield, MO
- Missouri State University Art Collection, Springfield, MO
- John Goodman Amphitheater, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
- University of Missouri Art Collection, Columbia, MO
- Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples, FL
- Evangel University Art Collection, Springfield, MO
- Ohio Wesleyan University Art Collection, Delaware, OH
- Ozark Technical Community College, Springfield, MO
- Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
- Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, IN
- Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
MUSEUM AND GALLERY SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026- Pursuit of Grace, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Steeped in Folklore: Recent Paintings by Reynier Llanes, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
- Curiosity, Big Arts Center, Sanibel Island, FL
- Pursuit of Grace, Rutgers University–Camden, Camden, NJ
- Brewing Espression, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Reverie, Firetti Contemporary, Dubai, UAE
- Brewing Espression: Coffee, Poetry, and Painting, Sydney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Passages, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Brewing Espression: Coffee, Poetry, and Painting, Olga and Carlos Saladrigas Gallery, Miami, FL
- Embracing Divinity, Frascione Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
- Passages, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- Cinematic Impressions, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Timeless Origins, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (The AGB) at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
- What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
- Where there is no Frontier, Museum of Art, DeLand, FL
- Where there is no Frontier, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Where there is No Frontier, Burrough-Chapin Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Chronicles, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Book of Life, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Lineage, University of Houston, Houston, TX
- Reynier Llanes’ Solo Exhibition, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Subtle Ways of Blue, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Faces in the Crowd, Polk Art Museum, Lakeland, FL
- The Figure in American Art, Polk Art Museum New Art Museum Collection, Lakeland, FL
- Marble Trace, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA
- Reynier Llanes’ Solo Exhibition, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
- Marble Trace, Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC
- The Vibrant Vision Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art, San Diego, CA (Aug 13–Oct 18, 2015)
- Voices of an Island – Cuban Art Collection of Reynier Llanes, Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes, Miami Dade College – West Campus, Miami, FL
- Exhibition of Art from The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
- Espressonism: Cuban Espresso Coffee Paintings by Reynier Llanes, Gallery 2014, Hollywood, FL
- Passionate Collectors and 25 years of Jonathan Green (The Barbara Burgess and John Dinkelspiel Art Collection), Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- The Spirit of the Coffee Bean: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes (Solo Show), Collier County Museum, Naples, FL
- Vision: The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- INCOGNITO at Friends of Art 2013, Naples Museum of Art (Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL
- The Spirit of the Coffee Bean, Collier County Museum (The Depot Museum), Naples, FL
- INCOGNITO at Friends of Art 2012, Naples Museum of Art (Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL
- Anecdotes from a Diary (Solo Show), Dunes Properties Studio, Charleston, SC
- The Spirit of the Coffee Bean, Saul Alexander Gallery at the Main Library, Charleston, SC
- Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes (Solo Show), Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Artist Studio Tour 2010, Friends of Art at the Patty and Jake Baker, Naples Museum of Art (Artis—Naples the Baker Museum), Naples, FL
- Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes, Gallery Chuma, Charleston, SC
- Have a Seat, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
- 2nd Annual Art Expressions of Latin America Exhibit, Museum of History, Fort Myers, FL
- Stranger Visitor, Reynier Llanes Studio/Gallery, Naples, FL
- Guernica with Havana Artists, Museo de Playa (Beach Museum), Havana, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025- Reciprocity, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, FL
- First Look: Recent Acquisitions to the Collection, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
- From the sultry to the subtle: Erotic Art, Panamerican Art Projects, Miami, FL
- Latin Heritage, Greenwood Art Center, Greenwood, SC
- Vuelve a nosotros tus ojos. La Caridad nos une, Ermita de la Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, Miami, FL
- Poetic Visions, Museum of Art, DeLand, DeLand, FL
- Voices of the Island, Finnegan/Hyness Gallery, FL
- Voices of the Island, Finnegan / Miami Dade College North Campus, Miami, FL
- Many Moons, Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC
- CollaboARTive “Inside the Lines”, Saladrigas Gallery, Belen Jesuit, Miami, FL
- Voices of the Island, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Grand Atrium Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Motus in Tempus, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Grand Atrium Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Them, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Grand Atrium Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Virgen, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Miami, FL
- Vibrant Vision: African Diaspora and African American Artists, Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, FL
- Los Cuatro cubanos, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA
- Visual Therapy, Conde Contemporary (City Center Way), Pembroke Pines, FL
- Call Up the Figure, The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
- Cosmic Connections, Art Basel Miami – Contemporary Art Projects USA, Miami, FL
- The Art Pinar del Rio, Cuba – The art collection of Reynier Llanes, City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, Charleston, SC
- International Group Exhibition – Contemporary Artists of Pinar del Rio, North Charleston City Hall, North Charleston, SC
- Latin Cultural Fusion – Art of Pinar Del Rio, Cuba (The Reynier Llanes Art Collection), Dunes Properties Studio Gallery, Charleston, SC
- Artist Studio Tour 2010, Friends of Art at the Patty and Jake Baker, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
- Moja Art Festival, Jonathan Green and Protégé, City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
- Latin Art Show, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Fiesta Cubana, Naples Yacht Club, Naples, FL
- The Culturalists, Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL
- Latin America Masters, Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL
- A Latin Art Affair, Harbor side Convention Center, Fort Myers, FL
- Cross Cultural Reflections, Jonathan Green Art Collection, Naples, FL
- October 20th Day of Culture, Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Art Young, House of the Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Tribute to 50th Anniversary of Independence of Malaysia, Maybank, Malaysia
- Exhibition with co-artist Silvio Martinez, Bogota, Colombia
- 3rd Exhibition of Art Instructors, Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- December 14, Junco Municipal Gallery, Cuba
- October 20th Graduation of Instructors of Arts, Cine Said, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Guernica with Havana Artists, Beach Museum, Havana, Cuba
- Memorial for Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba
- Tiburcio Lorenzo Hall, Headquarters of the UNEAC, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Group Exhibition, Gallery Viñales, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Arte Joven, House of The Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- May Pilgrimages, Holguin, Cuba
- Oil Painting, Pedro Junco Municipal Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- First National Exhibition of Art Instructors, Ciego de Avila, Cuba
- Tiburcio Lorenzo Hall, Headquarters of the UNEAC, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- National Exhibition of Art Instructors, Cuba Arts Pavilion, Havana, Cuba
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2006- Mural with artist Juan Miguel Suarez, Home for the Elderly, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Mural with artist Yaciel Martinez Sanchez, Instructors School of Art, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
2023- Festival Juror, Fall Festival of the Arts (30th Annual Fine Art Festival), DeLand, FL
- Artist in Residence, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- OXFORD AMERICA 100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art
- First Place Award, Moja Art Festival Juried Exhibition Award, Avery Research Institute, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
- Mayor’s Purchase Award: Reynier Llanes for King of Rhythm, 28th Annual Moja Arts Juried Art Exhibition, Charleston, SC
- Artist in Residence and Academic Administration Award, Jonathan Green Studios, Inc., Charleston, SC
- Special Mention, October 20th Day of Culture, Pedro Junco Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Special Mention, October 20th Instructors of Art, House of the Young Creator Gallery, Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Second Place, Guernica, Beach Museum, Havana, Cuba