William Osorio is a Miami-based artist who was born in Cuba in 1989. He began his studies at the School of Fine Arts in his hometown of Holguín and later emigrated to the United States in his search for freedom and intellectual honesty. In the states Osorio embraced becoming a self-taught artist, which led to a key factor in the spontaneity of his work.

In my artistic practice, which consists of a game of concealment and revelation of the subject, in life as in art, the mystery has an aesthetic value. The human body as a pictorial element becomes a constant reference. My work permanently evokes literature, and my readings become the intellectual foundation of my practice. I start from philosophical thoughts that I try to link with recycled visual elements from our daily life, from the socio-political context, and from the entire history of art. The intention of my work as an artist lies in the invitation to the question. With my work, I try to investigate the complexities of the human condition and the absurdity, the tragic, and the divine that compose it.

There is an omnipresent idea in my practice, which is the inseparable relationship between the subject and the world. My intention with my work is to have a deconstructive approach towards orthodoxy and established paradigms, such as the notion of nature and especially the idea of self-identity.

- William Osorio