Gleider Rodriguez is a young emerging artist living and working in Havana Cuba. When we first met him in 2016, he was still in high-school and was part of the Projecto Cintio Vitier. Now he has ventured off on his own and continues to follow his passion for the visual arts, creating emotional abstract paintings.

Projecto Cintio Vitier was established in 2009 in the Nuevo Vedado neighborhood of Havana Cuba by well-known visual artist Pedro Miguel González Pulido. Named after famed Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist Cintio Vitier (1921 – 2009), the Project initially gathered children and young adults from the diverse communities of the Consejos 53, 68, 18, around the uses of visual arts as a way to heighten their ethical and aesthetic values. Soon after it was founded, the Project began to offer painting, music, dance, photography, cinema, literature and dramatic writing workshops. The collaborative nature of the Project and its fostering of various artistic formats and techniques have helped to build a sense of community among the young Cuban artists. In turn, they have been able to collectively imagine and take action toward improving the cultural life of their neighborhoods and country.