Born - Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Biography - Cenia Gutierrez Alfonso began painting as a small child and continues today to create folk paintings and ink drawings in Cienfuegos, Cuba. She is self-taught and represents her community in her paintings through their legends, popular beliefs, fiestas and religions. She is known in her community as the painter of guijes, or fairies and mystical figures. Cenia says about her work, "it is about materializing dreams, reflecting the world that surrounds me, where urban and rural life intemingle in a macro world of poetry and experience." from statement at International Folk Art Market, 2012