Bati Bleki

Gabriela Gonzalez born in Argentina, moved to Aruba 8 years ago. Ever since she remembers, she has always explored her inner artist, traveling different artistic avenues such as painting, writing, decorating, and recycling. Art lives inside me, she explains, striving to break loose and express itself.

Gabriela found her favorite medium in [...]

A special exhibit within the Caribbean Queen store is now dedicated to recycling artist Carina Molina. The recently opened store at the Palm Beach Plaza Mall, has on display Carina’s first complete collection of handbags, belts and jewelry. The pieces attract much attention as they all share an understated black beginning, and a trendy wearable [...]

One of Aruba’s premier artist, Ciro Abath, was commissioned to adorn the lobby of La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club with a significant art piece.
The theme Abath chose reflects the resort’s most-famous asset, and relates to the beach and the ocean. Abath dreamed up a giant coral-colony, which rises behind the front desk, its intricate [...]

Maria Theresa Martinez, the President of Mana, a not for profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of the arts in Aruba was proud to present the second group show, in the lobby of La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club.
The resort reached an agreement with the MANA foundation to host 4  group exhibitions this year, themed [...]

The local artist, whose exceptional photography now graces the walls of the Sunset Grille Restaurant, visited her creations and was pleased to see how well the artwork shows.
The four-diamond rated restaurant at the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa was recently refreshed and with the completion of the renovation new artwork was picked by Aruban-born [...]

The Caribbean Queen store just recently opened at the Palm Beach Plaza Mall. As part of the store’s core values, a genuine local Caribbean Queen will be honored monthly. That Caribbean Queen, a local artisan who lives and creates here, will be invited to exhibit her art at the store.
For the month of December, the [...]

An exhibition of two local artist Jeanne Ecury and Harold Bronswinkel opened this weekend at the Westin Aruba Art Gallery curated by gallery-owners Jan en eefje van der Straten.
Both artists have exhibited before as solo painters and in a group, they even shared a previous art exhibition at Cas Di Cultura, a few years ago.
Inspired [...]

Maria Theresa Martinez, the President of Mana, a not for profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of the arts in Aruba was proud to present the first group show, in the newly inaugurated and fully renovated lobby of La Cabana Beach & Racquet Club.
The resort reached an agreement with the MANA foundation to host 4  [...]

While a Biennale is a mega multi-facetted art exhibition which take place every two years, an encounter is a less formal format and may take place every year. The local Fundacion Encuentro Prome Bienal di Aruba, an initiative of award winning contemporary artist Alida Martinez and art collector Roly Sint Jago, was just recently set [...]

The final showcase of Art Rules Aruba produced a tremendous three hour spectacle which took off with a fashion show, and an art exhibition and culminated with a large-scale theater production peppered with video and film, dance, and poetry.
Over 200 local teens participated in this year’s edition of Art Rules Aruba produced by Ira & [...]