Rolando Adrian Avila, a 25 year old Cuban artist, is already making a name for himself in Maimi's Wynwood Art District.

Avila has created at least 12 murals in Miami and most of them can be found within Wynwod area. Impressive, considering he's only been living in the area for six months now.

The subjects he portrays are mostly female and nude; the implication is supposed to be that they are being viewed as the objects of a male's gaze.

Avila himself believes that, "women in general are a lot more powerful than men, especially in Miami." With regards to the nakedness on display in his portraits, Avila doesn't believe that his nude subjects will scandalize here.

You can't really argue that point since Miami's extensive beach culture brings with it an obsession with body image and physical beauty. Miami, it should be said, is a city where nudity in art is definitely accepted and as Avila states, "In Miami, the body is something that is celebrated."

Despite what may at first glance seem like commonplace eroticism, Avila's work is purposefully coupled with mythological imagery and the women in his work often appear in triplicate; a reference to the religious archetype of the "triple deity" seen regularly in classical literature and art.

Statuesue would be a good way to describe them and Avila himself states as much when he says "it's kind of like the whole idea of goddesses, this whole idea of the Greeks and the Romans. To them women were everything".

Avila's most recent exhibit, Paradox Lost, ran about a month ago as part of an Art Walk experience originally hosted by Minimax Events.

Besides that show, one of Avila's upcoming projects includes plans to beautify a local apartment complex in October. He intends to turn the space into a hybridized showcase for both fine art and street art; one style juxtaposing the other.

Avila is "a fine artist that does walls" and his work is definitely worth checking out.

His work can be found nestled along Wynwood's 5th avenue and surrounding areas or online at the link below:

https://www.instagram.com/adrianavilaarts/?hl=en