ERNESTO KUNDE

BIOGRAPHY

Ernesto Kunde was born in Paraíso do Sul, Brazil in 1973. After a brief stint re-discovering his family roots in Germany (where he worked in agriculture in Mosbach), Kunde returned to Brazil in 1995 where he first began his artistic journey by experimenting with works on paper: drawings and controlled coffee stains. Since then, Kunde has narrowed his aesthetic focus into painting on a diverse range of surfaces (most prominently found wood and canvas). Kunde has shown extensively throughout South Florida at venues such as the Sardinas Gallery at St. Thomas University, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, the Little Haiti Cultural Center and Locust Project’s for the annual Smash 'N' Grab Fundraiser (2009-2012). His work is represented by Miami-based HANGAR Gallery and he has shown in 2012 and 2013 editions of SCOPE Miami. He is currently an artist- in-residence at the Bakehouse Art Complex and his work has been featured in local outlets such as artmiami.tv, The Sun-Sentinel and Irreversible Magazine. Kunde lives and works in Miami.