I started painting in my birth land, Cuba in 1997 in a Havana barrio during difficult times for my country, considering the changing colors and loyalties of the world map. I learned to build a defense by creating a separate personal environment, which I translate through brushes, acrylics and oils. I never went to school to study art. The lack of notion of academic theory or techniques is the reason I paint the way I do. I always remain firstly loyal to my vision in which sadness, happiness, tranquility, beauty, and brief moments fly around the canvas in the shape of a dragonflies.

I always try to absorb the flavors, shapes and sounds of beings and plants, as well as the places in which I have lived: Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Spain and now San Francisco.

So, please let me welcome you to my world of color and symbolism – where a simple seed or a sprout doesn’t just mean a mere seed or a sprout, but represent the force of a growing plethora of ideas, feelings, projects, struggles, leisure, and erections.

Llane currently lives in San Francisco.

Following are highlights of Llane's career:

2005
» Sprouts and Beings. The Amaru Gallery, San Francisco, California

2004
» Reversing Vandalism. San Francisco Public Library
» PAC Session "Live" Painting. Pacific Art Collective, San Jose, California.
» PAC Session LAS VEGAS. Pacific Art Collective, First Friday, Las Vegas, Nevada.

2003
» Collective exhibition. STARTSOMA. "Outside", San Francisco, California.
» Featured emerging artist. START SOMA website.
» Radio Habana Cuba. Online article.
» Lysistrata Project. Fort Mason. San Francisco, California.

2002
» Personal exhibition. Los Angeles, California.
» Magazine cover. "Venceremos III" on the May/June issue of NACLA magazine.
» Collective exhibition. Cuban Presence in Los Angeles Festival, organized by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. Los Angeles, California.
» Personal exhibition. ALMA Restaurant. San Francisco, California.
» Collective exhibition. Facility 3. San Francisco, California.

2001
» Personal exhibition. Madrid, Spain.
» Personal exhibition. London, U.K.
» Collective exhibition. Centro Habana, Cuba.
» Personal exhibition. Centro Habana, Cuba.

2000
» Personal exhibition, Havana, Cuba.
» Personal exhibition. Casa Museo Lezama Lima. Havana, Cuba.

1999
» University dregree in Spanish and Literature. Instituto Superior Pedagogico Enrique Jose Varona.
» Cubensi exhibition. La madriguera, A.H.S.
» Collective exhibition. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
» Etching workshop. Colegio de Arte da Universidad de Ouro Preto, Brasil.
» Etching on metal workshop. Museu de arte Moderno. Salvador de Bahia, Brasil.
» Collective exhibition. Salvador de Bahia, Brasil.

1998
» Cubensi exhibition/performance. Casa de la Cultura de Centro Habana.

1997
» Member of Asociacion Hermanos Saiz (A.H.S). Founder of Creacion Cubensi Project.