Born José Ignacio Sánchez-Rius, in Havana, Cuba, on October 24, 1963, Josignacio is a world-renowned Contemporary Cuban Artist, who first emerged in the controversial, "La Generacion de los 80s" - The 80s Generation of Contemporary Cuban Art also referred to as New Cuban Art. This new Cuban plastic arts movement, with an expression of conceptual and non specific conscience manifestation, addressed many burning issues of the time and unveiled what these artists felt was the true reality of Cuba. It was more than a moment of artistic inspiration; it was a reflection of critical self-awareness and the new social role of art - the fundamental essence of the movement . This highly cultural decade in Cuba contrasted a country in transition, whose revelations created one of the most fertile and consecrated artistic decades in its history. The artists who received the most notoriety of this era, both at home and abroad, began their collaboration with the breakthrough of “Volume 1" - a commitment to non government mandated artistic expression. They included‎ Rubén Torres Llorca, José Bedia Valdés, Ricardo Rodriguez Brey, Juan Francisco Elso, Rogelio López Marín (Gory), Gustavo Pérez Monzón , José Manuel Fors, Leandro Soto Ortiz, Israel León, Tomás Sánchez and Carlos Alfonzo In the second half of the decade, other artistic groups were formed, including 4 x 4, Grupo Hexágono, Arte Calle, Grupo Provisional, the duet René Francisco Rodríguez and Eduardo Ponjuán González and ABTV. Grupo Puré, another new wave of young artists, graduates of the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA)included Ana Albertina Delgado Álvarez, Adriano Buergo, Ciro Quintana, Ermi Taño and Lázaro Saavedra, all greatly influenced by the German Kitsch art movement. Additionally, a large number of talented creators excelled independently, such as Florencio Gelabert (sculptor), , Arturo Cuenca Sigarreta, Rigoberto Mena, Humberto Castro, Gustavo Acosta , Kcho, Antonio Eligio Fernandez (Tonel), Adriano Buergo, Flavio Garciandía, Tania Bruguera, Juan Francisco Elso, Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas, Quisqueya Henríquez, Glexis Novoa, José Toirac, Carlos García, Heriberto Mora, Segundo Planes and Pedro Vizcaíno, among others. In 1984, Josignacio created his revolutionary Plastic Paint Medium - a unique techno pictorial medium, by mixing epoxy resins with oil colors and other pigments, resulting in a hard, shiny, 3D finish, his identifiable signature style. Receiving numerous awards since his earliest displayed artwork as a teenager in 1979, Josignacio's work was then formally exhibited from 1987 - 1989 in eighteen galleries in Havana, Cuba. In 1996, Josignacio was awarded Best in Show at the oldest and most prestigious juried art show in Florida, Hortt 38. He then began his noted USA exhibitions in Palm Beach, Florida. Through 2017, twenty-eight exhibitions followed in the USA and Cuba, including themes paying homage to Cuba's national hero, Jose Marti; China, its popular culture, folklore and the Chinese zodiac; the Cuban National Ballet; and the LGBTQ movement.