Charles Molina – Visual Artist (2001-2021)
“There are people who are too glowing to be little embers. They live ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times more things than others at the same time. They are a thousand times happier, a thousand times more unhappy, a thousand times more talented, a thousand times more generous, a thousand times more angry. And when they leave, they leave young, because they have already lived a thousand lives.”
Charles Molina was born in March 2001 in Aventura Miami from Belgian parents. He started drawing as a child and never stopped. He grew up between Miami and Embourg in the south of Belgium and went to school in both cities. In 2015, he went to St. Luc Art School in Brussels where his creativity and exceptional graphic skills were acknowledged by his art teachers. In 2017, he was admitted to the Miami Arts Charter School in Wynwood.
In 2017, Charles sold his first paintings to private collectors such as Michel Chouraqui and the art foundation Art For All. He started exhibiting his work in 2018, and in 2019, had pieces showing in Miami and Paris. He is currently exhibiting in Brussels. Charles is only 19!
Inspired by artistic influences ranging from street art to graffiti, Dadaism to abstract expressionism, his signature is reflected in his fun and symbolic style. He brings an element of popular iconography to his collage work, hijacking comic book heroes to feature in his own stories that he brings to life on his canvas.
Charles was appointed to the Teen Board 2017-2019 of The Bass Museum (Miami Beach Museum of Contemporary Art). In 2020, he was selected to exhibit at the Young Artists’ Gallery (YAG), a yearly juried art exhibit and scholarship program created by the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Sadly, Charles passed away in September 2021. His artwork remains as a vibrant testimony to his special universe.
You can find out more about Charles Molina’s work here.