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Alekxey Sabido grew up in the magical rich tradition of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.  His father was a prominent neurosurgeon while his mother raised their seven children.  Artistic dreams were cultivated in Sabido’s earliest memories of childhood.  As a very young child, his father commenced a hospital residency in the south of Mexico City.  The family lived on the hospital grounds.  Theirs was a beautiful home in the woods.  Here Sabido lived with his three brothers and two cousins and a family of dogs.  While his father attended to his patients, Sabido remembers with great fondness the longs days where his mother would play the guitar and bake for the troop of children.  Here Sabido remembers exploring an empty kindergarten where all four boys relished in the toys and creative materials left behind.  Many days they would pass by an old carpenter who would be carving his wooden treasures. Days were filled with imagination and fantasy was abundant as they played in the woods.

Looking back his memories play like a David Lynch movie.  They become colorful image-scapes of happy times yet there are surreal elements and a psychological awareness to these earliest of remembrances.  Later these elements become vital parts of his paintings, as Sabido is greatly attracted to the human condition as it unfolds.

As the youngest child with three older brothers who were close in age, Sabido found himself in the unique position of observer.  Often too young to join in, he would watch the dynamics of his family like a Greek comedy or tragedy unfolding.  More importantly, he was allowed the freedom to be by himself and be an observer of human psychology.  This later had a great impact of his art.  Often he uses fables or myths to give life to the present day human drama that unfolds in his works.  His subjects, family and friends are transformed myths.  More importantly he emphasizes the timelessness of life struggles and joys through the human drama.

Life took a dramatic change for Sabido when his father took a permanent post at a hospital in Merida, Mexico and the family moved.  Life became about routines and school and the magic of discovery was temporarily left behind.  Sabido found the structure of school limiting and un-inspirational.  Troubles at home ensued, and during this time Sabido learned to be considerate and quiet as to not add to the tensions.  Again he became the observer, examining his own family dynamic.  But one thing remained constant - the devotion of his most beautiful mother.  Often his mother would pick him up with his brothers and sisters from school and travel to the beach to play and dream.  During this time his 6th grade teacher noticed Sabido’s creativity and instructed his mother to take him to a drawing class.  This opened up a whole new world for Sabido.  Later when tested at school for personality traits and their link to professions, Sabido was told he should become a physician, religious or an artist.  Applying this information, Sabido volunteered as a Spanish and history teacher at a missionary school in the north of Mexico.  Though he blossomed in the environment he was asked to leave when he decided not to join the priesthood.  This led him to read about and explore his true vocation – becoming an artist. 

He enrolled in the respected National Institute of Fine Art in Mexico City.  After school he worked on set design and then returned to Merida where he opened in first studio space.  Disillusioned with the smallness of Merida, Sabido moved to Cancun where he worked with galleries and organized exhibitions.  It was during this time that Sabidio made his first trip to visit his eldest brother Ivan who was living in Miami. During his visit he discovered and later was accepted to the prestigious Miami Arts Center should be Art center South Florida.  Here he was awarded a residency and art studio.

Primary to Sabido’s paintings is the connection to his beloved Mexico.  Sabido believes that the manifestation of popular culture can be seen in its national holidays and religious celebrations.  Mexico is a country of over 108 million people.  Among such a population there is a cohesiveness and harmony found in the daily rich traditions from attending mass and lighting candles to living amongst decoration and vibrant colors.  Mexico’s people find a unification in the ornamentation and pageantry of living.  Sabido embraces these elements and transforms each into beautiful abstract forms that become for Sabido his own voice. 

Growing up in the Yucatan, Sabido was primarily influenced by the boldness of vibrant colors.  His is an understanding of color that is limitless rather and structured.  His color identification comes from living in the Caribbean climate where the waters of the sea are a cerulean blue and filled with large schools of fish, turtles and coral reef.  Houses are painted in vivid colors of pinks and yellows and greens. Cedar, ceiba, pich, and poak trees lines the forests. As he states: “My art is the result of and endless exploration of simply combination of colors and textures. My concept of colors is greatly influenced by the colors of the Caribbean and the intensity of light. There is a constant battle between the sunlight and the nature’s bright colors.  My art in turn becomes a celebration of beauty and life brought about by this struggle.”