Eduardo Cabrer
San Juan, PR
Puerto Rican visual artist (BFA/MFA GWU) exploring self through geometric abstraction + meditative practice. Rooted in Santurce, evolving always.
Message
Eduardo Cabrer (Santurce, Puerto Rico, 1976) is a visual artist whose recent practice engages geometric abstraction as a framework for examining the interplay between light, color, and perception.
Educated at the University of Miami, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, and The George Washington University—where he earned his BFA and MFA—Cabrer has cultivated a body of work that merges formal rigor with a sustained inquiry into emotion and sensory experience.His artistic development has been further shaped by residencies at the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Vermont Studio Center, both of which expanded his exploration of materiality and spatial composition.
Over the years, Cabrer has presented his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Puerto Rico and abroad, contributing to the dissemination of a distinct visual language that bridges structure and affect. His works are represented in significant private and institutional collections, both locally and internationally.
Statement
Artist Statement
My work explores the encounter between the precision of geometry and the vulnerability of emotion. Through color, light, and spatial composition, I examine how perception can become a bridge between what we see and what we feel. Each piece functions as a kind of architecture of sensitivity—where planes, shadows, and edges form a language that, while abstract, speaks to the human condition: memory, silence, revelation.
Over time, my practice has evolved from a fascination with found objects and childhood memory to a more internal dialogue. Having worked across materials such as resin, fiberglass, concrete, and wood, I now use geometry itself as a mirror for self-examination. These works address the complexities of self-perception—how identity shifts between internal and external views, and how those perspectives coexist within structure and color.
In the studio, I build my compositions layer by layer, letting subtle variations in hue and line guide rhythm and tension. The resulting works invite a state of contemplation: not objects to be read, but spaces to inhabit. Ultimately, my practice is a search for equilibrium—between form and feeling, order and emotion, precision and presence.