By 1989, Rey moved to Dunkirk, New York, to teach at the State University of New York at Fredonia . It was here that he found a new "home" on the banks of local steelhead streams. The Aesthetics of Biology
Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1960, Rey’s journey was shaped by displacement. His family received political asylum and moved to Miami in 1965 before eventually settling in the coal-mining town of Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. This early history of migration and bicultural identity fueled his early abstract work, which grappled with "layered memories of Cuban iconography" and American life. alberto rey
The Improbable Journey of Alberto Rey : Where Art Meets the Water By 1989, Rey moved to Dunkirk, New York,