God is a Woman solo show features a collection of new works by Cuban artist Darian Mederos. Here he transitions from hyper-realist portraits to more narrative oil paintings centred on 'woman' as the sole subject. Close-up portraits often obscured by a signature bubble wrap layer give way to more elaborate scenes in which the artist captures what he describes as the ultimate beauty epitomised in the female form.

Mederos employs his distinctive layering and hyperrealist painting techniques in ways that provide a foundation for his new, more narrative works, allowing him to capture intimate scenes in the lives of the subject. The outcome is  a series of captivating homages to natural beauty of the female form as encountered, perhaps unexpectedly, in moments of heightened vulnerability and sensuality. The artist's iconographic bubble wrap facade also takes on new meaning as a protection or veil, alluding further to the vulnerability of the female subject and the viewer's yet undefined role as a momentary witness to the scene.

"I was always keen on portraits and I used to believe that with a simple portrait I could share all the information that I wanted to with a few gentle brushstrokes. However, I recently discovered a whole new world; the human body. And, I cannot imagine the human body without visualizing the shape of a woman."

The title of the exhibition God is a Woman touches on the creation of life, diversity of beauty and female empowerment.