The goal of the agency is to bring Yanes’ art out of the commercial sector and into the fine art market. He is currently represented by Michael Margulies. Michael graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in business administration in 2004. After several successful real estate endeavors he has become inspired by the humanistic elements of the arts. “I feel that Alex’s work is too unique to be typecast as commercial. It’s the type of work that no matter how many times you look at it; you still get excited.”
Yanes’ art is characterized by the romanticism and sublimeness of its color and content and the deliberate precision of its form and lines. It is the duality between the conceptual and graphical that makes his art both inspiring and accessible. Yanes’ art serves as a metaphor for the conflict between reason and imagination and the divided nature of the human soul.
"My father and grandfather taught me how to use power tools when I was a kid. I built skateboard ramps and tree house forts, I’m very grateful for that. It’s very fulfilling to incorporate what they taught me into my art, all these years later.”
Along with vivid colors, he uses bold outlines to define his intricate figures. His most recent works are mixed media, three-dimensional images. This process consists of drawing then cutting the image out of panels using power tools. Once they are cut, the individual pieces of the puzzle are sanded and painted using a mixture of acrylic, spray enamel and epoxy resin. Finally, the pieces are attached in multiple layers, revealing a multi-dimensional experience.
Some of Alex’s most recent commissioned pieces can be seen in the Publix Supermarkets 2009 calendar titled “Majestic Beauty”. Well received with an overwhelming demand, Yanes’ calendar consisting of twelve endangered species native to South Florida has been used by teachers throughout the state to educate children about the fragile ecosystem that surround us all. Currently, all of the original paintings featured in the calendar along with seven installation pieces are on display at the Miami Children’s Museum, with the Museum adding four of the pieces to their permanent collection. Since the opening of his exhibit at the Miami Children’s Museum, Alex has been commissioned by Publix Supermarkets once again to create the 2010 Art Calendar. This upcoming calendar will consist of endangered species from all over the world with more illustratively detailed renditions of the animals. In August 2009, Alex Yanes became an artist in residency at the Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC) where his new studio is located.