Jaime Carmona, currently based in New York City, is a painter and the artist behind Top Kabana. Born in Madrid and raised between vineyards and olive trees, his work is deeply inspired by the places he inhabits and the scenes he observes in everyday life.

Working mainly within figurative expressionism, he is constantly observing the world around him, he is drawn to social moments and human presence, from a homeless figure in the city to a bullfight or a quiet morning at Canal Saint-Martin in Paris.

Alongside his painting practice, Jaime develops projects around experiences, wine, and cultural gatherings through Kama Klub. The ritual of the table remains central to his world, creating moments where wine, food, and conversation bring people together.

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At the core of Jaime Carmona's practice there is an interest in the complexity of reality and the limits of representation. For him, painting is not merely an act of depiction but a process of inquiry, correction, and discovery. Each canvas emerges through layers of observation, doubt, intuition, and revision, reflecting the uncertainty inherent in both art and life.

His work explores the tension between the tangible and the symbolic, using recurring motifs such as the bull and the human figure to address universal themes of sacrifice, desire, mortality, identity, and transformation. Rooted in the cultural traditions of the Hispanic world yet open to contemporary interpretations, his paintings move between narrative and abstraction, inviting viewers to find their own experiences within the image.

Rather than offering fixed meanings, Carmona's paintings create spaces for reflection, where memory, emotion, and perception coexist in constant dialogue.

"What I cannot say with words, I say with a brush."

- Jaime Carmona