José Parlá was born in Miami in 1973. He is a Cuban-American. He graduated from Miami Dade College, Florida, Savannah College of Art & Design, Georgia, and New World School of the Arts, Miami, Miami. José Parlá is famous for his calligraphy and bright colours, and he uses a distinctive abstract way to express his awareness of history and the richness of mankind and language. For example, the project "Wrinkles of the City - Havana, Cuba" (2012) that he collaborated with a French artist JR (Jean René); and largescale mural at well-known institutions: "Diary of Brooklyn" (2012) of Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, "Nature of Language" (2013) of Hunt Library by SNØHETTA, North Carolina State University, "ONE: Union of the Sense" of ONE World Trade Center, New York (2014), "Amistad América" (2018) of Landmarks, University of Texas at Austin, etc.