Angel Delgado is a Cuban visual artist who lives in Long Beach, California.

Angel Delgado Fuentes
Born (1965-07-03) July 3, 1965 (age 59)
Websitewww.angel-delgado.net

Biography

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Delgado studied at the Elementary School of Visual Arts of Havana, between 1976 and 1980. He graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" in 1984 and studied from 1984 to 1986 at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. The work of Angel Delgado, goes around a point: the freedom of the individual or the lack of this, his artwork is based fundamentally on the limitations, restrictions, prohibitions, controls and lack of freedoms that are imposed on the human being within the society. In May 1990, Delgado created a performance titled "La esperanza es lo último que se está perdiendo" in the group exhibition "El Objeto Esculturado[1]" at Centro de Desarrollo de Artes Visuales, that led to the prison, where he spent 6 months of deprivation of freedom, this experience marked his life and his work. In 2005, he left Cuba and decided to stay permanently in Mexico City. He lived there until 2013, when he decided to immigrate to the United States. Delgado currently lives and works in Long Beach, CA.

Selected individual exhibitions

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  • Absent Speech, Building Bridges Art Exchange. Santa Monica, California. 2017
  • Discurso Ausente, Galeria Seis Seis. Havana, Cuba. 2017
  • Headlines, Galería Omar Alonso. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 2017
  • Revision, Aluna Art Foundation, Miami, Florida. 2015
  • Constancy, Amanda Harris Gallery. Las Vegas, Nevada. 2014
  • Uncomfortable Landscape, Building Bridges Art Exchange. Santa Monica, California. 2014
  • Inside Outside, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2011
  • Limite Contínuo, Couturier Gallery. Los Angeles, California. 2009
  • Wake Up, Artane Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey. 2007
  • Constancias, Galería Nina Menocal. Mexico. 2006
  • Memorias acumuladas, Galería Fucares. Madrid, Spain. 2004
  • Sombra interior, Galería Nina Menocal. Mexico. 2003

Collective exhibitions

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Awards and honors

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In 2004, he obtained an artist residency at Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2] In 2008, he won the Museum of Latin American Art award in the category of sculpture and installation in Long Beach, California. In 2016, he is part of The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL. His work was acquired and it is now included in the collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami.[3][4]

Further reading

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  • Mendoza, Alexis. Angel Delgado. Drawing Inventory: Them and Now.[5] CdeCuba.org. Magazine 26, January–June, 2019.
  • Una mirada cubana a la manipulación mediática.[6] La Voz de América Noticias, December, 2017.
  • Rojas, Luis Felipe. El pintor cubano Angel Delgado y su obsesión por la libertad.[7] Radio Televisión Martí, July, 2015.
  • Revision: Angel Delgado.[8] Aluna Art Foundation, April, 2015.
  • Perez Moreno, Yanet. La obra de Ángel Delgado, preso en 1990 por realizar una performance.[9] Cubaencuentro, September, 2009.
  • Antón Castillo, Héctor. Angel Delgado,[10] Galería Nina Menocal. Art Nexus. June - August, 2007, p. 129-130
  • Espinosa Magaly. Antología de textos críticos: El Nuevo Arte Cubano,[11] p. 65
  • Gallegos, Carina y Martell, Marisol. Art Basel Miami Beach 2005.[12] Art Nexus, No. 56 2005, p. 118-121
  • Hernández, Orlando. Angel Delgado.[13] Bomb 2002-2003, p. 38-39
  • Maccash, Doug. No Artist Is An Island. The Times Picayune,[14] March 1, 2002, p. 18
  • Hernández, Orlando. Letter from Havana.[15] Art Nexus, No. 40, 2001, p. 72-75
  • Israel, Nico. VII Bienal de La Habana.[16] ArtForum. February 2001, p. 147-148
  • Expone en Miami Ángel Delgado, Primer Artista Cubano Preso Por su Obra. Neorika.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Memoria: El objeto esculturado". inCubadora. Retrieved 8 Feb 2013.
  2. ^ "Memorias acumuladas". Mattress Factory. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  3. ^ "Ángel Delgado". Cuban Art Database. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  4. ^ Stories, Local (2018-05-21). "Check out Angel Delgado's Artwork - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". voyagela.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  5. ^ "Drawing Inventory: Them and Now". CdeCuba.
  6. ^ "Una mirada cubana a la manipulación mediática". La Voz de América Noticias.
  7. ^ Rojas, Luis Felipe. "El pintor cubano Angel Delgado y su obsesión por la libertad". Radio Television Marti.
  8. ^ "Revision: Angel Delgado". Aluna Art Foundation.
  9. ^ Perez Moreno, Yanet. "La obra de Ángel Delgado, preso en 1990 por realizar una performance". Cubaencuentro.
  10. ^ Anton Castillo, Hector. "Angel Delgado". ArtNexus.
  11. ^ Espinosa, Magaly. CRITICAL ESSAYS ON CONTEMPORARY CUBAN ART. PERCEVAL PRESS. ISBN 9780976300946. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  12. ^ "Art Basel Miami Beach". ArtNexus.
  13. ^ Hernandez, Orlando. "Angel Delgado". Bomb.
  14. ^ "No Artist Is An Island". The Times Picayune.
  15. ^ "Letter from Havana". ArtNexus.
  16. ^ Navarro, Wendy. "VII Bienal de La Habana". ArtForum.
  17. ^ "Primer Artista Cubano Preso Por su Obra". Neorika.