About The Artist

Mariojosé ANGELES, (1965) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In 1982, he starts studying architecture (University Autonomous of Santo Domingo) and after 3 years into the program, he decides to completely to studying painting. He held various collective and individual exhibitions in the Dominican Republic, starting in 1988. After his exhibition "Iconos Caribe" (1997) in the Archaeological Museum of Altos de Chavón, he was selected to participate in the Salon "Grands et Jeunes d'Aujoud'hui" in Paris. Since then, 1998 to 2007 he lived and worked in Brussels. He studied sculpture in the Academy of Fine Arts Jean Jacques Belliard, Brussels Belgium, in 2000. In 2009 he presented the Installation Project “ Santa Cucaracha” Enquiry on the AIDS vaccine, FIART- First International Art-fire at Palace of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In 2010 Exhibition elit-tile 2010, Fourth International Ceramic Tile Triennial, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic. In 2010 presented Solo Exhibition “Blue Dreams” Quinta Dominica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Now he lives and works in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Collective exhibitions over the last few years: 1998- Salon "Grands et Jeunes d'Aujoud'hui" in Paris 1999- “Simplemente Caribe” Kunty Moreau Art Gallery ,Eghzee, Belgium 1999- « Rwanda Through Caribbean Eyes » European Parliament, Brussels 1999- Salon Coup de Coeur, Espace Pierre Cardin, Brussels and Paris 2000- Salon Coup de Coeur, Museum of the Unesco, Beirut, Lebanon 2000- Parcours des Artistes, St. Gilles, Brussels 2000- Coup de Coeur 2000 ( finalist artist) Parcours des Artistes, St. Gilles, Brussels 2001- Second Auction of Latin-American Artists, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2002- « Mémoire des Caraïbes » Viviana Grandi Art Gallery, Bruxelles 2002- XII Summit of Heads of States and of Governments, Bavaro, Dominican Republic 2002- VI Biennial of Contemporary Art, Laeken, Brussels 2003- IV Biennial International of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy 2003- “What’s a Gallery” Kunty Moreau Art Gallery ,Eghzee, Belgium 2004- Artiade Olympic of Visual Arts, Athens, Greece 2005- Biennial International Contemporary Art, Arad, Rumania 2005- “ Tous Ensemble” Salle Fabry, Woluwe St.Pierre, Brussels 2006- Group Anima ,Castle Malou, (Urban Intervention), Brussels 2006- “Festimage” International Festival of Photography, Chaves, Portugal 2006- Nine Photographers to the Parisian Hour, Embassy of France, Dominican Republic 2006- The Art and the Universe, Uccle Cultural Center, Brussels 2007- Competition of photography “Treated about Rome” (first prize) Uccle Cultural Center, Brussels 2008-“ Vasos Comunicantes” Prado Fine Art Colletion Art Gallery Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2008- “From the plastic to fotography” Secretary of State of Culture, Dominican Republic 2009- “Miradas de la Noche” Museum of the Royal Houses, Domincan Republic 2009- Installation Project “ Santa Cucaracha” Enquiry on the HIV/Aids Vaccine, FIART- First International Art-Fire, Palace of Fine Arts, Dominican Republic 2009- International Festival “Vivamerica” Madrid, Bogota, Cadiz y Santo Domingo, Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic 2010 - ibition elit-tile 2010, Fourth International Ceramic Tile Triennial, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic 2010- I International Competition MajdanArt Exhibition Art in Miniature( First price) Majdanpek, Serbia 2010- FIARTE- First International Art-Fire, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 2011- Innovators of America Prize, Scientific Research Project “Santa Cucaracha” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2010 “In Shade of Pink” SorMed Fine Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2011- “Flight Designs” Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2011- II International Competition MajdanArt Exhibition Art in Miniature, Majdanpek, Serbia 2012- Sequoia Tees HQ Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2012- “ Las Marchantas” Palace of Fine Arts, Dominican Republic Some individual exhibitions over the last few years: 1991- "Del Cono Sur a las Antillas" (first individual exhibition), Ambassador Hotel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1995- " Los Visitantes" Nucleus of Executives Guayaquil, Equator 1997-" Iconos Caribe" Archaeological Museum of Altos de Chavon, Dominican Rep. 1998- Eleventh Gála of the Press, Brussels 2000- Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France 2002- "Multidisciplinaire-Multidisciplinary" Painting-Photography-Sculpture Casa de Italia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2003- "Homosapiens-Caribeen" mural painting in the permanent collection of Notre de la Paix, University of Namur, Belgium 2005- Parcours des Artistes Uccle, Brussels, Belgium 2006- Projet « Integration » Installation- Photography – Painting, Salle Fabry, Brussels 2010- “Blue Dreams” Digital-Art Photography- Quinta Dominica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.