Angel Otero | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

1981: Born Santurce, Puerto Rico
: Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

2009: MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2007: BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2004: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Selected Exhibitions

2019: "Angel Otero," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
: "Angel Otero: Milagros," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
: Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2018: "Piel de luna," Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, Korea
2017: "Elegies," Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (Link)
2016: “Murmurs,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
: Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong
: Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, TX
2015: "New Paintings," Lehmann Maupin, New York NY
: "Lago," Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
: "Painting from the bottom up," curated by Christian Viveros-Faun, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Spain
2014: "ANACHRONIC," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
: Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz, Spain
2013: "Gates of Horn and Ivory," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
: Walter Otero Contemporary, San Juan, Puerto Rico
: "Material Discovery," SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA; Museum of Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2012: Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
: Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC
: Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India
: Istanbul 74, Istanbul, Turkey
2011: "Memento," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
: The Dangerous Ability to Fascinate Other People, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2010: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2009: "Angel Otero," Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2008: "Cooking Boogaloo," Contemporary Art Workshop Gallery, Chicago, IL
: "Angel Otero: Recent Paintings," Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006: "Revelando Enigmas," Galeria Prinardi, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Group Exhibitions

2019: "Cut: Abstraction in the United States from the 1970s to the Present," Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
: "Cart, horse, cart," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
: "The Other Side of Now," Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
2018: "Inherent Structures," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (Link)
2015: "Future Seasons Past," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
: "Horizon," Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong
: "Piece by Piece: Building a Collection," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
: PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014: "Between Worlds," Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India
: "Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
: "Mystic Fire," Paradise Row, London, UK
: Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, TX
2013: 10 Under 40, Istanbul 74, Turkey
: "Amor Fati," Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
: "A Pinch of Saffron, Dash of Vermouth," Dodge Gallery, NY
: "Xtraction: A Survey of new approaches in abstraction," The Hole, New York, NY
: "Transforming the Known, works from the Bert Kreuk Collection," Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
: Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
: "On Painting," Centro Atlantico de Arte, Les Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
: Sommer Contemporary, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012: Sothebys S2 Gallery, New York, NY
: "The Sound of Painting," Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin, Italy
: "Surface in Volume," Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
: "Queens International 2012: Three Points Make a Triangle," Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2011: "The Second Seating for the Last Supper," Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
: Oh Wow Gallery, Miami, FL
: "The [S] Files/The Street Files, El Museo’s 6th Biennial," El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
: American Patrons of the Tate and W Magazine, Kreemart, New York, NY
: "NY: New Perspectives," Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
: Soho House NY, New York, NY
: Art Club on Dover Street, London, UK
: Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
2010: "Misericordia," Prism, Los Angeles, CA
: "Touched," Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
: Circa Art Fair with Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009: "Constellations," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
: "Variations on a Theme," Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
: Circa Art Fair with Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008: "New Wave," Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
: "Fridge," Normal Projects Gallery, Chicago, IL
: "Latino Nation, USA," University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
: "New Insight Exhibition," Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
: "Group Painting Exhibition," Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007: "You Are In My Space," Gallery G2 and Project Space, Chicago, IL
: Open and Closed, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
2006: "Universality of Art," Galeria Prinardi, West Palm Beach, FL
: "Tributo a Basquiat Puerto Rico," Galeria Prinardi a Hotel Normandie, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005: "Visions of Excess," New Space, Chicago, IL

Bibliography

2021: Staff, Artsy. "What I Buy and Why: Bronx Museum Trustee Richard Torres on Supporting Artists of Color, and the Picasso He’d Most Love to Pilfer," Artsy, June 28 (Link)
2019: Thompson, Matthew. "“Angel Otero: Diario,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art," KC Studio, November 7 (Link)
: Diaz-Camacho, Vicky. "Artist Angel Otero Shares His ‘Diario’ at Kemper Museum," Flatlands, September 17 (Link)
: "Angel Otero’s brief but spectacular take on discovering his artistic voice," PBS News Hour, September 17 (Link)
: Mac Adam, Alfred. "Cart, horse, cart," The Brooklyn Rail, July
: Dafoe, Taylor. "‘Act First and Then Think’: Artist Angel Otero on How to Turn Failure Into Fuel for Creativity," artnet, April 10 (Link)
: Brito, Maria. "Angel Otero and the Miracle of Memories," Cultured, March 11 (Link)
: Yerebakan, Osman Can. "A Brooklyn Artist Finds Inspiration, and Refuge, in Puerto Rico," New York Times, March 5 (Link)
: "Urban Glamour #46," Livingetc (web), January 24 (Link)
2018: Shirine, Saad. "With the MECA Art Fair, San Juan’s Art Community Rises Again," Vulture, November 21 (Link)
: Nash, David. "Kendall Wilkinson Outfits the $15.5 Million Penthouse at San Francisco’s 181 Fremont," Architectural Digest, October 30 (Link)
: Angeleti, Gabriela, "Angel Otero shares his top picks from Frieze New York," The Art Newspaper (web), May 3 (Link)
: Chan, Phil, “Artistic Innovation at the Bronx Museum: An Interview with Angel Otero,” Ivy Magazine, January 17
2017: “Best of 2017: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows,” Hyperallergic (web), December 19 (Link)
: Floresheim, Lane, “Artist Angel Otero’s New Show is All About Memory,” The Wall Street Journal (web), October 23 (Link)
2016: Bodin, Claudia, “Planet Brooklyn,” Art das Kunstmagazin, April
: Spencer, Samuel, “Angel Otero on His New Painting Technique and First Hong Kong Exhibition,” Blouin Artinfo (web), June 7
: Glentzer, Molly, “Artist Angel Otero’s experimental layering creates works full of dimension,” Houston Chronicle (web), December 16
2015: "Horizon: Group exhibition featuring works by gallery artists opens at Lehmann Maupin, ArtDaily.org, January 17
: MacMillan, Kyle, Angel Otero: Kavi Gupta, Art in America, June / July
: Holmes, Jessica, Angel Otero: New Paintings, The Brooklyn Rail (web), December 9
2014: Schachter, Kelly, French Connections: Kenny Schachter at FIAC, ArtNews, October 28
: Baria, Zeenia F., International artists showcase works in Mumbai, The Times of India, July 7
: Sheets, Hilary M., The Changing Complex Profile of Black Abstract Painters, ArtNews, June 4
: Christies First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale features works by most sought-after artists, Artdaily, February 19
: Watson, Simon, Top 10 US Museum Shows of 2014, Huffington Post, February 17
2013: 10 Questions about painting, Flash Art, October, p. 87 89
: Parsekian, Martin, Angel Otero, Gates of Horn and Ivory, TimeOut New York, 22 October
: Goldstein, Andrew, Artist Angel Otero on Justifying the Medium of Painting, Artspace, 7 October
: Video: Angel Otero and Jack Whitten Discuss Expressionisms Legacy, Artspace, 7 October
: Viveros-Faune, Christian, Angel Oteros Digs on Frayed Canvases and Crumbled Sculptures, The Village Voice, 18 September
: Cooper, Ashton, Up-and-Coming Painter Angel Oteros Works Sell Out at Lehmann
: Maupins Art Basel Booth, ArtInfo, 13 June
: Warren, Tamara, Visual Artist Angel Otero Speaks on First Gallery Show in Puerto Rico, Life and Times, 1 March
: Dailey, Meghan, Five Minutes with Artist Angel Otero, W Magazine, 1 March
: Perez Rivera, Tatiana, Quince minutos de gracia, El Nuevo Dia, 27 February
: DatebookAlso This Month, Art + Auction, February. p. 36
: "Angel Otero, The story behind an artwork, in the artists own words, Modern Painters, January, p. 31
2012: CAM Raleigh Opens Angel Otero Exhibition. Museum Publicity. 22 October
: Howard, Christopher, Angel Otero: Contemporary Art Museum, Artforum, October
: Holmes, Pernilla, Burning Bright: New York Artists to Watch, Financial Times: How to Spend it, April. p 10 14
: Sutton, Benjamin, Lehmann Maupin Grooms Painter Angel Otero for Global Art Stardom, Artinfo, 27 February
2011: Future Greats. Art Review, March. p. 100 – 101
: Gomes, Marcelo. Paint Job, Nylon Guys, March. p. 40
: Sutton, Benjamin. Inside the Artists Studio: Angel Otero in Ridgewood, The L Magazine
2010: Cashdan, Marina. Studio Visit: Interview with Angel Otero, Huffington Post, 6 September
: Yood, James. Review: Angel Otero, Artforum, April
: Viera, Lauren. Artists gear up for Armory: Local talent represented at fair, Biennial exhibition in New York, Chicago Tribune, 4 March
2009: Francis, Sean. 4 under 40 artists to watch, Chicago Tribune Magazine, 19 April
: Walker, Cassie. Color Scheme, Chicago Magazine, April
2008: Perez, Manolo. La Ola que Viene del Otro Lado del Oceano, Diario de Avisos, 23
: November
: New Wave, Diario de Avisos, 21 November
: Broeren, Ben. Contemporary Art Workshop, Newcity, 1 May
: Artner, Alan. Young artists abstractions teeming with exuberance, Chicago Tribune, 9 May
: Nance, Kevin. Sight for Sore Feet, Chicago Sun Times, 2 May. Cirino, Yanira. Inspirado por la Pintura, El Vocero, 15 May

Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books

2015: Castillo, Omar-Pascual; Viveros-Fauné, Christian; Schum. Matthew, “Angel Otero: Pintura Ascendente / Painting From the Bottom Up,” Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno
2014: Thadani, Ashwin. “Between Worlds,” Galerie Isa
2012: “The Sound of Painting: Ali Banisadr, Inka Essenhigh, Theaster Gates, Rashid Johnson, Angel Otero, Tim Rollins and K.O.S.,”Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana
: Gupta, Kavi Angel Otero, Permanent Printing Ltd., Hong Kong

Commissions

2013: Commuter Rail Project, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

Residencies

2017: Vannucci Artist Residency, Umbria, Italy
2013: Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado.

Distinctions

2009: The Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts
2007: Trustee Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
: First Place Award and Members Choice Award, Visual Arts Competition
: Civic and Arts Foundation, Union League Club of Chicago
: Art Institute of Chicago, BFA Fellowship Award
2005: Recognition Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Public Collections

: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
: Berezdivin Collection, Puerto Rico
: Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
: DePaul University Museum, Chicago, IL
: Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
: Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
: UBS Art Collection, Chicago, IL
: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA