Angela Alés is a Colombian-born contemporary painter of Andalusian and Lebanese descent, currently living and working in Málaga, Spain.
Her practice is grounded in Surrealism and psychic automatism, using the subconscious as the primary catalyst for her visual narratives. Across her work, these unconscious impulses coalesce with the symbolic richness of Latin American Magic Realism, engaging the collective Jungian shadow, archetypal memory, and cultural identity. Alés transforms personal introspection into intricate psychological landscapes that examine the vulnerabilities and hidden dimensions of the human condition.
Alés completed her foundational art studies at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Miami International University of Art and Design. Her work is held in private and institutional collections across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Australia.
Angela Alés es una pintora contemporánea de origen colombiano y ascendencia andaluza y libanesa, que actualmente reside y trabaja en Málaga, España.
Su práctica se fundamenta en el surrealismo y el automatismo psíquico, utilizando el subconsciente como catalizador principal de sus narrativas visuales. A lo largo de sus obras, estos impulsos inconscientes se fusionan con la riqueza simbólica del realismo mágico latinoamericano, abordando la sombra junguiana colectiva, la memoria arquetípica y la identidad cultural. Alés transforma la introspección personal en intrincados paisajes psicológicos que examinan las vulnerabilidades y dimensiones ocultas de la condición humana.
Alés realizó sus estudios artísticos fundamentales en The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art en Nueva York y obtuvo una maestría en Bellas Artes (MFA) en Miami International University of Art and Design. Su obra forma parte de colecciones privadas e institucionales en Las América, Europa, África y Australia.
Curriculum
EDUCATION
Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, Fl, MFA, 2011
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
New York, NY, B.F.A., 1993
New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl., H.S., 1989
AWARDS
Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship 2022 Finalist
Casa Taller El Boga, Artist In Residence, Mompox Colombia, 2024
SVA Artist in Residence, NY, NY, 2024
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
The Power of She, AFTS Gallery, Springfield, MA, 2025
Desplazamiento, Museo Moderno de Art y Diseño Contemporáneo,
San José, Costa Rica, 2023
Women Hold Up Half the Sky, PEG, Newburyport , MA, 2022
Women Artist, Leonardo Rodriguez Collection, MOCAA, Miami , FL, 2020
"GRAVITY", Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA, 2019
"Dialogue", Sidell Gallery at Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, 2018
“High Frequencies”, Milander Art Center, Miami, FL, 2017
National Association of Women Artists Member Show, NY, NY, 2016
“Incarnate“ Two Person Show, Gallery Z, Lowell, Ma., 2016
“The Human Condition", Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, Ma., 2015
Parish Center for the Arts, Westford, Ma., 2015
“Cultural Immigrants", Chelmsford Gallery, Chelmsford, Ma., 2015
"Unified Dissonance", Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, Ma., 2014
"Annual Juried Exhibit", Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, Ma., 2014
SOBO Art Center, Winter Garden, Fl. 2013
Platform Art Annual Exhibition, Lakeland, Fl., 2013
Jasper Gallery, Daytona Beach, Fl., 2013
Vargas Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Fl., 2012
Beck’s Artist Exhibition, Wynwood, Fl., 2011
Artisan Series, Wynwood, Fl., 2011
Sister Cities International Artist Showcase, Miami Beach, Fl., 2011
Coconut Grove Art Festival Gallery, Coconut Grove, Fl., 2011
S0HO Art Pavillion, Miami Design District, Fl., 2010
Arteamerica, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Fl., 2010
Ara Gallery , Color y Símbolos de lo Sagrado, Coral Gables, Fl., 2002
Ara Gallery Cultural Center, “el”, Coral Gables, Fl., 2002
Art Cartagena, Museo Naval de Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia, 2000
Collective Exhibition, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Fl., 2000
Collective Exhibition, La Palette Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl., 2000
“Símbolos del 2000”, Jorge Sorí Gallery, Coral Gables, Fl., 2000
Lenny Krawitz, Auction for Kids 2000, Miami Beach, Fl., 1999
Collective Exhibition, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Fl., 1999
Nashville Museum of Art, Collective Exhibition, Nashville, TN,. 1998
Collective Exhibition, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Fl., 1998
“Dimensions”, Colombian Fine Arts Foundation, Coral Gables, Fl., 1998
"Dialogo”, Colombian Fine Arts Foundation, Coral Gables, Fl., 1998
Street Dance Factory, Collective Exhibition, Coral Gables, Fl., 1997
“Dreams”, Collective Exhibition, Coral Gables, Fl., 1997
Benefit Auction, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Fl., 1997
Goya Exhibition, The Cooper Union Great Hall Gallery, NY, NY 1993
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Threads of Remembrance, Gateway Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, 2025
Solo Exhibition, Conant Gallery Gallery, Groton, MA, 2020
Solo Exhibition, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 2019
Intersectionality, MOCAA, Miami, FL, 2018
Solo Exhibition,“Archetypes”, Galatea Gallery, Boston, Ma., 2016
Solo Exhibition, Galeria Real, San Jose, Costa Rica. 2006
Solo Exhibition, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Fl., 2004
La Boheme, Coral Gables, Fl., 16/2002
Solo Exhibition,Union Planters Bank, Coral Gables, Fl., 2001
Solo Exhibition, Calle Ocho, Cultural Friday, Miami, Fl, 2001
Solo Exhibition, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Fl., 1994
Solo Exhibition, The Cooper Union Great Hall Gallery, NY, NY 1993
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
El Planeta, Boston's Latino Daily, April 19 2022
Nagari Magazine, November 2022
Memorias en Transición. Obra plástica de Angela Alés.
The Harvard Advocate, March 2019
Torosiete Magazine, January 2019, Volume 3
New York City Public Schools chooses
"Building a Nation" as part of their Civics Curriculum. 2018
El Heraldo, Gente Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2011
El Nuevo Herald (Especial), Miami, (8/24/2002)
Diccionario Internacional De Arte (2000)
Arte America, Miami, Fl. (1999)
L’Art, Miami, Fl. (1999)
El Nuevo Herald, Galería, Miami, Fl., (09/1999)
El Nuevo Herald, Galería, Miami, Fl., (05/1999)
Imagen Latino Americana, Miami, Fl (1994)
“Lea” Magazine, Miami, Fl. (1994)
“Come to Learn, Leave to Lead”, NY (1994)
“Chronicle of Higher Education”, Washington, D.C., 1993
El Heraldo, Colombia Cultural, Barranquilla, Colombia, 1992