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About

Angela Alés is an artist born in Barranquilla, Colombia, of Andalusian and Lebanese descent. Alés moved to the United States in 1984 and graduated from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, in New York City. She received her MFA from the Miami International University of Art and Design. She has participated in over 30 collective and individual exhibitions in the US and Central and South America. Her work can be found in private collections in the Americas, Europe and Australia.

 

Angela Alés es una artista nacida en Barranquilla, Colombia, de descendecia Andaluza y Libanesa. Alés se trasladó a los Estados Unidos en 1984 y en 1993 se graduó de Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art en la ciudad de New York. Recibió su maestría en Bellas Artes en la Universidad Internacional de Arte y Diseño en Miami. Ha participado en más de 30 exhibiciones individuales y colectivas en los Estados Unidos, en Centro y Sur America. Sus obras se encuentran en colecciones privadas a través de las Americas, Europa y Australia.

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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

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

 

Women Hold Up Half the Sky, PEG, Newburyport , MA, 2022

Women Artist, Leonardo Rodriguez Collection, MOCAA, Miami , FL, 2020

Solo Exhibition, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 2019

"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

 

Solo Exhibition, Conant Gallery Gallery, Groton, MA, 2020

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

AWARDS

 

Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship 2022 Finalist

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