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.

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