b. 1981 Santurce, Puerto Rico | Lives and works in New York

Angel Otero (b. 1981) is best known for his process- based paintings and deconstructive porcelain and steel sculpture. While early works have been influenced by memories based on his early life in his native Puerto Rico, referencing photographs and other family memorabilia combined with the gestures of 20th century painting, his latest works highlight artistic material and its physicality.

 

Angel Otero received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent solo exhibitions include Elegies at the Bronx Mu-seum of Art (2017), Everything and Nothing at Contemporary Art Museum Houston (2016), Born in the Echoes at Lehmann Maupin Hong Kong (2016), Murmurs at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles (2016), Lago at Kavi Gupta CHICAGO (2015), Pintura Ascendente at the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno in Las Palmas, Spain (2015) and Anachronic at Susanne Vielmetter Projects in Los Angeles, CA (2014).

Solo Exhibitions

2017

Angel Otero: Elegies, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

2016
Everything or Nothing, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Murmura, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Born in the Echoes, Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong

2015
New Paintings, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
Lago, Kavi Gupta CHICAGO | Elizabeth Street, Chicago, IL
Pintura Ascendente, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

2014
Anachronic, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Nuevos Trabajos, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

2013
Gates of Horn and Ivory, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
Material Discovery, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA

2012
The old lansquenet is laughing at us, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
New Works: Angel Otero, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Raleigh, NC
Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India

2011
The Dangerous Ability to Fascinate Other People, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
Memento, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY

2010
Touch With Your Eyes, 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, PR

Group Exhibitions

2019

Coffee, Rum, Sugar, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA

2018

Inherent Structure, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH

Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

2017

2016
Nexo/Nexus: Latin American Connections in the Midwest, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL

2015
Civilization and Its Discontents: SAIC Alumni Exhibition, Selections from 1985 – 2015, Sullivan
Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Inherited, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
The Fire Next Time, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Future Seasons Past, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
Piece by Piece: Building a Collection, a selection of works from Piece by Piece: Building a Collection, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Horizon, Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2014
Fusion: Art of the 21st Century, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Between Worlds, curated by Jane Neal, Galerie Isa, Mumbai, India
Unbound: Contemporary Art after Frida Kahlo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Mystic Fire, Paradise Row, London UK

2013
10 Under 40, Istanbul ’74, Turkey
Amor Fati, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
A Pinch of Saffron, a Dash of Vermouth, DODGE Gallery, New York, NY
Outside the Lines, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Prague Bienniale, Prague, Czech Republic
Xstraction, The Hole, New York, NY
Transforming the Known, works from the Bert Kreuk Collection, Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
On Painting, Centro Atlantico de Arte, Les Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

2012
The Sound of Painting, Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin, Italy
Queens International 2012: Three Points Make a Triangle, Queens, NY
Surface in Volume, Luce Gallery, Milan, Italy
The 12th Istanbul Biennial ‘74, Instanbul, Turkey

2011
El Museo’s Sixth Bienal at El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY

2010
Misericordia, PRISM, West Hollywood, CA
Touched, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY

2009
Constellations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Variations on a Theme, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL

2008
New Wave, curated by Christian Viveros-Faune, 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 USA, West Palm Beach, FL
Tributo a Basquiat Puerto Rico, Galeria Prinardi, Hotel Normandie, San Juan, PR

2005
Visions of Excess, New Space Chicago, Chicago, IL