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March 1, 2013
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February 2013
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January/February 2013
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November 2012
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April 2, 2012
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March 31, 2012
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February 27, 2012
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February 16, 2012
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July 22, 2011
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March 7, 2011
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February 28, 2011
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February 16, 2011
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February 16, 2011
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February 16, 2011
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January 31, 2011
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September 6, 2010
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March 31, 2010
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March 8, 2010
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April 30, 2009
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Artist Bio
Angel Otero
Angel Otero (b. 1981, Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a visual artist best known for his process-based paintings. While much of his works have been influenced by memories based in photographs and other family memorabilia combined with the gestures of 20th century painting, his latest works highlight the artist's unique process as a form of narrative in itself. Through his innovative process of oil paint scraping, Otero venerates historical oil painting while confronting it head on. Otero's 'deformation' approach to painting his works, first across glass and then once dry, flaying the dried paint and reconstructing the composition anew across large canvasses, is representative of how the artist perceives the process of reconfiguring both personal and historical narratives. Otero’s work sometimes uses process as a way of confronting deep, personal memories. Instead of representing his life through art, he archives moments within it by creating opportunities of surprise and discovery. His work is a constant negotiation between the individual and art history.
Otero received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009. Recent exhibitions include El Museo del Barrio’s The [S] Files, El Museo’s 6th Biennial (2011); Queens International 2012: Three Points Make a Triangle, Queens Museum, New York (2012); and Angel Otero, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina (2012), among others. Otero is the recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Visual Arts. His work can be found in collections at DePaul University Museum, Chicago; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas; and the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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