C A R L O S B E T A N C O U R T
1966, Born San Juan, Puerto Rico.
SOLO EXHIBIT, selections:
2018-2021
- Milagros! Public art commission in collaboration with architect Alberto Latorre, grants from Cultural Affairs cCity of Miami Beach, Florida
- What Lies Beneath, commisioned artwork by Reefline and Faena Art.
- Into the Everglades, commisioned artwork with grants from the Bas-Fisher Invitational and Bridge Initiative.
- Intimate Spirit: collages and other recent artworks, The Gallery at the Betsy, Miami Beach, Florida
2019
- Process Ritual Future Eternal, Marfa Anónimo edtiion, Marfa, Texas
- On the Edge, The Hopeful Forest, site specific installation (East Hotel), curated by Ximena Caminos
2018
- Process Ritual Future Eternal, Primary Projects, Miami, Florida
2017
- Imprinted, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
2015-2016
- Re-Collections Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Carlos Betancourt, J Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
2012-2013
- Cabinet of Wonders , Venice Projects, Venice, Italy
- El Portal, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
2011
- Portrait of a Garden, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, La
- Archaic Substance, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
- Shooting the Life Fantastic, Heather James Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2009
- Carlos Betancourt Re-Collections, Molloy College Art Gallery Long Island, NY
- Re-Collections II: Journey into Infinity, J Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
- Lapidus Infinitus, DLFA, Miami, Florida
2008-2006
- The Cut-Out Army, Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, Miami, Florida
- Carlos Betancourt: Recent Work , Galeria Castellon, Castellon, Spain,
- The Hand of the Eye, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
- Untitled 1000, Installation, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
2005-2003
- About the Archaic Substance, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, La
- En la Arena Sabrosa II, OMNI-Art, Miami, Florida
- (Gallery Artists) Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY
- Realm of Secrets, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
2002
- Archaic Substance, Palacio de Espinola, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
- Carlos Betancourt, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
- Interventions in Nature, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
- Recent Photographic Works, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
2001
- Carlos Betancourt: Outdoor Photography Project , Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida,
- Installation: The Sounds, Symbols Project , The American Foundation for the Arts, Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council Grant and Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs, Miami, New Forms Grant Installation, Miami Beach, Florida
2000-1994
- New Works by Carlos Betancourt, Galeria Casa Colon, Miami Beach, Florida
- Images of a Heaven: New Works by Carlos Betancourt, St. Thomas University Atrium Gallery, Miami, Florida
- Fracturism, Imperfect Utopia Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
- Carlos Betancourt: Assemblages, Coral Snake Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIS, selections
2021-22
- Holy Water, group exhibit, Eric Firestone gallery, NY.
- Skin in the Game, group exhibit, Expo Chicago.
- Skin in the Game, group exhibit, Art Basel Miami Beach, curated by Zoe Lukov.
2019
- (Gallery artists exhibit), Dio Horia, Greece
- Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Today ( in tandem with Andy Warhol’s portraits) Mc Nay Art Museum, San Antonio Texas
2017-2018
- Recent Acquisitions, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
- Dancing Goddesses, Dio Horia Contemporary Art Platform, Mykonos, Greece
- The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
- The Motion of Movements, Primary Projects, Miami, Florida
- Golden Pond Wishes, Delano Hotel Pool, site-specific sponsored commission for
- Douglas Elliman Art Basel Miami Beach official sponsors, Florida
- Brant Foundation Warhol Museum fundraising exhibit, NY NY
2015-16
- Baroque to Bling! The collection of Donna MacMillan,Palm Springs Art Museum, California
- Tide By Side,Faena Art, Claire Tacons-curator, Miami Beach, Florida
- (Exhibition title), San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
- Versus, Pepe Mar Presents, in collaboration with Warhol Foundation grant, Miami, Florida
- Joan Quinn Captured, The Brand Art Center, Glendale, California
- Joan Quinn Captured, Fresno Art Museum, Nevada
2013-14
- Gold, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
- Gold, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
- Thirty Years on the Road,Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida
- Aesthetics & Values, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida
- Image Search, PAMM,(Miami Art Museum) Miami, Florida
- La Florida,Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
- (Exhibition title), Mc Nay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
- Celestial Gardens, site-specific permanent installation, Reflections Celebrity Cruise Ship
- (Exhibition title), Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
- (Exhibition title), Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
- (Exhibition title)Ponce Museum of Art, Puerto Rico
2012-2011
- Shooting the Life Fantastic, Heather James Gallery, Palm Springs, California
- Interconexiones, Museo de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Pasiones: Margarita Serapion & John Belk Collection,Ponce Museum of Art, Puerto Rico
- Identity,Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, La
- All About Art, Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida (auction)
- Portraits from the Permanent Collections, Smithsonian National Gallery, Washington DC
- MAM Ball, Cake Atomicos, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
- (Works from the Permanent Collection) San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
- Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
- Signos Vitales, Nuevas Adquisiciones del Mac, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, (San Juan)
- Mysterious Object: Portraits of Joan Quinn, Santa Ana College Gallery, Santa Ana, California
- Historia Nacional de Fotografia, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Unframed, ACRIA, curated by Vic Muniz, NY, NY
2010
- (Works from the Permanent Collection), Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
- Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Good and Plenty, Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida
- (Gallery artist), Ruiz Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas
- (Works from the Permanent Collection), San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
- Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2009
- Photographic Encounter: Humanity and Nature, The City of San Antonio International Center, San Antonio, Texas,
- Third Biennial Photography, Norton Museum, Palm Beach, Florida
- Photography in the 20thCentury, Lowe Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida
- Jack the Pelican Present, Brooklyn, NY
- Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
- Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Heather James Gallery, Desert Palm, California
- Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2007 -08
- Photoshopping: MOOLA Collects, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
- Political Winter Redux , Molloy College Art Gallery, Long Island, New York
- Contemporary ArtAuction, Sotheby’s, New York, New York
- Unbroken Ties, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- People and Places, Selection from the Allen Thomas photography Collection, SECCA, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Salem, North Carolina
- Gen X: Post-Baby-boomers and the New South, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
- Miami Accent, Heriard-Chimino Gallery, New Orleans, La.
- Jack the Pelican Present, Brooklyn, NY
- Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
- Aesthetics and Value, Frost Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- The (last) Supper, Miami Art Basel, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
- New Digital Age, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida
- Miami Contemporary, Freedom Tower MDCC Gallery, Miami, Florida
- City Limits: Re-Collections and The Hedge, Installation, DLFA, Miami, Florida
- Diana Grimberg Gallery, Ciudad de Panama, Panama
2006-2005
- No Country is an Island, Raritan Valley Community College,Sumei Art Center, Newark, NJ
- Quadrennial of Dusseldorf, Dusselforf, Germany
- Au Courant, National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, B. W. I.
- Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits, San Antonio Museum of Art. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; and El Museo del Barrio; San Antonio, Texas
- Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida
- Remy Toledo Gallery, NY, NY
- Miami Art Central, Miami, Florida
- Go Figure! Lowe Art Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida
- What’s New, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Coral Gables, Florida
2004-2002
- The Rubin Museum of Art, The Flag Project, NY, NY
- Robert Miller Gallery, New York
- Otros Lares, Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- American Dream, The Ignatian Center for the Arts, Miami, Florida
- Gallery Artists, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Essesncies 8, Universitat da Valencia, Spain
- Nepotism, Fort Lauderdale Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Don’t Call it Performance, No Lo llames Performance, Museo del Barrio, NY, NY
- Photography, Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY
- Assassins of the Mirror: the Body and the Writing, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Inside and Out: Contemporary Sculpture, Video and Installations Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
- Miami: Visions of Now, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
- De Cuerpos y Almas, Galeria Carmen De la Guerra, Madrid, Spain
- Proyecto Menu, Trans-EAT Art Space, Miami, Florida
- Space, Museum of Science, Coconut Grove, Florida
- Museo Galeria Banco Santander, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- PR '02 : En Ruta, outdoor intervention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Photography, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Contexto, outdoor intervention, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida, Robert Miller Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
- Neutral Zone, Art Basel Special Event - outdoor intervention, Miami, Florida
- IV Bienal del Caribe, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Mash IV , Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
- Miami Tierra Caliente, Centro Cultural Osvaldo Guayasamín, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2001-1999
- Re-Connect, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida, 25 Powerful Artists in 25 Days New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FloridaIV Bienal del Caribe, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Departing Perspectives , Espiritu Santo Bank, Miami, Florida Mash IV , Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
- Miami Tierra Caliente, Centro Cultural Osvaldo Guayasamín, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 61st National Competition of American Painting, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
- Group Exhibit, Galeria Casa Colon, Merida, Mexico
1998-90
- Miami Artists Group Show, Conde-Goodman Gallery, Miami, FloridaLucky 13, South Florida Art Center , Miami Beach, FloridaArt Against Aids VII, Coral Gables, Florida
- Miami Right Now, Gallery on One, Sarasota, FloridaSheets, Helen Cevern Gallery, NY, NY
- Five Latin American Artists, HB Starr Gallery, Palm Beach, FloridaFracturism, Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina Who’s Who, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, Florida
- In Color, Lohman and Busse Gallery, Dortmund, Germany, Summer Exhibit, Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida Sheets,World Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
- Feria del Mueble, Milano, Italy
- Miami Artist Series, Coral Snake Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
COMMISIONS ( public and private) selections:
- Douglas Elliman, “Golden Ponde Wishes”, site specific commision, Art Basel official sponsor, Delano Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
- Faena Art, “The Pelican Passage, Tide By Side”, site specific commision, Faena Forum and Art Basel Miami Beach week opening, Miami Beach, Florida
- Bass Museum of Art, “Verano Eterno” art object commision for museum shop, Miami Beach, Florida
- The Cellars at Pearl, San Antonio Texas, “Re-Collections San Antonio”, large scale site specific c-print
- Larios on the Beach,; “Appropriations del Mar y Amor”, large scale site-specific suspended sculpture
- Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust; Public Art commission for animal shelter, sculptures, photo- collages, Miami, Florida
- Seasalt and Pepper; “Appropriations from el Rio, as time goes by”, large scale site-specific sculpture
- GLASSTRESS, Venice Projects, Berengo Studio; Murano glass sculpture, Venice and Murano, Italy
- Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust; Public Art commission for government housing, “Forever-Glades”, outdoor sculptural mural, Miami, Florida
- Miami Art Museum; “Atomic Cakes”, site-specific installation, Miami, Florida
- Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust; Public Art commission for Metrozoo, “Still Zoo”, outdoor sculpture, Homestead, Florid
- Absolute Vodka, “Let them Feel Pink!”; Site-specific sculpture, Miami, Florida
- University of Pittsburg Press; “ City of a Hundred Fire”, artwork for book cover, USA and International
- Neiman Marcus; “Re-collections”, limited edition scarf from original artworks, San Antonio, Texas
- Celebrity Cruises Ship - Reflections of The Seas; “Celestial Gardens”, site-specific wall and ceiling murals, sculptural elements and sound, installed in Pappemberg, Germany, International
- Barneys NY; limited edition swimwear from original artworks, Miami, Florida and NY, NY
- Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust; “About the Temporal and Universal Substance”, Public Art commission for Miami International Airport, large scale marble wall sculpture, Miami, Florida
- Celebrity Cruises Ship – Equinox: site specific photographic artwork , International
- La Comunidad for Art Basel; “The Cut-Out Army”, site specific installation, Miami, Florida
- Starwood, St Regis; limited edition print, Miami, Florida
- Sagamore Hotel; “Daca Bagua”, site specific large-scale outdoor photographic artwork, Miami Beach, Florida
- Bass Museum of Art; “Untitled 1000 with Souvenier,site specific large-scale outdoor photographic artwork
- International Press, Tigertail Productions; A South Florida Poetry Annual, “Untitled, after September”, artwork for book cover, Miami, Florida
- BBH of London;“ Re-Collections”, site specific installation, Doral, Florida
- Arte Publico de Puerto Rico; Public Art site specific outdoor sculpture ( awarded not executed), San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Royal Caribbean Cruses - Oasis Ship; “A Flock of Seagulls”, site specific large scale sculpture, insatalled in Turku, Finland, International
- National Museum Association; “Spiral Hand”, Bass Museum of Art,limited edition artwork reproduction on t-shirts, Miami, Florida
- Ediciones Vertigo; Royal Caribbean - Oasis of the Seas; “Magic Trees”, 1.5 ton bronze trees sculpture, , installed in Turku, Finland, International
- Las Practicas de la Carne, “Self Portrait with letter to Aracoel”, artwork for book cover, International
- Celebrity Crusie Ship – Solstice; “Magic Garden”, site specific large scale sculpture, installed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, International
- Royal Caribbean - Allure of the Seas; “Enchanted Trees”, 3 ton bronze trees sculpture, , installed in Turku, Finland. International
AWARDS, selections:
- Florida Prize in Contemporary Art Peoples Choice Award, 2018
- Bas-Fisher Invitational grant
- Bridge Initiative and Waterproof grant
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant, in collaboration with Florida International University Art Museum
- Miami Beach Cultural Affairs grant
- Locust Project Curators Visit selection
- Art Walks Grant, City of Delray, Florida
- Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Honorable Recipient
- Florida Department of State Millennium Cultural Recognition Award
- Stars of Design 2010, Visual Arts
- Dade County Cultural Affairs New Forms Grant
- City of Miami Beach Arts Council Grant
- The American Foundation for the Arts Grant
- Chivas Regal Order of Distinction Visual Arts Award
- The Digital Age: New Media Art Competition Award, Art Center South Florida
- Miami Dade Community College Hall of Fame
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, selections:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
- The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- New Orleans Museum of Art, Lousiana
- The Frost Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida ( Perez Art Museum )
- McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
- Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
- Ponce Museum of Art, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida
- University of Texas, Texas
- Art in Embassies Program, United States
- Essencies Collecio Olor Visual Ernesto Ventos, Barcelona, Spain
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
- Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California ( promised gift, private collector)
- Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria, Spain
- San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
- Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Gulf Coast Museum, Largo, Florida; Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach, Ca
- MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
- Miami-Dade Community Foundation, Miami, Florida
- Recent Acquisitions: Art Bank Collection, Miami, Florida
- Museo de Arte, Puerto Rico
ART FAIRS, selections:
- Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico
- Art Basel – Miami, Florida
- Art Platform -Los Angeles, California
- Photo Paris, Paris, France
- Scope – The Hamptons, NY; Miami, Florida; NY, NY; Basel, Switzerland
- Arco - Madrid, Spain
- Art Dallas -Texas
- Art Houston - Texas
- Art Platform -Los Angeles, California
- Pulse – Miami, Florida; NY, NY
- Art Chicago - Illinois
- Circa - San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Art Bologna - Italy
- Art Dubai -United Arab Emirates
LECTURES, TALKS,selections:
(to be incorporated)
EDUCATION
- 1983-85 Miami-Dade Community College
- 1985-87 Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Associate in Science, Design
AFFILIATIONS:
- Betancourt-Latorre Foundation, founder
- Miami Marine Stadium Advisory Board Member
- Faena Arts
- Co-founder of 801 Projects
- Sponsor of Artlurker’s Miami (Art) Writer’s Price
- Bas-Fisher Invitational grant recipient
- Bridge Initiative grant recipient
- Path of the Panther
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