Mariojosé Ángeles
Art Curator, ArteLatAm Dominican Republic
Since 1997, in parallel to his professional career as an artist, he has been curating and organizing events and exhibitions, decentralizing the culture of traditional spaces in the Dominican Republic. Among which stand out, the Festival “ARTE TOTAL” in 1997, 98 and 99, held in the city of Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. From 2001 to 2005, he held the position of Cultural Affairs Attaché to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the European Community, organizing multiple art exhibitions and becoming a founding member of the Ibero-American Forum in Europe, at the Cervantes Institute in Brussels. In 2015, 2016, and 2018, he was the organizer and art curator of the group exhibitions, “DONE HERE”, in commemoration of World Art Day, at Casa de la Cultura de La Vega, Museo de Arte Sacro, and Museo del Carnaval Vegan, held in the City of La Vega, Dominican Republic. In 2017, “IMAGINACION EMPAPELADA”, Yoryi Morel Room, at the Cultural Center of Santiago, Dominican Republic. In 2019, “BYBLOS” on the occasion of World Book Day, a curatorial project held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. He is currently the art curator and organizer of the collective exhibition “MASCARILLA”, whose central theme is the Covid-19 pandemic.