Alejandro Contreras
b. 1983
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Contreras is constantly deconstructing and re-imagining objects in his environment.
About Alejandro Contreras
Alejandro Contreras was born in 1983 in Caracas, Venezuela. As a child, Contreras was constantly deconstructing and re-imagining objects in his environment. He moved to Coral Springs, Florida on October 5th 1998, and after 2 years relocated to Miami. He studied at DASH High school and graduated in 2003.
He began his education immediately following at the New World School of the Arts and graduated in 2007, with a concentration in Electronic Intermedia. Since that time he has devoted his creative energy to traveling around the world, developing a vinyl signage business that serves the majority of the Miami Arts community, as well as creating art works and installations for both public and private clientele.
Alejandro Contreras CV
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Mindy Solomon Gallery, “This Was Not What We Asked For,” Miami.
2014
Material Collaborations, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
2010
Untitled, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami
2008
Colonialism, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
2006
Paint as an Object, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Whitebox, “ Green Go Home” Harlem. NY
Fredric Snitzer, “ Bottleship Potemkim, ” Miami
Frost Museum, “Cut: Abstraction in the United States from the 1070s to the
Present”, FIU, Miami.
2018
Hampton South 2707, “#Available Space,” Aventura, Miami.
Mindy Solomon Gallery, “Would You Just Shut Up and Listen,” Miami.
2017
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Pulse Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami.
2014
Art Miami, Mindy Solomon Gallery
2012
Alta Temperatura, McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco
2011
Progreso – Proceso, Burst Project Art Fair, Miami Hue / Project room, Praxis International Art, Miami Wonderstruck, Praxis International art, New York
2009
Little Sister, Spinello Gallery, Miami
2007
Fear, Fate, Fame, Freedom Tower, Miami Projected Visions, New World School of Arts Gallery, Miami
2006
Rising Stars, New World School of Arts Gallery, Miami
2005
Visages and Secrets, Laure De Mazieres, Miami Art Basel Florida Calls, The Moore Space, Miami
PUBLIC ART
2017
United States Embassy in the Congo, Africa.
2016
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Washington, DC.
2015
C1 bank, Wynwood, Miami.
Vagabond Hotel, Miami.
2014
Vinyl Painting Installation , Sony Latin America Head Quarters, Coral Gables 11 feet by 100 feet, 11 feet by 30 feet, and 11 feet by 20 feet
RESIDENCIES
2020
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
EDUCATION
2008
New World School of the Arts, BFA in Electronic Intermedia
2003
Design and Architecture Senior High, Graphic Design
Meet Alejandro Contreras
April 15, 2020/by Frances TromblyAlejandro Contreras receives Oolite Arts Home + Away Residency
October 17, 2019/by Frances TromblyAlejandro Contreras in Exhibition at Frost Art Museum
May 6, 2019/by FulanoIf you would just shut up and listen
March 16- May 19, 2018
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Alejandro Contreras:This Wasn’t What We Asked For
September 12-October 16, 2015
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