Born
1963, Caracas - Venezuela
Lives and Works
North Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Education
Architecture, UCV, 1981- 1986
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Instituto de Arte Federico Brandt, Caracas, Venezuela
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 - “That’s Not What We’re Going To Take Care Of Now, (Although it Doesn’t Mean We Won’t Give it a Couple of Spins Later), Andres Michelena, Trinta Galeria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- “The Void That Is Not”, Andres Michelena+Marisa Telleria (Tandem Exhibition), Mahara+Co Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2023 - “Incoherences”, Andres Michelena, SLATO-PARRA Galerie, Paris, France
2022 - “Revealing”, Andrés Michelena+Richard Garet (Tandem Exhibition), Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, FL, USA 2020 - “the two”, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2019
- “ReCollector”, Curated by Sandra Pinardi, Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
- “¡Los artistas no trabajan, yo solo trabajo con artistas!”, Curated by Roc Laseca, Trinta, Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2017
- “A-Void”, Curated by Roc Laseca, Solo Project at PINTA Art Fair 2017, ASK Cabinet, Miami, FL, USA
2016
- “Elíptico”, Curated by Rafael Castillo Zapata, Sala Mendoza + Henrique Faria Fine Art, Caracas, Venezuela
2015
- “Fragile Action / Acción Frágil”, Ideobox Gallery - Saludarte Foundation, Curated by Roc Laseca, Miami, FL, USA
2013
-“Remembering/Providing/Resisting”, Eugenio Espinoza+Andrés Michelena (Tandem Exhibition), Curated by Roc Laseca, Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL, USA
2012
- “content”, One Art Space, New York, NY, USA
2011
- "content", Artepuy, Caracas, Venezuela
2010-11
- “content”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space; Miami, FL, USA
2009
- “RE-CYCLED”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space; Miami, FL, USA
2008
- “1 2 3”, Bering & James Gallery; Houston, TX, USA
- “Time-less Time”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space; Miami, FL, USA
2007
- “OOPS!!”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space; Miami, FL, USA
- “Impermanence”, MOCA Jacksonville, (Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art), Jacksonville, FL, USA
- ”SUTRAMAN, Andrés Michelena, Joan Guaita Art, Peça Unica”; Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2006
- ”Gods Without Religion”, Galou Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- ”Gods Without Religion”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space; Miami, FL, USA
- ”Dioses Sin Religión”, Kunsthaus Santa Fe; San Miguel de Allende, México
- ”Supper's Ready”, Joan Guaita Art, Peça Unica; Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2004
- “. . . ( ) . . .”, Museo de Arte de Las Americas; San Juan, Puerto Rico, PR, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
“The Eternal Present”, The NightClub pop-up at FIU Miami Beach Visual Arts Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
“The Light of the World”, Olga M. and Carlos A. Santiago Gallery (Belen Jesuit Preparatory), Curated by Carlo Damian and Adriana Herrera, Miami, FL, USA
2025
- “The Aleph and Other Portals”, Curated by Aluna Art Foundation @ 108 Art Projects, Miami, FL, USA
- “Outside the Frame”, Curated by Richard Garet, Edge Zones, Miami, FL, USA
2024
- “Spring Fling”, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, USA
- “Poéticas visuales, arte concreto y minimalismo latinoamericano”, Museo de Arte del Tolima MAT, Tolima, Colombia
2022 - “Geometric Visions”, Alex Slato Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
“Serendipity”, Galería Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela 2021
- ”Signs, Abstractions & Metaphors”, Curated by Ariel Jimenez, Juan Carlos Maldonado Art Collection, Miami, FL, USA
2019
- “Hybridizations”, Curated by Ariel Jimenez, Juan Carlos Maldonado Art Collection, Miami, FL, USA
- “CounterART: Global Perspectives”, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Curated by Sammy Lee and Yang Wang, Denver, CO, USA
2018
- “Illuminations III: Activism/Chapter: Venezuela”, Henrique Faria Fine Art + Miami Biennale, Miami, FL, USA
2016
- “The Global South, Visions and Revisions from the Brillembourg-Capriles Collection” MANA-Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA
- “From the Memory, Draw a Map of Venezuela”, Henrique Faria Fine Art + Miami Biennale, Miami, FL, USA
2015
- “Illuminations”, Miami Biennale, Curated by Adriana Herrera, Miami Biennale, Miami, FL, USA
- “Drawings from the South of America II, Chapter: Venezuela”, Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
- “Awards & Auction, Rozas - Botrán Foundation 2015”, Northern Trust / Espace Expression Gallery, Miami, FL, USA (Honorable Mention Awarded)
- “OBJETO” (pintado - fotografiado - encontrado - intervenido - videograbado), Kunsthaus
Santa Fe, Curated by Moisés Argüello, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2014
- “El dibujo fuera de sí, Tríptico de Venezuela, Alejandro Otero, Magdalena Fernández Andres Michelena”, Curated by Roc Laseca, Sala Instituto Cabrera Pinto, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
2013
- “min-i-mal (ism) - es-sen-tial (ism)”, Arevalo Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- “Global Caribbean V”, Little Haiti Cultural Center Art Gallery, Curated by Jorge Gutierrez, Miami, FL, USA
- “Caribbeana”, The Ansin Family Art Gallery at Miramar Cultural Center, Curated by Jorge Gutierrez, Miramar FL. USA
2012
- “Contaminados”, Sala Mendoza, Curated by María Elena Ramos, Caracas, Venezuela 2011
- "Insight", Arevalo Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
- "MADA NewMedia Festival 2011", Wynwood Art District and Design District, Arevalo Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2010
- “smArt”, Freedom Tower, Curated by Sonia Becce, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL, USA
- "Video-Performance?", Kunsthaus Miami, Miami, FL, USA
2009
- “Get Ready”, Miami Biennale, Curated by Jorge Gutierrez, Miami, FL, USA
- “Pasajero Cultural” , Sala MAC, Curated by Roc Laseca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
- “Cartografías Meridionales” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, Curated by Marcela Römer, Rosario, Argentina
2008
- “Post-Contemporary Portraits”, Hardcore Art Contemporary, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL, USA
2007
- “Objecthood”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL, USA
Selected Art Fairs
- ARCO Madrid, 2006
- LOOP Barcelona 2007
- SCOPE Miami 2007,08,09,10
- SCOPE Basel 2008,09
- SCOPE NY 2009,10
- ArteAmericas 2005,06,07,08,09
- Art Miami 2005,06,07, 21
- Photo Miami 2006,07
- Buenos Aires Photo 2006
- Balelatina 2007
- ART SHANGHAI 2008,09,10, 11
- Bridge London 2007
- PINTA NY 2009
- PINTA London 2010
- PINTA Miami 2016, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25
- ART DC 2007
- MACO Mexico 2009, 10
- FIA, Feria Iberoamericana de Arte de Caracas, 2003, 05, 07, 09
Selected Special Projects and Awards
- “DC Foundation Annual Acquisition Prize” at Pinta Art Fair 2025, Miami, FL, USA
- Honorable Mention, “Awards & Auction Rozas - Botrán Foundation 2015”, Miami, FL, USA
- “Acción por la libertad”, Auction at Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
- "1ra Trienal Internacional del Caribe 2010”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 2010-2011
- “Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ULA”, Mérida, Venezuela, 2010 - "VISION: A", Instituto Cervantes, Curated by Javier Duero, Barcelona, Madrid, Brasilia, Lisbon; Caracas, Lyon, Stockholm, Tokyo, Beijing, Milan, 2007, 2008
- 4th Prize MoLAA Awards, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2006
- "A Well Kept Secret", New Acquisitions Miami-Dade College Art Collection, Miami, FL, USA, 2006
- "New Art as a Universal Language", Hollywood Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL, USA, 2006
- "Aerial-Terrestrial”, Miami Dade Community College, Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami, USA, 2005
- "Plein air d'été Rendez-vous de Tableaux des Caraïbes"; Teterow, Ahrenshoop, Rostock; Germany, 2004
- "MoLAA, New Acquisitions"; MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2003 - “Beca Corpbanca”, Art Grant, Caracas, Venezuela, 1989