Felix Angel (American, Colombian born), lives in Washington DC, his home for the last forty five years.  Graduated as an Architect at the National University of Colombia (South America), in 1974. Simultaneously with his architecture studies, he pursued a career as an artist, studied ceramics for two years with his Aunt Silvia Ferrer, taught at various institutions in the areas of architectural draftsmanship, and advertisement, and published his own underground art publication about the arts, entitled Yo Digo (I Say).

Throughout a career that spans forty years, Félix Ángel has presented more than one hundred solo exhibitions in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, and several cities in the United States, from East to West; participated in more than five hundred art fairs, collective exhibitions and international competitions in the Western Hemisphere and Europe; executed several public commissions; and received several distinctions and appointments, including awards at the biennials of Mexico City (1980), and Montevideo (Uruguay, 1981). In 2018, the Academic Council of the National University of Colombia (Bogota), awarded him the honor of Distinguished Alumni for his contributions in the field of art and culture.

Public collections include those of the Bass Museum in Miami, the Blanton Gallery of the University of Texas, the San Francisco Museum of Art, The Detroit Institute of Art, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Riverside Museum of Art, Washington D.C.´s Art Museum of the Americas (OAS), and Essex Collection of Latin American Art, in England, among many others in Colombia and Latin America. Commissions include eight outdoor murals in the cities of Medellin and Pereira (Colombia), including four murals for the City of Medellin Metro System.

Felix Angel visited Washington for the first time in 1974 on the occasion of a group exhibition at The Organization of American States, and returned several times before deciding, in 1977, to settle in the city with which he fell in love. In 1978 joined the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States, first as assistant of long-time director José Gómez Sicre, then as exhibition designer, and lastly as Curator of Temporary Exhibitions, until 1989. 

In 1992 he was called by the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington, D.C., to implement the IDB Cultural Center, becoming its Curator, and serving as Director until 2011.

As curator, Mr. Angel has organized more than 100 international exhibitions (including all countries of the Western Hemisphere, and Spain, France, Sweden, Norway, Italy, and Japan), writing most of the catalogues (including essays for the Latin American Pavilion catalogue at the 51th and 52th Venice Biennial), and contributing with his advice to a number of institutions in the United States (Gala Theater, Hamiltonian Artists, Artomatic, etc, in Washington DC), Latin America, and the Caribbean; has lectured in more than twenty universities in the United States; has been invited as Juror in art competitions in San Salvador, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela and The United States; served as Commissioner on the Arts and Humanities for the City of Washington (2002-2007). 

Currently he is a Contributor Editor to the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) of the Library of Congress of the United States of America (since 2000). 

As a writer has published ten books, mostly in Spanish, on art criticism and history, two novels, short stories and poetry.

Mr. Angel is the recipient of the 25th edition, 2008 Washington DC Mayor's Award, for his Visionary Leadership in the Arts.

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Mildor lives and works in New York City. His work deals with themes such as migration, memories, belonging, individual and collective identity. He is a graduate from Altos de Chavon School of Design, Dominican Republic with an Associate degree, from Parsons The School For Design in New York City with a BFA. He also earned an MFA at the Fashion Institute of Technology ( FIT) in New York City.

Through his work, Mildor constructs metaphorical narratives by bringing together  architectural, organic forms, and sometimes the figure; offering the viewer what he calls a situation-scape to experience. His multi-cultural experiences give him access to the world of global art and he has become an international artist with individual and collective exhibitions, biennials, triennials and art fairs from his country Haiti to Quebec, from New York to Shanghai, from Paris to Santo Domingo. His work has been shown in different galleries and museums, including Museum of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic, the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City and the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wausau, WI. His work is in private collections in the Dominican Republic, China, and around the world.

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Patricia is a she/her Afro-Dominican Artists, who explores the idea of being from the Caribbean through reconstructing quotidian objects, landscapes, and aesthetics she was exposed to while growing up in her homeland (the Dominican Republic). Her work intends to dismantle impositions of social roles and biased history by showcasing their effect on herself and her surroundings.

Encarnacion, began her BFA education in 2009 at the School of Design Altos de Chavon, receiving an AAS in Fine Art two years later. She continued her studies in the Communication Art program, getting her associate degree in 2012. After getting a full-tuition scholarship, in May 2014, she completed her degree at Parsons The New School of Design, New York. Later she participated at The Centro Leon Jiménez Biennial and won the prize awarded by the city of Cadiz for cultural immersion. A couple of years later she participated in multiple residencies with institutions like Museums Quartier Vienna & Kovent Catalonia. In 2018, Encarnacion was selected again to participate at The Centro Leon Jiménez Biennial, winning the special nomination by the French consulate in Martinique. Encarnación is currently based in New York, recently awarded a full-tuition scholarship for the graduate program in the Caribbean and Latin American Studies at NYU.

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Eric Finzi was born and raised in New York City. His art career started at age ten after his teacher accused him of cheating on a book cover project. She believed he must have stencilled a copy of the Egyptian mummy he drew free hand.  To convince her, he created a new cover in a different size.  His parents then decided then to get him lessons in oil painting.  When he turned 13 he received a scholarship to a life painting class at Pratt Institute and at 15 scholarships to the Arts Students League and Greenwich House School of Pottery.  At 16 he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied fine arts and biology. After obtaining an MD and PhD he worked as a molecular biologist at the National Cancer Institute until he was kicked out of the laboratory for taking sculpture classes on the weekend.

Since using his skills as a bench scientist to teach himself how to paint with epoxy resin he has had 25 solo exhibitions around the world including New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, Phoenix, Cologne, and Toronto. Recently, he has had  solo museum shows at the National Museum of Italian Judaism and Institute of Contemporary History in Ferrara, Italy , Radford University in Virginia, and Ohio State University.

His work with epoxy resin is an imperfect attempt to control chaos. There is an element of danger added as the fumes are sweet but deadly. The process begins with the mixing of the resin and its catalyst; a chemical reaction ensues and time becomes an important dimension in the work. The painting is planned, like a play, with Act I, Act II, etc. The painting you see represents the summation of many layers of chemical reactions, all moving with their own velocity to a final polymerized end.

The challenge is to control the flow of resin using heat, cold, wind, gravity and viscosity as tools. Syringes, needles, sticks and a propane torch help move the resin. The paintings are temperature dependent and portray their temporal history capturing the slow flow of resin. These paintings continue to move for hours after the resin is applied until all Brownian motion has ceased and the flecks of paint are trapped like a fly in amber. 

He is also a writer whose work has been reviewed by the NY Times, Time magazine, Newsweek, New Scientist and other publications.

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Dominie Nash is a full-time textile artist working in a studio in Washington DC. Her work is included in the collection of the International Quilt Museum, Renwick Gallery, International Monetary Fund, Braintree District Museum (England),Kaiser Permanente, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, and DC Art Bank. A recipient of 2001 and 2012 Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council and a 2010 Creative Projects grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (MD), she has received several awards in juried exhibits in recent years. She has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibits, nationally and in Europe and Japan. She has had  numerous solo exhibits in the DC area and around the country. Her work has been published in Art Quilts Unfolding, Artistry in Fiber: Wall Art, Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World, Quilting Art by Spike Gillespie, 500 Art Quilts, Surface Design, American Craft, Embroidery, Quilt Art by Kate Lenkowsky, The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, and Fiberarts Design Books 2-7.

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Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1965, Taveras studied Fine Arts, sculpture in particular, at the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo. He was a disciple of Master Omar Rayo, who was very important in the beginning of his career.

He has taught at the Altos de Chavon School of Design, (Parsons The New School for Design affiliate in the Dominican Republic), at the Universidad Iberoamericana, at UNIBE and Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña, both in Santo Domingo. He has had 12 solo national and international exhibitions, including the last solo show, “The Language of the heart”, IDB Art Gallery, Washington DC. And “Pi”, Centro Cultural Español (CCE), Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. 

Taveras works have received numerous prizes in biennials and contests, including: Best Work of Art by a Foreign Artist, at the San Juan Association of Art Critics Contemporary Art Show, Puerto Rico, 2006, and Second Place in the 2nd Latin American Printmaking Biennal, at the Printmaking Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002. He has been recognized by Universidad Iberoamericana, one of the most prestigious universities in the Dominican Republic, for his life’s work and contributions to the fine arts. 

Taveras represented the Dominican Republic at the Venice Biennale 2019, He has participated in more than 100 contests and group exhibitions in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Peru, Japan, Bulgaria, Spain, Cuba, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Norway, Brazil, Belgium, Luxembourg and United States, among others. 

He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Hunter College Ceramics Department and also Curator of JVS Project Space, both in New York City, where he lives and works.

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