Carlos Betancourt (artist)

Carlos Betancourt (b 1996) is a Puerto Rican artist.[1] A multimedia artist based in Miami,[2] he was an influential artist in that city following his arrival in the region of Wynwood in the 1980s.[3][4]

Carlos Betancourt
Born1966
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Known forphotography, painting, installation art, performance art
Websitehttps://www.carlosbetancourt.com/

Born of Cuban immigrants in San Juan, Betancourt came to America with his family in 1981 when he was 15, settling in Miami.[5][6] Despite an early pursuit of architecture, he decided to pursue design, working in photography, painting, sculpture, installation, and performance art, among others.[7] He opened a studio and storefront named "Imperfect Utopia" in South Beach which in the 1990s was visited by a number of celebrities.[8] In 1995, he was named by People magazine one of its 50 most beautiful people in the world.[9] By 2002, his works were exhibiting internationally, with a solo exhibition at the Casa Museo Palacio Spínola in the Canary Islands.[10] In 2015, his work was collected in a coffee table book named after his art studio, published by Italian publisher Rizzoli Libri. With a foreword by Richard Blanco, the book explores the first 25 years of Betancourt's career.[4] That same year, in November, he mounted a solo exhibition at the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art.[4][11] In 2018, he received a Florida Prize from the Orlando Museum of Art.[12] His work is part of the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the United States.[13]

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  6. McDermott, Emily (10 Dec 2013). "The Collected Work of Carlos Betancourt". Interview. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
  7. Cunningham, Laura (18 Feb 2010). "An interview with artist Carlos Betancourt". LatinAmericanArt.com. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
  8. Balmaseda, Liz (22 Apr 2016). "Why is Post reporter's portrait on display at Smithsonian Institution?". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
  9. Richard E. Burgheim, ed. (1996). People Weekly : Yearbook 1996. New York: Time Inc. Home Entertainment. p. 85. ISBN 9781883013325.
  10. Lockward, Alanna; Zaya, Antonio (Spring 2002). "Carlos Betancourt y el cuerpo de la escritura". Atlántica: Revista de arte y pensamiento. Vol. 32. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. pp. 102–111. ISSN 1132-8428.
  11. Adams, Abraham (215). "Carlos Betancourt". ArtForum. Retrieved 23 Jul 2023.
  12. "2018 ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART FLORIDA PRIZE IN CONTEMPORARY ART". Orlando Museum of Art. 18 Feb 2010. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
  13. "Liz Balmaseda". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 30 Jul 2023.
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