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Miguel Guzman
About
1974, New York, NY
Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida, USA
Miguel Guzmn was born in New York City in 1974. He currently works and lives in Miami, Florida. Miguel has studied at Florida State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Although trained in traditional methods and techniques, his works often involve the use of digital imaging and printing techniques in combination with painting, collage, and assemblage.
Selected exhibitions
2006
The Good Bad Guys and the Bad Good Guys, Undercurrent Arts, Miami FL
Undercurrents / Overview 8, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2005
Icons for the Start of a Century, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2005, Represented by Millenia Gallery, Orlando FL
From 2003 2006 I had been pursuing a body of work focused on the war in Iraq. Although I was opposed to the war from the outset, my works were never intended to be mere anti-war pieces. In addition, they address broader human issues of conflicting notions of absolute truth that, throughout history have inevitably fueled division and violent conflict. Instead of making mere political statements, I wanted to speak of this historical human failure, where ideas of the good and right often take a turn for the worse and result in campaigns plagued with inequities. Another facet of my work strives to subvert the ephemeral, temporary nature of my source images, our sense of distance and detachment as viewers, and our ever declining attention span. My aim was to use the images I had gathered in a way that would take them out of the ephemeral printed page and elevate them to a more amplified, permanent context. … Read More
- Location
- Miami, United States
Exhibitions
2007"_____ing in the Name of______. " Edgezones Contemporary, Miami, FL
2006"The Good Bad Guys and The Bad Good Guys " Undercurrent Arts, Miami,FL
"Undercurrents/Overview 8" Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
"Grand Opening Exhibition" Space 39, Fort Myers, FL
2005 "Icons for the Start of a Century", Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
"Art Chicago 2005", Millenia Gallery, Orlando, FL
2004" Contemporary Masters and Emerging Talent" Hoolihan Gallery, Naples, FL
"The Art of Politics", Group Exhibition, Ashmore Gallery, Miami, FL
"911 Days" Group Exhibition, Florida Gulf Coast University,
Fort Myers, Florida
"Miguel Guzman- Recent Works" Independent Solo Exhibition,
Fort Myers, Florida
2003"Art Encounter 2003" Juried Exhibition, Von Liebig Art Center,
Naples, Florida
"2D-3D" Juried exhibition, Lee County Alliance for the arts,
Fort Myers, Florida
"Recent Works- Three Artists" Independent group exhibition,
Fort Myers, Florida
2002 "43rd Founders Exhibition" Juried exhibition, Von Liebig Art Center,
Naples, Florida
Publications
Miami Street Weekly October 29, 2004. "Call to Arts" by Carlos Suarez de Jesus
The News-Press, April 23, 2004, "Works a Challenge to Complacency" by Drew Sterwald
Gulf & Main Magazine, Fall 2003 issue. "Mirrors of Our Times"
Collections
Heidi Harm, Cape Coral, Florida/Klosterneuburg, Austria
Manfred A. Zoehr, Fort Myers, Florida/Wattens, Austria
Dominik and Hilde Goertz, Munich, Germany
Martina Effenberg, Fort Myers, Florida/ Munich, Germany
James and Christine Di Giorgio, Fort Myers, Florida
Albert and Theresa Jacobs, Fort Myers, FL
Emily Christensen, Fort Myers, FL
Richard Jacobs, New York, NY
Professor Kabuya P. Bowens, Tallahassee, FL
Susan K. Giberson, Tallahassee, FL
Terry and Mimi Tincher, Fort Myers, Florida
Ramona Radulescu, Bucharest, Romania
Costin Dumitrescu, Pitesti, Romania
Luminitsa Ionescu, Pitesti, Romania
Michael Fitzgerald, St. Louis, MO
John Trendler, Los Angeles, CA
Education
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers Florida, 2001-2002
Areas of Study: Multi Media Painting, Digital Imaging, Multi media Sculpture
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois, 1999-2000
Areas of Study: Digital tools for painters, Digital tools for printmaking, Multi media on paper, Stone and Aluminum plate lithography, Life drawing.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1998-1999
Areas of Study: Stone Lithography, Relief printing, Drawing, Painting, Digital Imaging
Edison Community College, Fort Myers, Florida 1996-1998
Areas of Study: Drawing, Digital Imaging, Western art History
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