Engel Leonardo
Born in Baní, 1977 and lives in Dominican Republic
Engel Leonardo was born in Baní, Dominican Republic in 1977. A graduate of the Faculty of Arts of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo with complementary studies in the Altos de Chavón School of Design (affiliated to the Parsons School of Design in NY). Engel attended the Davidoff Art Initiative residency in Beijing from May to June 2015. Some selected exhibitions: Pedernales, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica; UNFOLD, Ramos Mederos, Santo Domingo; Moderno Tropical (with Laura Castro), 27th National Biennale of Visual Arts, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo; Under Construction: New Perspectives on Dominican Identity, William Road Gallery, London, UK; Status Quo a sample of video art, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo; On Common Ground, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C. Awards: 27th National Biennale of Visual Arts for Moderno Tropical; selected in the call for emerging artists in Emergencia – Contexto Volcánico, TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica; selected for the Solo Project Latin America section, ARCO, Madrid, Spain; selected by Worldwide Storefront for Art and Architecture with the project Tropical Ghosts.
