Carlos Beltrán

Ciudad de México - 1972

Mi ámbito artístico se basa en una ambigüedad existencial, reflejada en la fluctuante relación entre la figuración y la abstracción en mis creaciones. Mi obra expresa la tensión entre las marcas gestuales y las estructuras, creando una experiencia visual dinámica. A través de mi arte, busco explorar las estructuras tangibles e intangibles que a menudo configuran la accesibilidad a recursos y oportunidades en diversas comunidades y economías. Los edificios recurrentes retratados en mis pinturas simbolizan el convencional "sueño americano". Sin embargo, las marcas gestuales abstractas sirven para romper y cuestionar estas nociones preconcebidas, desafiando el concepto de una "tierra prometida".

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
 

2024-
“QiPO2” – an international art fair in Mexico City.
"Art Madrid"- an international art fair in Madrid, Spain.
"Internal Affairs" at Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
"Anochecer" a solo exhibition at Tufenkian Fine Arts in Glandale, CA.
"Supermarket" an international art fair in Stockholm, Sweden.
"Headspace" at the Vita Art Center in Ventura, CA.
"Timeline" a solo exhibition at S Gallery in Holywood, CA.
"BLAM" an international exhibition in Berlin, Germany.
2023-
“QiPo23 – an international art fair in Mexico City.
“Tieze” – an exhibition coinciding with the LA art week in Los Angeles, CA.
“Disparate Alleys” – at Gallery 70 in Tirana, Albania.
“The Flesh” – at the Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, CA.
“Melting Furnace” – at Galleria Rankka in Helsinki, Finland.
“A Time And A Place” – at Galleri Rostrum in Malmo, Sweden.
“International Supermarket Art Fair” - Stockholm, Sweden.
“Mithos & Other Tragic Pleasures” – at the Fosforita Gallery in Madrid, Spain.
“Origenes” – at The Cheech Museum, Riverside, CA.
"iMigrate. The Biology of Transition" – at Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA.
2022-
“Tieze” – an exhibition coinciding with the LA art week in Los Angeles, CA.
“Berlin-Los Angeles Connect” a contemporary art exchange in Berlin, Germany.
“International Supermarket Art Fair” - Stockholm, Sweden.
2021-
“Coming Into Focus” – a contemporary art show in Long Beach, CA.
“Nomad” a contemporary art survey by the Torrance art Museum in Torrance, CA.
2020-
“QiPO2” – an international art fair in Mexico City.
“Personal Contacts V” at Durden and Ray in Los Angeles, CA
“Artists & Poems” Virtual exhibition at suturo.com
2019-
“Spinning Straw Into Gold” – at the Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA.
“Micro-Macro” - an International Exchange with Luxemburg at the Centre Culturel Abbaye de Neumunster.
“Place & Displace” - a Solo show at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, CA.
“B-LA Connect” - show at the Galerie Axel Obiger in Berlin, Germany.
“Figura” - an international exchange with Luxemburg at Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA.
“Acidic Taste”- an international exchange with Grupo Muto from Budapest at the Bendix in Los Angeles, CA.
“CoLab 4” an international exchange with Rotterdam at the Torrance Museum of Art, CA.
“Los Angeles Spring Break Art Fair”- Los Angeles, CA.
“From the Edge of the World” - Durden and Ray International Exchange with the Ekkisens Art Center in Reykjavik, Iceland.
“QiPO 01”- International Art Fair, Mexico City.
“International Supermarket Art Fair”, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018-
“Conversations Focus on Contemporary Latin American Painting", Tufenkian Fine Art
Gallery, Glendale, CA.
“Modern and Contemporary Latin American Masters’ Auction” at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA.
“Odd Convergences” at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA.
“Pairings” at Denk Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
“A Heap of Broken Images” at the Aegean Center for Fine Arts, Paros, Greece.
“Calafia” at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, San Bernardino, CA.
“Found/Missing” at the Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA.
2017-
“Baker’s Dozen a Contemporary Art Survey” at the Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. 
“Stigma”, at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA.
“The Flat Files”, at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Bushwick NYC.
2016-
“Gravitas” at The Brand Art Center, Burbank, CA.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuBVv7xIq7Q&feature=youtu.be
 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2017    Merit of recognition: The Silicon Valley Western Bureau Art Prize
2018    First place: Made in California, annual competition.
2019  Public Art Commission for the City of Santa Ana, CA for the Delhi Community Center.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2023 – Revision, at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
2023 - Into the Garden, at the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
2023- Mythos and Other Tragic Pleasures, at Fosforita Gallery in Madrid, Spain.
2023- CoLab- International Exchange between Los Angeles and Madrid galleries.
2023- QiPo23 International Art Fair, Mexico City.
2020- QiPO 02 International Art Fair, Mexico City.
2019- QiPO 01 International Art Fair, Mexico City.
         -Figura an International Exchange with Luxembourg, Los Angeles, CA
         - Mental Health Stigma Reduction Arts”, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana CA.
2018- Conversations, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, CA
          - “Modern and Contemporary Latin American Masters” Auction at the Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA.
          -Mental Health Stigma Reduction Arts at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana CA.
 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2019 City of Irvine Arts & Culture 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTKf26Yo6JE
2015-Gallery Peeks- Exhibits Worth Seeing: http://campaign.jumphousedesign.com/t/ViewEmail/y/D0E89AF911510B52/08E53...
2016- Fresh Faces in art – Artists you should know, Frabrik Magazine:
https://issuu.com/fabrik/docs/fabrik33?e=1031955/3670505