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Michel Delgado - Visionary Artist

Key West Artist

Michel Delgado is a self-taught artist who grew up in Senegal on the west coast of Africa.  He is considered to be one of the most visionary Brut artists of our generation. He now lives in Key West, Florida where he applies his unique narrative vision to a variety of mediums.

Artist Statement

Growing up in Senegal, on the west coast of Africa, life and art shared the same space. They were indistinguishable. As a young boy in Dakar I learned that art is the tool I have for a direct and honest conversation with my own heart.

Art always has been my rescuer, my liberator – creatively, emotionally, spiritually. I’m a self-taught painter, able to create in any media, always painting work that is straightforward and personal, work coming from a place within me that is constantly loud and growing.

As a visionary artist, I fill my canvases with intense and basic colors, crisply painted shapes, and meticulous detail. I make work without conventional representational techniques; my work is free of metaphor, irony, and paradox. I paint straightforward narratives, stories of my journey and memories of everyday experiences.

Everything I create and paint comes through my relationship with the world around me, my direct response to my fantasies, my wonder and my spiritual growth. No journey in my life remains as straightforward as painting.

Visit Michel's Art Galleries:

painting 7
New Gallery

Walking Around
Gallery One

Art Gallery Two
Gallery Two

Gallery Three
Gallery Three

Gallery Four
Gallery Four

Gallery Five
Gallery Five

Painting on Paper by Michel Delgado
Gallery Six

Upcoming  Events

ART SHOWS

Coconut Grove Arts Festival
Coconut Grove, FL
February 18 -20, 2012
http://www.cgaf.com

Old Island Days Arts Festival
Key West, FL
February 25-26, 2012
http://www.keywestartcenter.com/festival.html

Gasparilla Arts Festival
Tampa, FL
March 3-4, 2012

http://www.gasparilla-arts.com

4 Bridges Arts Festival
Chattanooga, TN
April 14-15, 2012

http://4bridgesartsfestival.org

Main Street Arts Festival
Ft. Worth, TX
April 19-22, 2012

http://www.mainstreetartfest.org

Sunfest
West Palm Beach, FL
May 4-6, 2012
http://sunfest.com

Rittenhouse Square
June 1, 2 & 3
Philadelphia, PA
www.rittenhousesquarefineartshow.org/

Fountain Square
June 23 & 24
Chicago, IL
http://www.cityofevanston.org/news/2010/06/fountain-square-art-festival----june-26-27/

Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Denver, CO
July 6, 7, & 8, 2012
http://cherryarts.org

Art on the Square
July 14 & 15
Madison, WI
www.mmoca.org/events/artfair/

State Street Area Art Fair
July 18, 19, 20 & 21
Ann Arbor, MI
http://a2statestreetartfair.com/

Uptown Art Fair
August 3, 4 & 5
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.uptownartfair.com

Sun Valley Arts and Crafts Festival
August 10, 11 & 12
Sun Valley, ID
http://www.sunvalleycenter.org

Rittenhouse Square
September 14, 15 & 16
Philadelphia, PA
www.rittenhousesquarefineartshow.org/


For more information contact Michel at 305-923-7673.

*More 2011 Upcoming Shows Will be Listed

Media



The first book by Michel Delgado. Order this book now!
$30 including shipping & handling



View Michel's Gum Art Video on CurrentTV

"Terror of the Soul" Installation Video

View Michel's Installation Video "Terror of the Soul"
Order this complete film now!
$60 including shipping & handling

 




View Michel's Gum Paintings

 

Copyright © 2007 Michel Delgado. It is forbidden to use the images on this web site for commercial purposes without the permission of Michel Delgado.

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