Artist Resume

2012 Encore Group Show at Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL
2011 *Prescription, Solo Show, Ybor City School of Visual & Performing Arts Gallery, Tampa, FL
Gasparilla Fine Arts Festival, Tampa, FL
The Artist’s Project, New York City, NY
Strange Seduction, Group Show, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL
Cherry Creek Fine Arts Festival, Denver, CO
Rittenhouse Square Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Kansas City Fine Arts Festival, Kansas City, Kansas
Saint Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, MO
2010 Bruce Museum of Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
Lucky Street Gallery Group Show, Key West, FL
*Studio of Key West- Solo Exhibition, Key West, FL
Saint Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, MO
Beaux Arts Festival of Miami, Miami, FL
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2009 Kentucky Festival of the Arts- For Outsider and Visionary Art, Tuscaloosa, AL
The Boardwalk Art Show Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Saint Louis Art Fair, Featured Artist for Festival T-shirt, Saint Louis, MO
2008 Gasparilla Festival of Arts, Tampa, FL
Washington D.C. International Art Expo, Washington D.C
*Gum Art Series, Solo Show, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
2007 King Kong of Modern Art, group show, Paradeisos Center, Art Basel, Miami, FL
Sun Fest Fine Art Exhibition (juried), Palm Beach, FL
Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL
2006 Sun Fest Fine Art Exhibition (juried), Palm Beach, FL
*The Good Seed, solo exhibit, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
2005 *Terrors of the Soul, an outdoor assemblage, Key West, FL
Second Annual Human Form Show, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
2004 *Miami Art Museum, curated by Lori Mertes, Curator, Miami, FL
*Sweet Venom. Solo exhibit, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
2003 The Ground We Walk On. Group exhibit, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
Without Boundaries, World Arts Festival, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Zora Neale Fine Art Show (juried), Orlando, FL
Old Island Days Fine Art Show (juried), Key West, FL
2002 Cardboard Return, Group exhibit, 213 Commercial Street Gallery, Provincetown, MA
*City Hall Annual Art Exhibition, Hollywood, FL
Dreams, Drama, Desire, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
Erotica, Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL
2001 The Woodstock Fine Art Exhibit (juried), Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Erotica, Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL
2000 The Shrine, Blue Heaven, Key West, FL
*Michel Delgado, solo exhibit, Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL
1999 Featured artist at Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, FL
1998 Featured artist at Lenny Gallery, Key West, FL
1997 Featured artist at Hambridge Center Gallery, GA

Awards and Honors

2012 Overall Best of Show, Sunfest Fine Arts Exhibition, West Palm Beach, FL
2012 First Place in Beaux Arts Festival, Miami, FL
2011 *Beaux Arts Festival of Miami, 2nd place in mixed media, Tampa FL
2011 *Melbourne Arts Festival, 1st place in Mixed Media, Melbourne, FL
2010 *The Bruce Museum of Fine Art, 1st place in Painting
2010 * Images- A Festival of the Arts, Award of Honor
2009 * Kentucky Festival of the Arts, Patron Award
2009 *Best of Show, Silver Saint Stephen’s Fine Art Show, Coconut Grove, FL
2008 *Publication of book Michel Delgado : Visionary Artist.
*Best of Show, Sun Fest Fine Art Exhibition, Palm Beach, FL
*Award of Merit, Ocala Fine Art Show, Ocala, FL
2007 *Best in Show, Sun Fest Fine Art Exhibition, Palm Beach, FL
*Award of Merit, Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL
*Featured Artist, Florida International Magazine, Annual Fall Art Issue.
2006 *First Place, Two-Dimensional Work, Sun Fest Fine Art Exhibition, Palm Beach, FL
*Featured Artist, Florida International Magazine, Annual Fall Art Issue.
*Installation for center stage for Key West Literary Seminar (juried), Key West, FL
2005 *Award of Merit, Sun Fest Fine Art Exhibition, Palm Beach, FL
*Artist to Watch, Florida International Magazine, Annual Fall Art Issue.
*Cover Design (juried), Key West Literary Seminar Brochure, Key West, FL
2004 *Cover Design (juried), Key West Symphony Orchestra Season Brochure, Key West, FL
*Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Award, South Florida Cultural Consortium.
2003 *Zora Neal Hurston Award of Excellence, Zora Neale Fine Art Show, Orlando, FL
*Featured Visual Arts Artist Award, World Arts Festival, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
2002 *Award of Merit, Promenade in the Park, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2001 *Award of Excellence, the Woodstock Fine Art Exhibit, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1992 *Graphic Design Apprenticeship Award, French Council of the Arts, Paris
1991 *Ceramics Apprenticeship Award, French Council of the Arts, Paris

Projects, Installations, Residences

2009 *Painting Selected for National Branding of St. Louis Art Festival, St. Louis, MO
2006 *Installation for main stage for Key West Literary Seminar, Key West, FL
*Art selected for poster for Island Festival, Key West, FL
*Film, “The Making of ‘Terrors of the Soul’” (available on this website)
2005 *Terrors of the Soul, an outdoor assemblage, Kent Gallery, Key West, FL
*Bahama Village Preschool, volunteer art teacher, Key West, FL
*Cover Design, Key West Literary Seminar Brochure, Key West, FL
2004-2006 *Teen Focus Foundation, volunteer at and art donor for fundraising activities, Key West, FL
2004 *Cover Design, Key West Symphony Orchestra 2004-2005 Season Brochure, Key West, FL
*Children’s Art Program, donor & volunteer at Montessori Elementary School, Key West, FL
2003 *Artist-in-Residence, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

Selected Collections

Joseph and Janet Shein Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Tillou Contemporary Collection, Litchfield, Connecticut
Lisa and Jeffrey Visotsky Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Ted Titus Collection, Ormond Beach, Florida
John and Jacqueline Lowell Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bob Bowersox Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gail Freeman Contemporary Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida
Alvaro and Sandra Lopez Collection, Rockville, Maryland
David Markin Collection, Trustee, New York Museum of African Art, New York City, New York
Gaurichon Collection, International Art Brut Foundation, Paris, France
Luzuriaga Collection, Jupiter Realty Corporation, Charleston, South Carolina
Paul and Edna Goodman Collection, Chicago, Illinois