Arlet Gomez
Arlet Gomez is a Cuban born contemporary artist based in Florida, United States.
Life and career
Gomez started painting as a child. She later attended "Escuela Profesional de Arte Samuel Feijóo" in Santa Clara, Cuba, graduating in 2004. In 2009, Gomez graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The University of Arts of Cuba in Havana.[1]
Gomez specializes in contemporary two-dimensional artwork. She has had eight solo exhibitions and participated in over twenty select group shows. Her art has been showcased in Cuba, Mexico, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, and United States.[2][3][4][5]
In 2010, Gomez started the "Otras Mirandas" (Other Views) project, which introduced a Pictorial System patented by her to teach blind people to paint. Featuring art exhibitions with paintings that can be touched and read in Braille.[6][7][8][9]
Solo exhibitions
- 2023: Shadows of the Light Side, Exhibizone, Biafarin Online Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
- 2012: Otras Miradas, Centro Cívico de Les Corts, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2011: Sea la Luz, Casa de la Poesía, Havana, Cuba.
- 2010: Proverbios, Galería Céspedes # 10, Centro Provincial de Patrimonio, Villa Clara, Cuba.
References
- ↑ Marsh, Denise (2022-12-01). "Enlightened: An Interview with Artist Arlet Gomez" (in en-US). https://aroundwellington.com/enlightened-an-interview-with-artist-arlet-gomez/.
- ↑ "Alliance for the Arts receives record-breaking 720 submissions for 37th All Florida Exhibition" (in en-US). https://www.northfortmyersneighbor.com/2023/02/27/alliance-for-the-arts-receives-record-breaking-720-submissions-for-37th-all-florida-exhibition/.
- ↑ Staff, Site (2022-10-20). "Cultural Council to Unveil Latin Heritage Exhibition" (in en-US). https://www.palmbeachillustrated.com/cultural-council-to-unveil-latin-heritage-exhibition/.
- ↑ "The Alliance for the Arts Received Record Breaking 720 submissions for 37th All Florida Exhibition". https://www.floridatrend.com/article/36154/the-alliance-for-the-arts-received-record-breaking-720-submissions-for-37th-all-florida-exhibition.
- ↑ "CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY CELEBRATES NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH PIONEERING LATIN AMERICAN ART EXHIBITION". https://images.palmbeachculture.com/wp-content/uploads/20221011120942/100322-Latin-American-Diaspora-release.pdf.
- ↑ arlettgp (2011-12-17). "Pictorial Art for Blind People" (in en). https://arletgomez.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/exposiciones/.
- ↑ "OTRAS MIRADAS DE ARLET GÓMEZ" (in es). 2011-05-19. https://verbiclara.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/otras-miradas-de-arlet-gomez/.
- ↑ Benitez Cereijo, Lourdes M. (2011-05-20). "Con los ojos del alma" (in es). https://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cultura/2011-05-20/con-los-ojos-del-alma.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Celia María González (2011-05-19). "Otras miradas hacia las artes plásticas" (in es-es). http://www.opushabana.cu/index.php/entrevistas/58-flaschazo/flaschazo/2867-otras-miradas-hacia-las-artes-plasticas.
