José Almonte

josé almonte


painter, draftsman and sculptor, born in Cotui, Dominican Republic in 1969.


he studied art at the National School of Visual Arts and the National School of Fine Arts.


has been awarded the prize of criticism in the category of best personal show in 1999.


1st prize winner of the XXIII Painting Biennial of Visual Arts in Santo Domingo in 2005.


he wins the «Nickel Palette» mention Painting in the Biennial of Candido Bido Museum, Bonao RD, in 2008.


has participated in over 30 group exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Codigo 1

works of art click !Almonte_painter.html

No le entiende

serie la casa de Annie Paola

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 personal exhibitions

  1. *De esto y aquello.


  1. *El mundo de atotin.


  1. *Cuban collection fine art, Coral Gable Miami F.L


  1. *Los sueños de atotin, El espacio art gallery, Santo Domingo R.D


  1. *A la vista, El espacio art gallery Santo Domingo R.D


* Trampas, Dominico-american Cultural Center.


 group exhibitions

  1. *fiart 2009, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic


  1. *2sd group exhibition of  latin-american art, Miami


  1. *Caribbean group exhibition, Boca Raton Miami F.L


  1. *Homage to Ramon Oviedo in the art gallery Arawak


  1. *3rd international Biennial of Art, Dominican College of artists, Dominican Republic


  1. *XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXVI biennial of Visual Arts, Sto Domingo.


  1. *XVII, XX, XXI   Leon Jimenes art contest, Santiago.

Full of symbolism, expressionism and elements provided by symbolism, this conceptual synthesis which integrate metaphoric pictographs and characters allows the artist to express himself with authenticity.


The theme of childhood, the poverty, the child abuse and the frustrations of teenagers have been revealed through the characters that inhabit his works many times reflected in allusions to his fears or feelings.


With the poliptic "She" in the serie of Annie Paola’s home, Almonte begins a new stage where he expresses its interest in investigating the world of teenagers from the intimate experience translating to a more generic field.

The spiral of hair as a metaphor representing the tangle in which girls and women are living confused. The limitations of the character moving between the need for affection, the acceptance and the attracting «outside» which calls for a different kind of existence..


2009