In the studio painting the edges of his multi-paneled painting
Mildor Chevalier is a Brooklyn-based visual artist best recognized for his large-scale abstract figurative paintings. His work has been shown globally in different biennials, triennials, art galleries, and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic ( 2015), the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum in New York City (2018), Centro Leon Museum Santiago, Dominican Republic (2015), The US Embassy in Santo Domingo ( 2015), the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wausau, WI ( 2021), The New York Latin American Art Triennial, Pace University Gallery (2022). Mildor is the 2022 recipient of the award Artist of the Year by the Darryl Chappell Foundation. He is a part-time artist instructor at Studio In A School and a professor at the New York School of the Arts, where he teaches Introduction and Advanced Abstract painting classes. Mildor has also collaborated with the British art manufacturer Daler Rowney, designing instruction manuals with step-by-step lessons to launch their product line, Simply Master Artist. In partnership with Darler Rowney, he created and published an Art Therapy coloring book titled World Culture.
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EDUCATION
2016 MFA, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York
2012 BFA, Parsons The New School for Design, New York
2010 AAS, Altos de Chavon School of Design, La Romana,DR
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Artists in Residence (NYLAAT), Governors Island, NY
2022 Artist of the Year, The Darryl Chappell Foundation, Washington DC
2013 Davidoff Art Residency, The Altos de Chavon Gallery, La Romana, DR
2010 Special Dean Scholarship, Parson, New School for Design, New York, NY
BIENNIAL & TRIENNIAL
2022 AYBA-YALA: Structural Origins, New York Latin American Art Triennial, Pace University Art Gallery, New York, USA
2021 International Biennial Portrait Competition, Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art, Wausau WI, USA
2019 27th Eduardo Leon Jimenes Biennial, Cultural Center Leon, Santiago, DR
2015 28th National Biennale of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, DR
2010 IV International Triennial of Ceramic Tile, Elit-Tile, Cultural Center Leon, Santiago, DR
EXHIBITION
SOLO SHOWS
2023 Concurrent ( two-person show), JVS Project Space, New York, NY
2019 Northward, IDB SART Gallery, Washington DC
2017 Relations, Arte Berri Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2015 Memory of a Sanzave, Rio Penthouse Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Solo Expo, Theatre Des Deux Rives, Quebec, Canada
2011 Summer Art Trade, Baiyun Intl. Convention Center, Guangzhou, China
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS AND FAIRS
2022 Resilience & Uncertainty, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
2022 eMeLe-K ( The future is Now), LES Gallery, The Clemente, New York, NY
2020 Mask of the Art: My Only Protection, Virtual, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2019 Portraiture Then & Now, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, New York, NY
2018 Sidewalk of the Americas, IDB bank, Mendoza, Argentina
2018 Perspectives of a Diverse City, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum, New York, NY
2017 NYCity Vision, Spanish Cultural Center, Santo Domingo, DR
2016 Bookends, Museum at FIT, New York, NY
2016 NYCity Vision, JVS Project Space Gallery, New York, NY
2015 La Lucha 2, Andrew Freeman Home, New York, NY
2015 Ambassador’s Residence Exhibition, US Embassy, Santo Domingo, DR
2015 Diversity, Dominico-American Institute, Santo Domingo, DR
2014 6x6 Ceramic Tile Exhibition, JVS Project Space Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Shanghai Art Fair, Viekeily Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 The Twelve Dalian Art Fair, Viekeily Gallery, Dalian, China
2011 Art Shanghai, Viekeily Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 Hang Zhou Art Fair, Viekeily Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2010 13th Beijing Art Expo, Viekeily Gallery, Beijing , China
2010 Salon d’Art contemporain de la Halle Freyssinet, Paris, France
2009 12th West Lake Art Fair, Hangzhou, China
2008 Exhibit Against Domestic Violence, UNESCO, Santo Domingo, DR
2006 Threshold of Hope, Nader Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR