GOICOLEA Anthony
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Anthony Goicolea is a contemporary American-Cuban photographer and multi-media artist best known for his self-portraits which explore themes of sexuality, identity, and culture of origin. Born in 1971 in Atlanta, GA, Goicolea received his formal training from the University of Georgia in Athens, and the Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn. His first solo exhibition, “You and What Army” (1999), was a series of murals made from digitally manipulated photographs in which he duplicated his face on various little boys. Over the years, Goicolea’s works have continued to use portraits and landscapes to explore themes of memory and nostalgia in a variety of other media. “My work within each medium has evolved at its own pace,” he has said. He has gradually lessened the figuration in his work, and his new works, paintings, and drawings feature mysterious imagined landscapes. The artist is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 1997 and the 2005 BMW Photo Paris Award. Goicolea lives and works in New York, NY.