Miguel Betancourt
- January 10, 2024
- Artist
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Miguel Betancourt Biography
| Name | Miguel Betancourt |
| Birthday | Jan 5 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Quito |
| Home Town | Pichincha |
| Birth Country | Ecuador |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Miguel Betancourt is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on January 5, 1958 in Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. Betancourt was born in Quito, Ecuador, in 1958. He grew up in Cumbaya, just outside the city. He began art classes with Oswaldo Moreno, an Ecuadorian artist in 1974. He studied at the Milwaukee Art Center in the United States for one year between 1976 and 1977. After his return to Ecuador, he enrolled at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador in order to study pedagogy and literature until 1982. He also continued his artistic career. He was invited to participate in a Cultural Tour by the Department of State of the United States in 1988. The British Council also awarded him a scholarship to pursue a postgraduate degree in art at the University College London’s Slade School of Fine Art. Betancourt made friends with John Hoyland, a British artist, during his time in London. He organized a traveling exhibit through Europe in 1992.
Betancourt was awarded the Pollock-Krasner award in 1993 by the Pollock- Krasner Foundation, New York City, United States.
Árbol de letras, mixed / hemp canvas, 256x186cm, 2001
Naipe, mixed / canvas & cardboard, 320x200cm, 2006
Ojivas de la Selva, acrylic / paper, 76x56cm, 1992
Miguel Betancourt Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Miguel Betancourt is one of the richest Artist from Ecuador. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Miguel Betancourt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Miguel Betancourt, an Ecuadorian contemporary artist, was born 5 January 1958 in Quito. He is an artist who was born in Ecuador, the United States and the United Kingdom. His paintings combine Western artistic influences with local cultural motives.
Gallo de la Catedral, watercolor / paper, 76x56cm, 1987
In 1993, he was selected to represent his country at the XLV. Venice Biennale, Italy – one of his major career highlights. In the last decade, he was part of various individual and collective exhibitions around the world. In 2000, he exhibited a show at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. Between 2001 and 2003, his paintings went on itinerant shows through Central America. Highlights in the recent past include participation in Visual Trends in Ecuador´s Contemporary Art organized by the Corporación Andina de Fomento in Caracas, Venezuela (2004); participation as Invitee of Honor to the V. International Art Biennial SIART in La Paz, Bolivia (2007), and in The Night of the Museums in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009). At the beginning of 2011, Betancourt participated in the “Exhibition of Latin American and Caribbean Artists” in the Tokyo City Hall, organized by the embassies of the Americas. In July 2012, he participated in a collective exhibition “Ecuador Beyond Concepts” at the gallery of the Cervantes Institute in Rome. Then, in September 2013, the Gallery Bandi-Trazos invited him to be part of the Latin-American Pavilion in the International Art Fair, in the Beijing Exhibition Center. In 2014 he was part of a collective exhibition “Ecuador in Focus” (along 2 other Ecuadorian artists), at the OPEC Fund for International Development headquarters in Vienna. In 2016 he participated in ARTE15 as part of the artistic events to celebrate the conference Habitat III which took place in Quito. Since 2017 his itinerant one-man show has been presented in various cities in Asia: Beijing, Nanjing, Seoul and Tokyo. Finally, since 2018 his artwork has been part of a traveling group show, Imago Mundi, sponsored by the Benetton Foundation and shown in several countries around the world.
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Miguel Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ecuador. Miguel Betancourt celebrates birthday on January 5 of every year.