Charo Oquet, a Dominican-born Miami-based artist, is celebrated for her interdisciplinary work encompassing painting, photography, performance, and installation. Her art explores displacement, identity, migration, gender, and sociopolitical issues with a focus on decolonial aesthetics and contemporary culture. Oquet's extensive career includes solo exhibitions and international participation in significant art events.
Her work is featured in various museum collections, such as the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art and the Bass Museum of Art, New Zealand National Museum, New Zealand Parliamentary Collection, Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo, the Govett-Brewter Art Gallery, Dowse Art Museum, The Frost Museum, the World Bank and she has been the recipient of multiple fellowships and grants. Additionally, she is an arts activist, having founded Miami Arts Collaborative, which later became Edge Zones, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts and artists, especially within marginalized communities.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2025 Miami Individual Artist (MIA) Award 2024 Latinx Artist Fellowship Award 2020 Ellies Creator Award 2019 Knight Challenge Grant | NALAC Fund for the Arts 2015 MAP Fund | South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship 2011 Grand Prize, 26th National Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo 2011; Florida State Artists Fellowship 1986 QE II Arts Council of New Zealand Artist Fellowship
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026 Florida Prize, Orlando Museum; 2025 Nuestro Vaivén, The Ringling, Sarasota, FL 2024 Fondation Clément, Martinique 2019 Relational Undercurrents, MoLAA, CA / Frost Art Museum, Miami (curated by Tatiana Flores) 2019 XIII Havana Biennial, Cuba 2007 Mami Wata, Fowler Museum UCLA (traveling) 2007 Away, UNESCO, Paris 2005 Art, Religion and Politics, PAC Milan (curated by Jean-Hubert Martin)
As an artist, curator, and cultural producer, Charo Oquet is recognized for her contributions to the global art landscape, fostering dialogue and creativity across borders and cultures. She holds a BFA from Florida International University and continues to play a vital role in advancing contemporary art through her artwork, curation, and mentorship.
LECTURES AND RESIDENCIES 2019 Hemispheric Institute Encuentro, Mexico City 2016 Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá | Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2013 Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City 2012 UNAM, Department of Women's Studies, Mexico City 2003 Artist Residency, CAAM, Canary Islands, Spain 1999 Keynote Speaker, Rutgers University / New York University, 2002 Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., Panel Discussion, Symposium on Latin American Literature and Arts.