Current Resident

Sep 27 - Nov 4

Migguel Anggelo

Miami and Brooklyn-based and Venezuelan-born, Migguel Anggelo is an interdisciplinary performing artist. He invokes muses from art history, harnessing this lineage in effortlessly forward-thinking ways. He mines from his journeys as a Latino immigrant and a queer man: a fountain of source material to explore shared human experiences. He expresses himself through costume, musical composition, movement, and theater work, evoking the “showmanship of Desi Arnaz and the performance art of Klaus Nomi” (Theater Scene). His lyrical movement recalls Marcel Marceau, and his comic timing alludes to Charlie Chaplin. Marked by pop ambition, he nods towards the likes of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury. With unabashed theatricality, Migguel Anggelo straddles decades, genres, and cultures.

Migguel is in residence at Radiate at the Residence Inn to expand his role as the 2024-25 TD Incubator Fellow at Arts Commons.  

2024-25 TD Incubator Vision Statement

Origin stories are found in every culture around the globe. From the earliest age, we are immersed in the origin stories of our families, our religions, and our cultures. Over time, we begin to formulate origin stories that shift away from the "we", and migrate to the "me". 

The question "where are you from?" is a question that has been a part of my existence for as long as I can remember. From a young age, I was always on the move— whether for work, for life, or simply because I had the immediate need to emigrate. I became an immigrant in my own country of Venezuela when I was 20 years old, leaving my hometown of Valencia to pursue theater in Caracas. By 23, destiny had led me to Germany, where a backpacking trip turned into a longer stay. My journey has since taken me across Europe, Latin America, and finally to the United States, where I now feel safe and free —able to express myself fully, whether through song, speech, dance, or on canvas. Each medium is a way for me to both escape and understand reality. My art allows me to delve into the rich, immersive world of life's possibilities. Though my love for Venezuela runs deep, I often felt like I didn’t belong there. Safety, in all its forms, was something I seldom felt. 

The question "where are you from?" goes beyond geography and nationality. It is a state of mind. 

I come from everywhere —the wind, the earth, my dreams and goals, as well as my frustrations. I am my past, my present, and my future. Especially in these trying times, when the world seems to be watching us all very closely through our phones and social media networks, we are tasked with having to explain our existence and our origin stories more publicly than ever before. Art in all of its forms — dance, theater, film, music, painting, craft-making, writing, etc. — provides us a chance to make this world a place worth living in; a world so often worn down by injustice and corruption. To be an artist in today's world, one needs to carefully consider the answer to the question of  "where are you from?". The next time you are asked  "Where are you from?" — pause before you answer. And in that pause, find the art.