art ltd. - Art reviews - May 2007
Caleb Duarte’s cuartitos (small rooms) are small, wall-hung sculptures of environments or habitats that resemble fragments of the temporary housing of low-wage maquiladora workers in Mexican border towns. These artworks, with their... Read article

KQED SPARK* - April 2007
Oakland resident Caleb Duarte is a part of a new generation of Bay Area Chicano artists. As an artist, he works with a combination of found materials, architectural building supplies, painting and drawing to create temporary installations and "sculptural paintings" that evoke poignant narratives...Read article

PODER Magazine - Feb 27, 2007
Caleb Duarte imita el fresco dibujando con grafito y acrilico sobre un muro de mamposteria su Boda de negro...Read article

METRO ACTIVE - Feb 28-March 6, 2007
BECAUSE ART should be at least a little dangerous, a warning sign comes with Caleb Duarte's installation Pared (Wall) at MACLA. That pink fluff is real insulation, complete with asbestos-don't inhale too deeply. The large piece consists of framed sections of a wall in progress, with insulation filling the spaces between the studs. The sections sit on concrete piers, forming a...Read article

Mexican art exhibit rides country's film success - Feb 23, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Mexican artists is hoping to emulate the success of the country's filmmakers by showcasing cutting-edge works in an exhibit set to tour the United States...Read article

Internos 2006
El pasado jueves 5 fue inaugurado en el Taller Cultural “Luis Díaz Oduardo”, el Encuentro de Pintura Mural INTERNOS 2006. El evento, que se realiza cada dos años es auspiciado por esta institución junto al Consejo Provincial de las Artes Plásticas, la Oficina del Conservador de la Ciudad, la UNEAC y la Fundación Caguayo. INTERNOS asume la relación arte-sociedad... Read article

Radio 2050 - October 15th, 2005
The Oakland Museum of California presents its 12th annual celebration of Días de los Muertos, CaliVera: Days of the Dead Altars Remixed. Radio 2050 speaks with guest curator Jaime Cortez, artist Caleb Duarte... Read article

Los Angeles Times – A Feel for Activism, a Deft Touch - Sep 17 2004
Duarte's figures have a purity about them, even as they navigate an impure world. The way they float among the scrap suggests vulnerability, but Duarte invests them — as if wishing this upon the world — with awareness of their innate self-worth.
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Artist Ambassadors – Soul Creations: A New Reality Through Art - December 30, 2003
The next presentation was given by Mexican American visual artist, Caleb Duarte, whose slideshow of his artworks showed how he uses dry wall as a primary surface for his paintings and also creates objects with discarded materials to symbolize the basic human need for shelter. With his artworks... Read article