Vanessa Vargas

Chicago, IL
vgeorg@uchicago.edu

  • Statement & CV
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008-Gardens
  • 2008-On Paper
  • Contact

Statement & CV

 

I am a mixed media artist in Chicago.  My work is innovative and should serve as a visual catalysts to motivate us to look for meanings and relationships.

 

Art Shows

 

2010 July, Group Show, Flat Iron Gallery 220, Chicago

2010 February, Group Show, Flat Iron Gallery 214, Chicago

 

2009 November 19–23, Group Show, DOVA Temporary, Chicago

2009 October, Group Show, The Coalition Gallery, Chicago

2009 September, Three Person Show, The Coalition Gallery, Chicago

2009 August, Group Show, The Coalition Gallery, Chicago

2009 August, Group Show, Inner Struggle, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2009 June, Bike Art, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

2008 October 3–19, Chicago, Merchandize Mart, Chicago Art Open

2008 June 12–19, LaGrange, LaGrange Art League, Show Title: Abstract and Modern

 

Grants

2010, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Grant, Community Arts Assistance Program

 

Special Recognition

2008, Chicago Art Open, one of 21 out of 260 artists who received Curator’s Choice

 

Art in Public Spaces

2007 April–May, Prospect Federal Savings, Worth, IL

2006 September–October, Prospect Federal Savings, Oak Lawn, IL

 

Education

Hyde Park Art Center

MA, the University of Chicago, Thesis, Zulu Praise Poetry and Its Political Critique

BA, Loyola University at Chicago, studied clay with Brian Fiorentino

 

Professional Memberships

Chicago Artists’ Coalition

 

 

 

 

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Chicago, IL
vgeorg@uchicago.edu