ANDREA VARGAS
Lives and works in Seattle, Washington SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2020 Loteria Art Exhibition, Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA 2017 Carnations for Gene, Virtual Exhibition, Seattle, WA 2015 Art By The Waterfront, Santa Cruz Residence Hall, Santa Barbara, CA First, Do No Harm, Storke Plaza, Santa Barbara, CA 2014 From The Atrium, The Atrium, Santa Barbara, CA Art Boom! Pow!, The Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, CA Art For The People By The People, Tony Ray's, Santa Barbara, CA The Dirty Side of Derby, The Press Room, Santa Barbara, CA Ofrendas of the Flesh, Tonalli Studio, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Noches de los Muertos: Loteria, Muddy Waters, Santa Barbara, CA 2012 It’s Not As Far/Funny As You Think, Gallery 479 & Atrium, Santa Barbara, CA Cinema is Dead, Campbell Hall, Santa Barbara, CA Echo/Ego, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, CA 19,000,000,000 Lumens And Their Imaginary Frequencies, Building 434, Santa Barbara, CA Justice: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, CA 2011 Photo Camp: The Culture of Now, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY P is for Press & Pulp, Print Lab, Santa Barbara, CA 7D Hardware, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, CA 2010 Rethinking Photography, Gallery 479, Santa Barbara, CA |
EDUCATION M.Ed., 2018, Student Development Administration, Seattle University B.A., 2012, Studio Art, University of California, Santa Barbara LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & RELATED EXPERIENCE Co-Editor-in-Chief, MAGIS Journal, 2017-2018 Editorial Board, MAGIS Journal, 2016-2017 Presentation, Planning Accessible Programming, iLead Student Leadership Conference, 2017 Art in Residential Communities Committee, UC Santa Barbara, 2013 – 2015 Presentation, First, Do No Harm: Addressing Mental Health Through Stories & Images, Queer People of Color Conference, 2015 Teaching Assistant, Art 123: Papermaking, Summer 2014 Teaching Assistant, Education 20: Introduction to the Research University, Spring 2014 Presentation, Art & Life: Collaborating to Enhance Your Residential Communities, WACUHO Conference, 2014 Artist Talk, Ofrendas of the Flesh, Los Angeles, 2014 Workshop, Art & Altered States, Screenprinting, UCSB, 2013 Justice Lecture Series Videographer, 2012 Staff Photographer, UCSB Daily Nexus, 2011-2012 Presentation, "Post Secret”, Central RAP Conference, 2009 PRESS & PUBLICATIONS Press, Home is Where the Art Is, June 25, 2015 Press Release, Rémy Martin Honors Kip Fulbeck as Mentor to the Next Generation of Multicultural Leaders, 2015 Press, Andrea Vargas | Mentee of Kip Fulbeck, 2015 Publication, Richard Ross, “Invisible, Alienated & Misunderstood”, Justice, 2012, p. 60-63 Press, “Photo Camp: The Culture of Now” Peggy Roalf, American Illustration – American Photography, June 30, 2011 AWARDS, GRANTS AND HONORS Rémy Martin Circle of Centaurs Program (Mentee of Kip Fulbeck), 2015 UCSB Department of Art Honors Program, 2011-2012 Wendy Ann Finkel Memorial Scholarship, 2011 Social Justice and Change Award, Central RAP Conference, 2009 |