Vargas Suárez-Universal

Born in Mexico City, 1972, lives and works in in New York City.

EDUCATION

1991-96 The University of Texas at Austin. studied Astronomy and Art History
1999-2000 The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mini-Med School Program, New York University, New York

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2007
Vargas-Suarez Universal, g-module, Paris

2006
A New Kind of Science, Karpio + Facchini Gallery, Miami

2005
Voice Signature, new paintings/dvd, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York (cat.)
Virus Maximus, Jacob Karpio Galería, San Jose de Costa Rica
Virus Tremendum, Karpio-Facchini Gallery, Miami

2004-05
Wall Drawing Commission & Study Drawings, Liberty Health Foundation, Jersey City

2004
Event Horizon, g-module, Paris

2003
American Virus, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City (brochure)
Outer (Negative Space), obras recientes, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey
Audio-Drawings & New Works on Paper, Galería Carlos Irizarry, San Juan de Puerto Rico
Art Unknown: Programa Comisariado de Proyectos Individuales Thomas Erben Gallery, ARCO ‘03 Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo,Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid (cat.)
Proper Motion (Pictures), The Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Yonkers, NY

2002
Stardust, new wall drawings, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Space Stations and Blueprints, g-module, Paris
Vargas-Suarez Universal: Space Stations Lobby Gallery, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn. organized by d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn

2000
The Fourth Annual d.u.m.b.o. Art Under the Bridge Festival, Installations: Vargas-Suarez Universal, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York City
Transit, York St. Subway Station. organized by d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn
Domestic Model of a Wormhole, (outdoor project), P.S. 122 Gallery, organized by Archibald Arts, New York
American Virus, 288 Elizabeth Street, New York

1998
Trahere Naturalis & Virus, 76 Varick, New York
A Brief Documentation of Black Holes and Blue Holes, Holland Tunnel Art Projects, Brooklyn
Unknown (Sex Drive), Obsolete Studios, Queens
Texas Landscape, Atelier von David Medalla, Berliner Kunstler Prograam des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst (DAAD), Berlin

1995
Vargas-Suarez Universal, Apple Computer Corp., Austin

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
“The Expanded Painting Show”, curated by Paco Barragan, MASH Miami
Oliver Lutz & Vargas-Suarez Universal, Space Other, Boston Artists’ Books: Transgression/Excess, Space Other, Boston

2005
Out of Bounds Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY (brochure)
Muralism Jacob Karpio Galería, San Jose de Costa Rica

2004
Karpio-Facchini Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach: The International Art Show, Miami Beach (cat.)
Planet Module, g-module, Future Quake, 31 Edition Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris expo-Porte de Versailles, Paris (cat.)
Topologies Galería Galou, Brooklyn
Eigth Annual d.u.m.b.o. Art Under the Bridge Festival, Music: Experimental and Avant-Garde Sound, The Soundbox, organized by d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn
a small look at GIGANTICISM Gigantic ArtSpace, New York (cat.)
Orchard Big Apple Fest, Midtown Orchard, New York
Small Drawings by Big People, Galería Carlos Irizarry, San Juan de Puerto Rico
Mexico Arte Contemporaneo, Jacob Karpio Galería, Expo Reforma, Mexico D.F. (cat.)
Momenta Art Benefit, White Columns, New York
Cartografia Americana Solar, East Hampton, NY
The Armory Show: The International Fair of New Art, Jacob Karpio Galería, New York
Voces y Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Art Rotterdam, g-module, Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam

2003
NADA Art Fair, g-module, The Lincoln, Miami Beach
Voces y Visiones: Highlights from El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection, El Museo del Barrio, New York (cat.)
White Box Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York
Mexico Illuminated, Freedman Gallery, Albright College/Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania (cat.)
Il Palazzo delle Liberta, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italia (cat.)
Ready for War University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal
Galería Ramis Barquet, ARCO ‘03, Madrid
Art Rotterdam, g-module, Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam
7 Walls 8 Views Arena, New York

2002
Secret Gulbenkian Galleries, Royal College of Art, London
Scratch, Arena, New York
Save Our Senate, Exit Art/The First World, New York
Candela Art + Music Festival, Galería Carlos Irizarry, San Juan de Puerto Rico
Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Deja Vu, g-module, Paris
Recent Multiples Projects x 5-Inbox Vol. V 10038, Organization of Independent Artists, New York
Speaking Truths-Inbox Vol. V 10038, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
A Special Place, Arena, Brooklyn