biografía de Sergio VEGA (1959)

Personal data


Birth : 1959 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Argentina - United States

Address

Gainesville FL Florida, United States

Education

1996 : Yale University (MFA) – 149 Elm Street – New Haven CT, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Taxidermy
Photography : Photograph in colors

Subject

animals

Works

Picnic : the Golden Age with Mosquitoes
Date of creation : 1999
Medium : Installation
Process : painting-photograph-taxidermy
 
The Golden Age with Mosquitoes
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Plastic
Size : 20 x 25 cm
 
The Curse
Date of creation : 1998
Medium : Photograph
Size : 145 x 90 cm
 
Back to Backyardeden Express
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Installation
Process : installation-sound-text-light-taxidermy
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1999

Excerpts from El Paraiso en el Nuevo Mundo
Basilico Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
1999

1997

Espacio 204 – Caracas, Venezuela
1997

1996

Memoirs of an Outspoken Parrot
Basilico Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
1996

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galería Nina Menocal – Colonia Roma Zacatecas 93 – Mexico, Mexico

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Julia Friedman Gallery – 118 N Peoria – Chicago IL, United States


Group exhibitions

2003

Prague Biennale
National Gallery – Prague, Czech Republic
06/26/2003 – 08/31/2003

2002

1st Biennial Ceará América
Fortaleza, Brazil
12/13/2002 – 02/28/2003

2001

Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001

2000

Partage d’exotismes – 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
06/27/2000 – 09/24/2000

Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000

The Visionary Landscapes
Christopher Grimes Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
2000

Friends and Neighbours
EV+A – Limerick, Ireland
2000

1999

Looking for a place – SITE Santa Fe’s Third International Biennial
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
1999

1998

The Garden of the Forking Paths
Kunstforeningen – Copenhagen, Denmark
1998

Transatlantico
Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
1998

Lenguajes de la tierra – III Bienal Barro de América
MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
05/1998 – 10/1998

1997

Asi Esta la Cosa
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo – Mexico, Mexico
1997

Heaven : Private View
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – Long Island NY, United States
10/26/1997 – 02/01/1998

Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2000

Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142


Exhibition catalogues

2000

Partage d’exotismes, 5ème Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon, volumes 1 et 2
Publisher: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux – 49 rue Etienne Marcel – Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2711840131


Periodicals

1999

SMITH Roberta – Miguel Rios and Sergio Vega
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
09/07/1999

1997

ZAYA Octavio – Sergio Vega
in: Flash Art
Milan MI, Italy
05/1997-06/1997
ISBN : 03941493

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