Tony Vázquez-Figueroa
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Tony Vázquez-Figueroa (born July 13, 1970) is a Venezuelan visual artist.[1] He uses crude oil as his key material in his work. [2][3]
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Early life and education
Vázquez was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He received a BFA from Emmerson College. He studied art at the San Alejandro Academy of the Arts in Cuba, the New York Studio School and the Slade School of Painting at the University College of London.[3][4]
Career
Vázquez-Figueroa specializes in his work by using crude oil as the key material in his work.[2][3][5]
Collections
- ‘Black Gold’ Oil Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL
- Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA
- Fundación la Previsora, Venezuela
- The Kluger Kaplan Collection, Miami, FL
- The Maldonado Collection, Miami, FL
- The Rozas-Botrán Foundation Collection, Guatemala City, Guatemala [6][7][8][9][10][4][11]
Exhibitions
Solo
- Tony Vázquez-Figueroa: Spectacular Modernity, Zona Maco Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico (2020)
- Drawing from the Underdeveloped/ Line One, LnS Gallery, Miami, FL (2019)
- Black Surface—The undoing Process, LnS Gallery, Miami, FL (2018)
- Crude Inventory, La Galería en Zona 14 – Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2017)
- Within the Gaze, Artmedia Gallery, Miami, FL (2016)
- Closepop, D’griss Art Gallery, Panama City, Panama (2011)
- Cata-logos, Galería Artepuy, Caracas, Venezuela (2008)
- Ad/iconic, Galería Mad, Caracas, Venezuela (2006)
- Venezuela Turmoil, South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL (2004)
- Notations, Espacio D’stefano, Caracas, Venezuela (2003)
- Retro/Prospective, Centro Cultural Capuy, Caracas, Venezuela (2002) [6][7][8][9][10][4][11]
Group
- Where Power resides, Oolite, Miami, Fl. (2021)
- The Artful Book, LnS Gallery, Miami, FL (2019)
- Referencias y diálogos, Beatriz Gil Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela (2019)
- Routes Of Influence, Perez Art Museum/ PAMM, Miami, FL (2017)
- Works on Paper National Exhibition, Long Island Beach Foundation, Long Beach, NJ (2017)
- Oolite, LnS Gallery, Miami, FL (2017)
- The Collective Debut, LnS Gallery, Miami, FL(2017)
- Crudo/Archivo, Espacio Cultural Fundación Rozas-Botrán, Guatemala City, Guatemala (2017)
- Inventory/Takes, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY (2016)
- Arte en Mayo, Museo de Arte Moderno de Guatemala, Guatemala (2016)
- Works on Paper National Exhibition, Long Island Beach Foundation, Long Beach, NJ (2016)
- Rozas-Brotran Foundation Exhibition, AG Gallery/ Northern Trust Bank, Miami, FL (2015)
- Works on Paper National Exhibition, Long Island Beach Foundation, Long Beach, NJ (2015)
- The Color of Latin, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea (2015)
- 63rd Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Museum, Boca Raton, FL (2014)
- Venezuela/Ukraine: Unexpected Conversation, Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL (2014)
- Urbanism, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL (2014)
- Paper Work Project, Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL (2014)
- Summer Reading, Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL (2013)
- Dessine Moi, Galerie 208 Chicheportiche, Paris, France (2013)
- Acquired, The Bakehouse Art complex, Miami, FL (2012)
- Tridimensionnel, Galerie 208 Chicheportiche, Paris, France (2012)
- Utilitaria, Galería Mad, Caracas, Venezuela (2011)
- Sauvages, JP Platform Gallery, Miami, FL (2011)
- 65 salón, Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela (2010)
- Identidades, Galería Mad, Caracas, Venezuela (2010)
- Collect Collage, Galería Estudio Arte 8, Caracas, Venezuela (2010)
- Brasil Re-imaginado, Brazilian Consulate, Caracas, Venezuela (2010)
- Retomando el Rojo, Galería Mad/Studio 64, Caracas,Venezuela (2010)
- Eclectic, Galería G7, Caracas, Venezuela (2010)
- V Bienal de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela (2009)
- Pixeles, Gabriela Benaim Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (2009)
- Bridge to the Americas, Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Los Angeles, CA (2009)
- Individualidades, Galería Artepuy/ Beatriz Gil Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (2007)
- Ground Art, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL (2004)
- Merit Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY (2001)
- Untitled, Salón Servando Cabrera, Havana, Cuba (1998) [6][7][8][9][10][4][11]
References
- ↑ "Artnexus". https://www.artnexus.com/en/magazines/article-magazine-artnexus/605aa2942785e76ac1f75dbe/107/tony-vazquez-figueroa.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "As regimes are challenged in Cuba and Haiti, a timely exhibition on power and resistance opens in Miami Beach". 2021-07-20. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/07/20/as-regimes-are-challenged-in-cuba-and-haiti-a-timely-exhibition-on-power-and-resistance-opens-in-miami-beach.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Abstracted Minimalist Work by Tony Vazquez-Figueroa" (in en-US). https://createmagazine.com/read/tony-vazquez-figueroa.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tony, Vazquez. "Tony Vazquez". https://www.tvazquez.net/aboutx.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/petropias-a-preview. - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Pérez Art Museum Miami Corporate Luncheon and Business Community Honor Cricket Taplin and The Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation". https://www.pamm.org/about/news/2016/p%C3%A9rez-art-museum-miami-corporate-luncheon-and-business-community-honor-cricket.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "THIS WEEKEND ON PINTA MIAMI" (in en-US). https://www.artealdia.com/Pinta/THIS-WEEKEND-ON-PINTA-MIAMI.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Crudo/Archivo". http://glifos.unis.edu.gt/library/index.php?lang=en&title=231951&query=@title=Special:GSMSearchPage@process=@field1=encabezamiento@value1=ARTE%20@mode=advanced&recnum=223.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 luisa. "TONY_VAZQUEZ_FIGUEROA" (in en-US). https://lnsgallery.com/tony_vazquez_figueroa/.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Tony Vazquez-Figueroa - 10 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". https://www.artsy.net/artist/tony-vazquez-figueroa.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Pérez Art Museum Miami Corporate Luncheon and Business Community Honor Cricket Taplin and The Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation". https://www.pamm.org/about/news/2016/p%C3%A9rez-art-museum-miami-corporate-luncheon-and-business-community-honor-cricket.
