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Sergio Vasquez
monosolo10@aol.com
http://www.artinthevault.com/vasquez/paintings.html
Sergio Vasquez was born 1961 in Mexico. Since his first art class more than 20 years ago at Los Angeles City College, Sergio has followed his instinctive impulse to paint. He often feels as if he was once a painter in a distant previous life that he had left with an accomplished mission. And now, here he is again with another opportunity to fulfill that unfinished life. In 2010 Sergio published a book called “The Language of Portraits” which contains images of his prolific body of work from 1990 until 2010, his thoughts on art and his own vision of the artist’s place in society.
The book is dedicated to “anyone and everyone whoever wanted to do art or wished to get involved in any creative process…….. If you believe in yourself and desire to leave traces of your existence on this planet, there is not a better time than now.”
Excerpt from The Language of Portraits: “I am captivated by faces and the human form. There is nothing like voluptuousness, the flesh, the light and shadows (on it), the presence, the proportions, and the positive and negative space of the body shape. There is a feeling of communion which gets me excited and feeds me with energy when I work on portraits or figurative works. There is nothing so magical as working from a live model."
Art Education: 1993-94 Otis Parsons, L.A., CA *** 1990-92 L.A. City College, Los Angeles, CA
1980-81 Academia Jorge Palomar, Guadalajara, Mexico
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2003 Centered on the Center,(group show) Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2002 Two group shows at Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA “Soul Revival” & Exposé(d)
2002 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2002 What’s the Story, Morning Glory, group show juried by M. Kersels- Cal Arts, Gallery 825, LA
2002 Read Between the Lines by LA Times- LA Weekly, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2002 The Annual 50/50 (Group) Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles
2002 An Exhibition of Ten Artists, Hollywood Digital, Hollywood, CA
2001 Grit, (group)Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2001 “Intersticios”(group) Back Street Gallery, West Los Angeles, CA
2001 Centered on the Center,(group) Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2001 Group Show, Fine Arts Gallery-California State University, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Wall Hung, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2000 Hispanic Art USA, Revisited/Expanded, R. Berman Gallery, Bergamot Stn, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Annual Day of the Dead Exhibition, Self Help Graphics- Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA
2000 (group) “Rock, Paper, Scissors,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2000 “PAINT”, group exhibition juried by Frank Romero, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Group Show, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Presencias/Ausencias, (Solo show) Occidental City College, Los Angeles
1999 “Technology,”(group) Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1999 “Discovering Darkness Beyond Light,” group exhibit Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Three group shows “Gallery 825, Los Angeles “5 Senses,” “Color of Beauty,” New Works”
1999 “Hearts & Flowers,” The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
1998 Gallery 825 “1998 Open,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
1998 Advocate Gallery, Hollywood, CA *** 1998 Hearts & Flowers, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
1997 Los Angeles Open Exhibition Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Saints & Sinners, The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
1992 Sergio Vasquez: New Work, Designs of Mexico, (solo show) Los Angeles
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* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist