Bio
Mario Ybarra Jr.
Born 1973, Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2001
University of California, Irvine, MFA in Studio Art
1999
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, BFA
1996
Art Center College of Art, Pasadena, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Double Feature, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Mario Ybarra Jr.: The Tío Collection, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011
Wilmington Good, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
2010
Silver and Blacks, Michael Janssen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009
Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2008
Take Me Out… No Man Is An Island, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Black Squirrel Society, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
Galerie Bob Van Orsow, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Be Good … lf You Can’t Be Good Be Careful… , Galleria Maze, Torino, Italy
Mario Ybarra Jr., Capp Street Project, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, curated by Jens Hoffman, San Francisco, CA
Bring me the head of… , Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Tea Time For Tito, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Positions, Miami, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LAXART, Los Angeles, CA, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011 Frieze Art Fair, Frieze Foundation, London, UK
Possible Worlds: Mario Ybarra Jr., Karla Diaz, and Slanguage Studio Select from the Permanent Collections, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Invisible Cities, curated by Kris Kuramitsu and Christopher Miles, Madrid, Spain
Lush Life, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Ultrasonic IV, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2da Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española
2008
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Latitude, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
The Theater of Life, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Italy
The World as a Stage, curated by Jessica Morgan, Tate Modern, London and ICA, Boston, MA
Prague Biennial 3, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Tijuana Biennial, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY, traveling to (CAPC) Musee d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Consider This… , designed by Barbara Kruger, with Mark Bradford, Dorit Cypis, Margaret Honda, Philip Rantzer, Mario Ybarra, Jr., and Bruce Yonemoto LACMA Lab, Los Angeles, CA
People for a better tomorrow, curated by Meg Cranston, UC Riverside Gallery, Riverside, CA
Home of the Free, curated by Jens Hoffman, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2005
Uncertain States of America, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum, and Gunnar B. Kvaran, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, traveling to CCS Bard, New York, Serpentine Gallery, London, Reykjavik Art Museum, Moscow Biennale, Heming Art Museum, CCA Warsaw, Le Musee de Serignan, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague and Songzhuan Art Centre, Beijing
2004
Dreamscape: UCI Alumni Show, curated by Juli Carson, UC Irvine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
100 Artists See God, curated By John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, (traveling) The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
C-level, curated by Carolina Ponce De Leon, Galleria De La Raza, San Francisco, CA
I Am The Remix, curated by Adrienne Lai, The Western Front, Vancouver B.C.
2003
I Am A Curator curated by Per Hutter, ROCKER BY CHOICE, curated by Tone 0′ Neilson, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
Slangthis, Sianguage Art Collective exhibition, 4-F Galley, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Rethinking Drawing, curated by Max Presneill, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Better Look Twice, curated by Geoffrey C. Allen, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Street Show, curated by Lisa Dorin & Liza Johnson, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Whacked, curated by John Souza, The Practice Space, Los Angeles, CA
A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Just A Show, curated by Jens Hoffman, The Project, Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Feelings, USC Fischer Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gimme Shelter: Nuevo videos sobre incomodidad suburbana, curated by Rita Gonzales, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Storefront LIVE, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Democracy When? Activist Strategizing in Los Angeles, Curated by Tone O’Niesen, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Oddrawings, curated by Tyller Stallings, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2001
Echo Location, University Gallery, Irvine, CA Capital Art, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000
America Foto Latina, University of Guadalajara Art Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico Us vs. Them, Arthouse, Irvine, CA
Concrete Labs, curated by Tyler Stallings, Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana, CA gang bang, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Senales de Resistencia, Curated by Lorena Wolfer, Mexico D.F., Mexico
1999
Otis College of Art and Design Senior Show, Los Angeles, CA
dispute resolution services, George’s, Los Angeles, CA
1998
DIS/DAT, Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA Hot, Mild, Other, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Plastica, Hollywood, CA
PERFORMANCES
2005
For AlI Know He Had My Friend Angel Killed, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Positions, Miami Beach, FL
2003
Below The Belt, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Cowboys On Broadway, A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Just A Show, Curated by Jens Hoffman, The Project, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Working Classics, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA Monster Mash, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
1999 Allmodcons, Otis College Of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA
1997 Super Cultura, South Central, Los Angeles, CA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011
Possible Worlds, with Karla Diaz and Slanguage, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Urban Hieroglyphics 2,Up’space Gallery, L.A. Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Elemental Journey: Your Style Is Worth While, 10 Year Survey Of Graffiti Art In Los Angeles
1993-2003, Commissioned By The Los Angeles Dept. Of Cultural Affairs, Inshallah Gallery Los Angeles, CA
In My Room, Robert Alvarez, Eric Marquez, Arturo G. Ochoa, Joseph Park
Stuckey, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Relative, Liat Yossifor, Brienne Arrington, Homeland Gallery, Homeland Cultural Center, Long Beach, CA
Echoes Of Africa: African-American Hair Braiding Exhibition, Homeland Gallery, Homeland Cultural Center, Long Beach, CA
Wonder Women: The Girls of Graff, Homeland Gallery, Homeland Cultural Center, Long Beach, CA
Cache, Paintings By Adrian De La Pena, Class C Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Griffin, Jonathan. “Made in L.A.” Frieze, September 4
Mohseni, Yasmine. “Beyond the White Cube: Mario Ybarra Jr., and His Tios.” Huffington Post, August 8 ”
The LA Agenda: 7 Art Picks, Featuring Scott Greenwalt, Matthias Düwel, A+D Urban Hike, Flux Screening Series.” Artinfo, August 3 Knight, Christopher. “Art Review: The Hammer Biennial ‘Made in L.A. 2012′ Succeeds.” Los Angeles Times, June 8
Garcia, Cesar. “SLANGUAGE,” in Made in L.A. 2012. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, p. 3 (catalogue)
Finkel, Jori. “Hammer Biennial Lends Artists a Helping Hand.” Los Angeles Times, May 25 Thompson, Nato, ed. “Slanguage,” in Living as Form, Boston: MIT Press, p. 224-25
2011
Mizota, Sharon. “Art Review: ‘Possible Worlds’ at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.” Los Angeles Times, July 14
2010
Miranda, Carolina A. “How Chicago is It?” ARTNews, September Schleussner, Laura. “Reviews: Mario Ybarra Jr.” Flash Art, October ”Mario Ybarra Jr.” Lowdownmagazine.com, March 30,
2009
Gilmartin, Wendy. “Psychicinema Multiplex: Slanguage Media and Arts Collective Takes Control of MOCA.” LA Weekly, September 4 Lee, Sasha. “Fresh Perspectives: Exhibition Preview + Five Mini Artist Interviews.” Beautiful/Decay, August 27 Bennett, Steve. “L.A. Artist Draws on His Roots”, My San Antonio, December 6
2008
Stillman, Nick. “Mario Ybarra Jr., Lehmann Maupin.” Artforum, October Chambers, Christopher. “Reviews: Mario Ybarra Jr.” Flash Art, October Hudson, Suzanne. “Mario Ybarra Jr.” Whitney Biennial
2007
Jury, Louise, “Barber shop Tate-a-Tate”, The Evening Standard, October 22
Mizota, Sharon, “Mario Ybarra Jr.: Bring Me the Head of … “, Art Ltd, May, p. 21
Knight, Christopher, ‘Thin show sports some sharp barbs”, Los Angeles Times, February 23
Hoffman, Jens, “Mario Ybarra Jr.”, Contemporary Magazine, February, Issue #89, pp. 88-91
Berardini, Andrew, “Mario Ybarra Jr. Bring me the head of … “ Art Review, February, p. 149
Brooks, Amra, “Mario Ybarra Jr.’s “Bring me the head of … “, LA Weekly, February 7
Hoffman, Jens, “Mario Ybarra Jr.”, Work: Art In Progress, Winter, Issue 17, p. 36
Hoffman, Jens, “First Take: Mario Ybarra Jr.”, Artforum, January, pp. 212 – 213
2006
Chang, Daniel, Fabiola Santiago, and Elisa Turner, ”’America’s largest art market’ is open”, Miami Herald, Dec. 7
Frascina, Francis, “We Dissent”, Modern Painters, November, p. 82
Zonkel, Phillip, “Vivid Impressions”, Long Beach Press Telegram, October 19
Fong Chin, John, “Venturing out, but always close to home” SqueezeOC.com, October 1 Knight, Christopher, “Forget ‘isms’ – except eclecticism”, Los Angeles Times, October 1
Joselit, David, “Public Image Ltd.” ArtForum, September, pp. 113-114
Hart, Hugh, “Reflecting the Street”, Los Angeles Times, September 3
Smith, Roberta, “Endgame Art? It’s Borrow, Sample and Multiply in an Exhibition at Bard College,” New York Times, July 7
Schwendener, Martha, “Grey Flags”, Artforum Critics’ Picks, June Kuo, Michelle, “Consider This”, Artforum Critics’ Picks, June
Ollman, Leah, “On the walls and in your face”, LA Times, June 7
Armstrong, Elizabeth, “California Above All”, Art Review, May, p. 83
Leopold, Shelly, ‘The Expressionist”, LA Weekly, April 21 – 27, p. 34
2005
Danto, Arthur, “Uncertain States of America”, ArtForum, December, p. 274
Kun, Josh, ‘The New Chicano Movement”, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Jan 9, pp. 12-13
Willis, Holly, “Billboard Oases”, LA Weekly Dec 31-Jan 6, pp13
2004
Lai, Adrianne, FRONT, l Am the Remix, Jan-Feb, pp. 32-33
Gonzalez, Rita, latinart.com, featured artist Slanguage (Mario Ybarra Jr., Juan Capistran) winter edition
2003
Artist project by Slanguage, title page, X-TRA Magazine, Vol.5 No.4, pp. 11-13
Cotter, Holland, ” Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together”, Arts & Leisure, Section 2, New York Times, January 19, p. 1, 36
2002
Wride, Nancy, ‘Graff Girls’ Paint Up a Storm, California Section, Los Angeles Times, January 18, p. B2
Razo, Vicente. Mosevis, C. Medina. C Navarete. F., “The Official Museo Salinas Guide,” Smart Art Press, p. 7 ODDRAWING exhibition review, OC weekly
2000
”AMERICA FOTO LATINA” exhibition catalogue, pp. 55-56 Botey Mariana, Pilar Perez: Capitol Art On The Culture of Punishment, exhibition catalogue. p. 65
1998
Ortiz-Torres, Ruben: “Toys/Juguetes”, Poliester, Vol.6 #21, Winter, Mexico City, Cover Art, pp. 38-43
PUBLICATIONS
2007
The World as a Stage, Tate Modern, London, UK, curated by Catherine Wood and Jessica Morgan
2006
Anna Helwing Gallery Conversations: Karl Haendel and Mario Ybarra Jr, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
California Bienniel 06, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA.
2005
Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2004
100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston
2002
A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Just A Show, The Project, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jens Hoffman
Democracy When?, by Tone O. Nielson, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
COLLECTIONS
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art Collection, Santa Barbara, CA; The Collection of Eilene And Peter Norton Foundation, Santa Monica, CA; Private Collection of Sydney Littenburg, Santa Monica, CA; Private Collection of Mario Ontiveros, Los Angeles CA; The Museo Salinas Collection, Mexico City D.F., Mexico
RESIDENCIES
2011
Arhus Kunstbygning- Centre for Contemporary Art- Sigrids Space, Aarhus, Denmark
2003
International Artist-in Residence, Artpace, San Antonio
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008
Levitt Fellow, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2000
Artsbridge Scholar Award, Irvine, CA
1997
Otis College Institutional Grant, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Otis Summer Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Art Center Minority Scholarship, Pasadena, CA
1991 First Prize, Harbor College Art Competition, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Scholarship, Wilmington Historical Society, Los Angeles, CA
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