Phantom Sightings Artists
Celestial Situations @ LACMA 2008
2008 Upcoming exhibitions:
Poppers at The Texas Firehouse, New York September 26th...
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City October 16th...
Hunter Gatherer at Receiver, San Francisco November 9th...
Artist Resume
solo exhibition:
2008 Cosmic Slut Gesceidle Chicago, IL
2007 Impish Animal Okay Mountain Austin, TX
2007 G*D Project Gallery Rutger's University New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Forever Developing Shrine Plush Dallas, TX
2006 Repressed Burial Fantasy Okay Mountain Austin, TX
2005 Ultrabastard: Marketing Seminar Cactus Bra Space San Antonio, TX
2005 Absolute Destiny Apocalypse Deborah Colton Gallery Houston, TX
2005 Growth Hormone Mutation Make-Over Plush Dallas, TX
2004 Beast Taxidermy CSAW Houston, TX
2003 Romantic Poverty & Hunger Pains Montgomery College Conroe, TX
selected group exhibition:
2008 Phantom Sightings: Art After The Chicano Movement LACMA Los Angeles, CA
2008 Children in Heat Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
2007 Art Club Gescheidle Chicago, IL
2007 The Dams 2 / Las Represas Universidad del Sagrado Corazón San Juan, PR
2007 Object UT at Dallas, TX
2006 Eyes Wide Open El Museo Del Barrio/ART212 NY, NY
2006 Manic & Wasted Swing Space NYC, NY
2006 Debut The Texas Firehouse LIC, NY
2006 Stop Trashing Houston Versionfest Chicago, IL
2006 La Frontera Gescheidle Gallery Chicago, IL
2005 Young Latino Artists #10 Mexic Arte Museum Austin, TX
2005 Artadia Houston Diverseworks Houston, TX
2005 I-10 a Postmodern Route 66 McClain Gallery Houston, TX
2005 New Cartoon Deborah Colton Gallery Houston, TX
2005 Woods Negative Space Houston, TX
2004 Temporary Contemporary The Orange Show Houston, TX
2004 Sloppy Slobbering Monster The Bank Kansas City, MO
2004 In Situ Allen’s Landing Houston, TX
2004 Camp Lucky Summer of Carnage Deborah Colton Gallery Houston, TX
2004 Brothers Fresh up Club Austin, TX
2004 New American Talent 19 ArtHouse Austin, TX
2004 Brave New World McClain Gallery Houston, TX
2003 Animals Art Car Museum Houston, TX
2003 The Big Show Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
2003 Dallas vs. Houston Plush Gallery Dallas, TX juried by
2002 The Big Show Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX
2001 Friendly Mart Quick Stop Houston, TX
education:
2003 BFA University of Houston
2007 MFA Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
misc:
03-04 Board of Directors @ The Art League of Houston
2004 Artadia Houston Grant Finalist
09/07 Vermont Studio Center
words:
Phantom Sightings: Art After The Chicano Movement exhibition book by LACMA
Art in America May 2007 "Jason Villegas at Dallas" by Charles Dee Mitchell
Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online Tire Iron 52 by Bill Davenport (july 05)
Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online Best of 2004 by Rachel Cook
Austin American Statesman Aug 11, 2005 “An exhibition of latino art-whatever that may be” by Jeanne Claire van Ryzia
Dallas Observer Feb 17, 2005 “Growth Hormone Mutation Make-over” by Charrissa N Terranova
Dallas Observer April 24, 2003 “Urban Brawl, It’s Houston vs. Dallas” by Annabelle Massey Helber
Houston Press March 3, 2005 “New Cartoon” by Kelly Klaasmeyer
Houston Press Feb 10, 2005 “Woods” by Kelly Klaasmeyer
Houston Press Nov 25, 2004 “Temporary Insanity” by Steven Devedanam
Houston Press Nov 4, 2004 “No Virgins, No Velvet” by Josh Harkinson
Houston Press May 20, 2004 “New World Order” by Steven Devedanam
Houston Press July 18, 2002 “The Biggest and the Baddest” by Kelly Klaasmeyer
jason.villegas@gmail.com