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VAL VARGAS_ CV
(Chaco, Argentina, 1986) Graduate in graphic design, Val works as a visual artist, designer and illustrator. In 2023 she completed her jewelry career at the Taller Eloi School (Buenos Aires), where she attended workshops with Manon van Kouswijk, Rodrigo Acosta Arias y Jimena Rios. Her exploration in jewelry is Joyitas Val (@joyitasval).
She is part of the publishing project Melancolía en Saturno (MES) with the artists Julia Rossetti and Pilar Olivero, for which small publications and fanzines are a complementary part of her work.
Exhibitions
2024 Colective exhibition Anillos/Rings. Taller Eloi + Cranbrook Metals NYCJW24, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute of Art, New York, USA.
2024 38th Marzee International Graduate Show. Ornamental crimes (final school project) Galerie Marzee. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2024 Exhibición colectiva Anillos/Rings. Galería Eloi. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024 Site-specific intervention Florilegio. Ensayos florales/ Florilegium. Floral essays, with Pilar Olivero. Galería Eloi. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024 Exhibición colectiva Cucharas. Complejo Museológico Explora Salta. Salta, Argentina.
2023 Exhibición colectiva Velas y Afines. Galería Eloi. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2023 Exhibición colectiva Constelaciones. Melted Point Bienal de Joyería Contemporánea. Valencia, España.
2023 Exhibición colectiva Unnecessary proliferation Wucherung/增生. NYCJW. Steuben Gallery Pratt Institute, New York, USA.
2021 Site-specific intervention "Onde ja estive", with Julián Matta. De Liceiras 18 Residence. Porto, Portugal.
2021 Site-specific intervention "Contemforanea Honoris caussii", with Julián Matta and Emanuel Cantero. Monte Residencia. Colonia Benitez, Chaco, Argentina
2019 Site-specific intervention "The 5 o'clock melody", with Julián Matta. DÔ-SÔ Artist Residence. Fujiyoshida, Japan.
2018 Site-specific intervention "ASUNCIÓN 450", with Julián Matta and Tania Puente. MULA Nomadic Gallery. Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
2017 - 2018 Installation "SOLILOQUIO, la ruina", with Julián Matta. San Martín Cultural Center. CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Curatorial accompaniment: Marcelo S. Dansey.
2017 Site-specific intervention. "REVOQUE 시", together with Julian Matta. Barim Contemporary art space, Gwangju, South Korea.
2017 Video. "Essay I". Espacio Plasma, Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria, Corrientes, Argentina.
2017 Installation. "Haiku:", with Julián Matta. Space "La Sala". San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
2016 Installation. "Lo que yace afuera II", with Julián Matta. Video Art Meeting: Long Live the New Flesh. Hiedra Experience. CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2016 Installation. "Lo que yace afuera", with Julián Matta. PLAY Video Art Week, 5th edition. Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria U.N.N.E. Corrientes City, Argentina.
2016 Site-specific intervention. "El santuario de la soledad", with Julián Matta. 4th site-specific meeting. UMBRAL art space. CABA, Buenos Aires.
2015 Collective (Sisterr): Mapping and Stickers. "The day I accepted your application". CUMULUS, organized by the Fondo Nacional De las Artes. MUBA Museum of Fine Arts René Brusau, Resistencia, Chaco.
2015 Colectiva (Sisterr): Video Interactivo. “Fragmentos de Luz”. Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria U.N.N.E. Ciudad de Corrientes.
Education, residencies, scholarships
2023 Different workshops with Manon van Kouswijk, Rodrigo Acosta.
2022 Taller Eloi School.
2021 DeLiceiras 18 Artist Residence. Porto, Portugal.
2021 MONTE Artist Residence. Colonia Benitez, Chaco, Argentina.
2019 Contemporary Jewelry Workshop of Solana Finkelstein. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2019 50TH Fernán Félix de Amador Visual Arts Salon. Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires.
2019 Dô-sô Artist Residence. Fujiyoshida, Japón.
2018 Jeju Art Space IAa International Residency Grant under the Jeju Foundation of Arts and Culture. Jeju City, South Korea.
2017 Horizontal Workshop. Artwork analysis clinic by the artist Lucas Di Pascuale. Córdoba, Argentina.
2017 Residency Program BARIM INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY. Gwangju, Corea del Sur.
2015 Scholarship Workshop of analysis and monitoring of production FNA in charge of the artist Pablo Siquier (crossing artists from Chaco, Corrientes and Tucumán).
2014 Scholarship Workshop of analysis and monitoring of production FNA in charge of the artist Roberto Echen (crossing artists from Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones)
Videos
2020 “El sueño de la esposa del pescador”, Busan city, South Korea (Dur: 00:07:51)
2018 “Island of immortals”, junto a Julián Matta. Video statement, IAa Jeju Art Space, Ciudad de Jeju, Corea del Sur.
2017 “Ensayo 1”. Video. Espacio Plasma, Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria - Ciudad de Corrientes (Dur: 00:03:41)
2016 “Una maraña”. Video. Encuentro de videoarte: Larga Vida a la Nueva Carne. Experiencia Hiedra. CABA, Buenos Aires (Dur: 00:05:19)
She is part of the publishing project Melancolía en Saturno (MES) with the artists Julia Rossetti and Pilar Olivero, for which small publications and fanzines are a complementary part of her work.
Exhibitions
2024 Colective exhibition Anillos/Rings. Taller Eloi + Cranbrook Metals NYCJW24, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute of Art, New York, USA.
2024 38th Marzee International Graduate Show. Ornamental crimes (final school project) Galerie Marzee. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2024 Exhibición colectiva Anillos/Rings. Galería Eloi. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024 Site-specific intervention Florilegio. Ensayos florales/ Florilegium. Floral essays, with Pilar Olivero. Galería Eloi. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024 Exhibición colectiva Cucharas. Complejo Museológico Explora Salta. Salta, Argentina.
2023 Exhibición colectiva Velas y Afines. Galería Eloi. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2023 Exhibición colectiva Constelaciones. Melted Point Bienal de Joyería Contemporánea. Valencia, España.
2023 Exhibición colectiva Unnecessary proliferation Wucherung/增生. NYCJW. Steuben Gallery Pratt Institute, New York, USA.
2021 Site-specific intervention "Onde ja estive", with Julián Matta. De Liceiras 18 Residence. Porto, Portugal.
2021 Site-specific intervention "Contemforanea Honoris caussii", with Julián Matta and Emanuel Cantero. Monte Residencia. Colonia Benitez, Chaco, Argentina
2019 Site-specific intervention "The 5 o'clock melody", with Julián Matta. DÔ-SÔ Artist Residence. Fujiyoshida, Japan.
2018 Site-specific intervention "ASUNCIÓN 450", with Julián Matta and Tania Puente. MULA Nomadic Gallery. Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
2017 - 2018 Installation "SOLILOQUIO, la ruina", with Julián Matta. San Martín Cultural Center. CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Curatorial accompaniment: Marcelo S. Dansey.
2017 Site-specific intervention. "REVOQUE 시", together with Julian Matta. Barim Contemporary art space, Gwangju, South Korea.
2017 Video. "Essay I". Espacio Plasma, Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria, Corrientes, Argentina.
2017 Installation. "Haiku:", with Julián Matta. Space "La Sala". San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
2016 Installation. "Lo que yace afuera II", with Julián Matta. Video Art Meeting: Long Live the New Flesh. Hiedra Experience. CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2016 Installation. "Lo que yace afuera", with Julián Matta. PLAY Video Art Week, 5th edition. Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria U.N.N.E. Corrientes City, Argentina.
2016 Site-specific intervention. "El santuario de la soledad", with Julián Matta. 4th site-specific meeting. UMBRAL art space. CABA, Buenos Aires.
2015 Collective (Sisterr): Mapping and Stickers. "The day I accepted your application". CUMULUS, organized by the Fondo Nacional De las Artes. MUBA Museum of Fine Arts René Brusau, Resistencia, Chaco.
2015 Colectiva (Sisterr): Video Interactivo. “Fragmentos de Luz”. Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria U.N.N.E. Ciudad de Corrientes.
Education, residencies, scholarships
2023 Different workshops with Manon van Kouswijk, Rodrigo Acosta.
2022 Taller Eloi School.
2021 DeLiceiras 18 Artist Residence. Porto, Portugal.
2021 MONTE Artist Residence. Colonia Benitez, Chaco, Argentina.
2019 Contemporary Jewelry Workshop of Solana Finkelstein. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2019 50TH Fernán Félix de Amador Visual Arts Salon. Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires.
2019 Dô-sô Artist Residence. Fujiyoshida, Japón.
2018 Jeju Art Space IAa International Residency Grant under the Jeju Foundation of Arts and Culture. Jeju City, South Korea.
2017 Horizontal Workshop. Artwork analysis clinic by the artist Lucas Di Pascuale. Córdoba, Argentina.
2017 Residency Program BARIM INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY. Gwangju, Corea del Sur.
2015 Scholarship Workshop of analysis and monitoring of production FNA in charge of the artist Pablo Siquier (crossing artists from Chaco, Corrientes and Tucumán).
2014 Scholarship Workshop of analysis and monitoring of production FNA in charge of the artist Roberto Echen (crossing artists from Chaco, Corrientes and Misiones)
Videos
2020 “El sueño de la esposa del pescador”, Busan city, South Korea (Dur: 00:07:51)
2018 “Island of immortals”, junto a Julián Matta. Video statement, IAa Jeju Art Space, Ciudad de Jeju, Corea del Sur.
2017 “Ensayo 1”. Video. Espacio Plasma, Centro Cultural de Extensión Universitaria - Ciudad de Corrientes (Dur: 00:03:41)
2016 “Una maraña”. Video. Encuentro de videoarte: Larga Vida a la Nueva Carne. Experiencia Hiedra. CABA, Buenos Aires (Dur: 00:05:19)