1977 Born in Houston, TX
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2003 BFA Sculpture, University of Houston
2007 MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
AWARDS
2007 Nadine Goldsmith Fellowship
2004 Artadia Houston Grant Finalist
RESIDENCY
2007 Vermont Studio Center
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Botched Simulacrum, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
2008 Hunter Gatherer, Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cosmic Slut, Gesceidle, Chicago, IL
2007 Impish Animal, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
G*D, Project Gallery, Rutger's University, New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Forever Developing Shrine, Plush, Dallas, TX
Repressed Burial Fantasy, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
2005 Ultrabastard: Marketing Seminar, Cactus Bra Space, San Antonio, TX
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
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 EXHIBITIONS
2010 15th Young Latino Artists Exhibition CONSENSUS OF TASTE, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Global / National: The Order of Chaos, Exit Art, New York, NY
2009 Aparaciones Fantasmales, Museo de Arte de Zappopan, Guadalajara, MX
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, Alameda Museum San Antonio, TX
2008 Aparaciones Fantasmales, Museo Ruffino Tamayo, Mexico City
Phantom Sightings: Art After The Chicano Movement, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Children in Heat, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2007 Art Club, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
The Dams 2 / Las Represas, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR
Object, UT at Dallas, TX
2006 Eyes Wide Open, El Museo Del Barrio/ART212, NY, NY
Manic & Wasted, Swing Space, NYC, NY
Debut The Texas Firehouse, LIC, NY
Stop Trashing Houston, Versionfest, Chicago, IL
La Frontera, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Young Latino Artists #10, Mexic Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Artadia Houston, Diverseworks, Houston, TX
I-10 a Postmodern Route 66, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
New Cartoon, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
Woods, Negative Space, Houston, TX
2004 Temporary Contemporary, The Orange Show, Houston, TX
Sloppy Slobbering Monster, The Bank, Kansas City, MO
In Situ, Allen’s Landing, Houston, TX
Camp Lucky Summer of Carnage, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
Brothers Fresh up Club, Austin, TX
New American Talent 19, ArtHouse, Austin, TX
Brave New World, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 Animals, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Dallas vs. Houston, Plush Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2001 Friendly Mart, Quick Stop, Houston, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 ArtLies Jan"Jason Villegas casts animal logos as invasive species" by Douglas Britt
2009 Houston Chronicle Aug 26, "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas" by D.L. Groover
Houston Press Oct. 20, "Polo by Jason Villegas" by Kelly Klassmeyer
2008 Phantom Sightings: Art After The Chicano Movement exhibition book by LACMA
2007 Art in America May"Jason Villegas at Dallas" by Charles Dee Mitchell
2005 Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online Tire Iron 52 by Bill Davenport (july 05)
Austin American Statesman Aug 11 “An exhibition of latino art-whatever that may be” by Jeanne Claire van Ryzia
Dallas Observer Feb 17 “Growth Hormone Mutation Make-over” by Charrissa N Terranova
Houston Press March 3, “New Cartoon” by Kelly Klaasmeyer
Houston Press Feb 10, “Woods” by Kelly Klaasmeyer
2004 Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online Best of 2004 by Rachel Cook
Houston Press Nov 25, “Temporary Insanity” by Steven Devedanam
Houston Press Nov 4, “No Virgins, No Velvet” by Josh Harkinson
Houston Press May 20, “New World Order” by Steven Devedanam
2003 Dallas Observer April 24, 2003 “Urban Brawl, It’s Houston vs. Dallas” by Annabelle Massey Helber
2002 Houston Press July 18, “The Biggest and the Baddest” by Kelly Klaasmeyer
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