Jon-Paul Villegas

b. 1972, Long Beach, CA
lives and works in New York

Education:
1999 MFA California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1994 BA Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Solo Exhibitions:
2006 "the paradox of material flowing backwards toward itself," Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 "My Genitals’ Genitals: More in love with the idea of not being in love with the idea than with the idea of not being in love," Black and White Gallery, New York, NY
2004" Stateless," Adobe Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2002 "Placeholder," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2007 "Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA," Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2006 "Art Rock," Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2006 "Young American Artists Today," Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Bergen, New Jersey
2005 "Sprawl," Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
3005 "Associative Realms," Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2004" Crits’ Pix," Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2004 "Advance to Go," Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, San
Francisco, CA.
2003 "Perez Prado: Unauthorized Collaborations," A.O.V. Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2002 "(Un)Common Ground," San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.
2002 "2:12 Two Minutes, Twelve Videos," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2002 "Heat," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Contemporary Extension Benefit, Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA.
2001" Drawing in Residence Group Show," Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2000 "Bay Area Awards," New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2000" Mark Gonzales, Chris Johanson, Jon-Paul Villegas," Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2000 "Introductions 2000," Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA. :
1999 "Survivalist," Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1999 "Barclay Simpson Awards Show, " California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1999 "MFA Exhibition," California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Awards:
2000 “Bay Area Awards 2000” New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
1999 “Barclay Simpson Awards 1999” California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Bibliography:
Peter Frank, "Go: Jon-Paul Villegas", LA Weekly, March 17-23, 2006, p. 56
Benjamin Genocchio, “From Moscow to the Bergen Mall,” The New York Times, Sunday, January 29, 2006.
William Powhida, “Jon-Paul Villegas at Black and White Gallery”, The Brooklyn Rail, October, 2005.
Meredith Mendelsohn, “Critic’s Pix at Black and White Gallery”, Artnews, January, 2005.
Shane McAdams, “Crits’ Pix at Black and White Gallery”, The Brooklyn Rail, July, 2004.
Alison Bing, “Perez Prado: Unauthorized Collaborations at A.O.V. Gallery”, Artweek, February, 2003.
Stephanie Cash, “Report from San Francisco”, Art in America, November, 2002.
Kenneth Baker, “Younger Villegas Upstages Chagoya”, San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 2002.
Editorial Staff, “Award Show Winners at New Langton”, Artweek, September, 2000.
Glen Helfand, “The Bay Area Awards Show”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 19, 2000.
Anjee Helstrup, “Urban Scratches and Decibels: Mark Gonzales, Chris Johanson, and Jon-Paul Villegas”, Zero Magazine, May, 2000.