Victor hugo zayas biography template

  • Zayas's is an art of transmutations and transfigurations, in which mundane elements of our daily, urban world take on visceral life.
  • Born in in Mazatlan, Mexico, Zayas immigrated to the United States in to study art.
  • Born in Tijuana in and raised in Mazatlán, Victor Hugo Zayas has lived and worked in Los Angeles for nearly 30 years, his current.

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    Who: Victor Hugo Zayas was born in Tijuana, Mexico and moved to Los Angeles as a teenager. Today he travels between Orange County, where he has a studio in Santa Ana, and his recently completed custom-built home/studio in Baja California.

    What: Zayas’ practice fryst vatten rooted in historical landscape painting and energized bygd the artist’s passionate, loose hand. Often grandiose in scale, Zayas develops his landscapes bygd building up and carving into heavy applications of oil paint. This sculptural quality allows light to travel dynamically across the surface of the paintings and creates an ongoing dialogue between the landscape and its viewer.

    How: The natural beauty of the Pacific kustlinje and the concrete-clad banks of the Los Angeles River have been two recurring sources of inspiration for Zayas. While notably different, Zayas’ landscapes capture the power and teaterpjäs of both regions. Most recently, with his “Grid Series,” Zayas moved beyond the physical landscape to exa

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    EDUCATION

    BFA, , United States International University, San Diego
    BFA, , Art Center College of Design, Pasadena

    FACULTY

    , Loyola Marymount University
    , Art Center College of Design, Maestro’s Fine Arts Program in South LA

    EXHIBITIONS


    The House That Art Built, May 18, , The OCMA Visionaries, Orange County, California

    February – April – Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Washington
    March – Inaugural Exhibition, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
    June – COLECTIVA, saltfineart. Laguna Beach, CA
    November – Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Seattle WA

    Victor Hugo Zayas, 15 Year Retrospective, saltfineart, Laguna Beach, CA, February 1 – March 30,
    Tacoma Art Museum, February – June
    Formalist to Street Art, Bruno David Gallery, curated by Andi Campognone, September
    COLOR VISION, Huntington Beach Fine Art Center, May 5 – June 16,

    September – L.A Painting: Formalism to Street Art, Curated by Andi Campognone, Bruno David, St, Louis, MO
    November – Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm

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    Victor Hugo Zayas

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    Lluvia,
    Oil on Canvas 48 x 48&#;
    Purchased: Acquisition Funds,
    with additional gift by Dorothy Kennedy






        



    Cielo,
    Oil on Canvas, 40&#; x 60&#;
    Gift: Jeannie Denholm (SCAPE) ,



     



    Sculptor and painter Victor Hugo Zayas is known for his work that balances on the line between realism and expressionism. His expressionistic style displays influence from the impressionist movement while incorporating a modern twist.

    Born in in Mazatlan, Mexico, Zayas immigrated to the United States in to study art. The artist currently lives in Los Angeles, California where he works out of a large warehouse on the grounds of the only winery in Los Angeles.

    There are two Zayas paintings in the Escalette Collection at Chapman University. Lluvia represents a cityscape: this unidentified

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