Leo Villareal
Encyclopedia
Leo Villareal is an American
artist living and working in New York City
. His work combines LED
lights and encoded computer programming to create illuminated displays.
in 1990 and a graduate degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).
His work has been on display in Visual Music 1905-2005, National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C. where his work makes use of the walls of the tunnel between the East and West buildings, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; All-Digital, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Greater New York 2005, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, Fiction: New Vision in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, China and Art in America at Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea. Recent exhibitions include: Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY, "New Wave Art", Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY and That Was Then, This is Now, P.S.1/MoMA, New York, NY. In 2010 he will have a solo exhibition at the San Jose Museumof Art, San Jose, CA, and at Gering and Lopez Gallery, New York, NY. Villareal also has permanent installations at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
, Buffalo, NY, Perry Capital, New York, NY, and Related Companies, Columbus Circle, NY. Villareal's work can also be found in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art
, New York, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York. and in the private collection of prominent contemporary art collectors CJ Follini
and Renee Ryan.
Leo Villareal is represented by Gering and Lopez Gallery, New York, NY and Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC.
Leo Villareal
United States
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artist living and working in New York City
New York City
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. His work combines LED
LEd
LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....
lights and encoded computer programming to create illuminated displays.
Biography
Villareal received a BA in sculpture from Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1990 and a graduate degree from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....
, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).
His work has been on display in Visual Music 1905-2005, National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...
Washington, D.C. where his work makes use of the walls of the tunnel between the East and West buildings, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the...
, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; All-Digital, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Greater New York 2005, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, Fiction: New Vision in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, China and Art in America at Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea. Recent exhibitions include: Gering & López Gallery, New York, NY, "New Wave Art", Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY and That Was Then, This is Now, P.S.1/MoMA, New York, NY. In 2010 he will have a solo exhibition at the San Jose Museumof Art, San Jose, CA, and at Gering and Lopez Gallery, New York, NY. Villareal also has permanent installations at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is an art museum located in Delaware Park in Buffalo, New York. The gallery is a major showplace for modern art and contemporary art. It is located directly across the street from Buffalo State College.-History:...
, Buffalo, NY, Perry Capital, New York, NY, and Related Companies, Columbus Circle, NY. Villareal's work can also be found in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York. and in the private collection of prominent contemporary art collectors CJ Follini
CJ Follini
CJ Follini is an American digital media entrepreneur, film producer and real estate investor. A native New Yorker who built his group of companies by investing in alternative real estate types such as: digital film studios; healthcare real estate; student housing; and artist residence clubs as...
and Renee Ryan.
Leo Villareal is represented by Gering and Lopez Gallery, New York, NY and Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC.
External links
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