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Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

Mexican, b. 1972
Vargas Suarez Universal (born 1972, Mexico City, Mexico - lives in New York and Kyrgyz Republic) Rafael Vargas-Suarez was born in Mexico City and raised in the Houston, Texas suburb of Clear Lake City, near NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Vargas-Suarez enjoyed a creative upbringing, inspired partly by his grandfather’s work as a big-band musician and conductor from the 1920s through the 1950s. As a teenager, Vargas-Suarez played the drums in experimental garage bands with friends and, at sixteen, he began signing his work Vargas-Suarez Universal. The artist studied art history and astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin from 1991 to 1996. In 1997, following his graduation, Vargas-Suarez Universal moved to New York City and continued to draw inspiration from urban spaces, technological innovations, contemporary infrastructure, spaceflight programs, astronaut photography, and Earth science data. Vargas-Suarez has conducted post-studio research at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA; Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Korolyov (Moscow), Russia; and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, El Museo del Barrio, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art. His writings have been published by Right Brain Words, New York; Edizioni Charta, Milano and The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. The Museum of Modern Art Library, Whitney Museum of American Art, El Museo del Barrio, Queens Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc. Archives (all in New York); Jersey City Museum, NJ; Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, RI; Baltimore Museum of Art, MD; Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin,TX; Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy; Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; DA2 (Domus Artium, 2002) Salamanca, Spain; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), León, Spain, Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation, JPMorgan Chase Art Collection and the UBS Art Collection.
(Biography provided by Hutchinson Modern)
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Artist: Vargas-Suarez Universal
Mars Base
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Mars Base, 2020 Signed, titled and dated 2020 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Acrylic oil enamel and oil on linen 52 x 52 in
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2010s Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

45 Red Vectors
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
45 Red Vectors, 2018-19 Hand sewn, felted and hand dyed Tian-Shan mountain sheep's wool in ala-kiyiz and shyrdak techniques 84 x 134 213.4 x 340.4 Edition of 3 + 1 AP Living and wor...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Textile, Wool

Vector Group No. 53
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vector Group No. 53 (2014) oil enamel, Japanese Sumi ink and gouache on artist's hand-made cotton paper 30 x 23 inches (unframed)
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Vector Group
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vector Group (2015) oil enamel on canvas 24 x 20 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Vector Group No. 55
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vector Group No. 55 (2014) oil enamel and gouache on artist's hand-made cotton paper 30 x 23 inches (unframed)
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Archival Paper, Gouache, Oil

Vector Group No. 61
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vargas-Suarez Universal Vector Group No. 61 (2014) oil enamel, Japanese Sumi ink and gouache on artist's hand-made cotton paper 30 x 23 inches (unframed)
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Mixed Media

Expedition 36 Russian EVA 34. 7Hrs. 29 Mins.
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Expedition 36 Russian EVA 34. 7Hrs. 29 Mins. (2013) oil enamel on polypropylene canvas 60 x 48 inches (152 x 122 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Vector Motion Array
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vector Motion Array (2014) oil enamel on polypropylene canvas 54 x 48 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Expedition 36 Russian EVA 35. 5Hrs. 58 Mins.
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Expedition 36 Russian EVA 35. 5Hrs. 58 Mins. (2013) oil enamel on polypropylene canvas 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Virus Americanus XII
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Virus Americanus XII, 2002 oil enamel on canvas 150 x 128 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Vectors Array
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vectors Array (2014) oil enamel on polypropylene canvas 54 x 48 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Vectorscape I
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vectorscape I, 2015 oil, oil enamel and acrylic enamel on wood panels 10 x 20 feet (in 12 parts) Rafael Vargas-Suarez (born 1972), more commonly known as Vargas-Suarez Universal, is a contemporary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Mexico City, Vargas-Suarez was raised in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, adjacent to the Johnson Space Center. From 1991 to 1996 he studied astronomy and art history at the University of Texas at Austin[citation needed] and moved to New York City in 1997. He is primarily known for large-scale wall drawings, paintings, drawings, and photographs that draw inspiration from architecture, astronomy, biology, and medicine. His work has been or is currently featured in numerous exhibits, such as the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York, the Jersey City Museum in Jersey City, New Jersey, the Thomas Erben Gallery in New York City, the Galeria Ramis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Vector Hardware Panel II
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vector Hardware Panel II, 2015 oil enamel on honeycomb aircraft aluminum panel 60 x 60 inches Rafael Vargas-Suarez (born 1972), more commonly known as Vargas-Suarez Universal, is a contemporary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Mexico City, Vargas-Suarez was raised in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, adjacent to the Johnson Space Center. From 1991 to 1996 he studied astronomy and art history at the University of Texas at Austin[citation needed] and moved to New York City in 1997. He is primarily known for large-scale wall drawings, paintings, drawings, and photographs that draw inspiration from architecture, astronomy, biology, and medicine. His work has been or is currently featured in numerous exhibits, such as the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York, the Jersey City Museum in Jersey City, New Jersey, the Thomas Erben Gallery in New York City, the Galeria Ramis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Aluminum, Enamel

Vector Assembly Sequence II
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vector Assembly Sequence II (2015) oil enamel on canvas 77 x 79 inches (195 x 200 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

Russian EVA 27 9:29 AM - 2:52 PM
By Vargas-Suarez Universal
Located in New York, NY
Vargas-Suarez Universal Russian EVA 27 9:29 AM - 2:52 PM, 2015 Enamel paint on canvas 91 x 91 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Vargas-Suarez Universal Art

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Enamel

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