University of Oregon
Spring 2021 Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research
Thursday, May 27, 5:00 p.m.
Mario Ybarra Jr.: “I Did It for Revenge!”
George and Matilda Fowler Lecture
Mario will discuss some of his past projects and discuss the important role of the individual and collaborative artist in relationship to creating and in finding ways to tell one’s family’s stories and other marginalized narratives that have guided his artistic practice. He will engage audiences in creative strategies/tools for thinking and making Art.
Mario Ybarra Jr., is a visual and performance artist, educator, and activist who combines street culture with fine art in order to produce what he calls “contemporary art that is filtered through a Mexican-American experience in Los Angeles.” His work has been included in many group exhibitions, including Installations Inside/Out: Armory 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California; and Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (2008). He is co-founder of an artist run organization located in the Harbor area of Los Angeles, called Slanguage Studio (2002-present).
This lecture is made possible by the George and Matilda Fowler Endowment Fund.
Website: NA- see http://www.honorfraser.com/?s=news&aid=33
Headshot caption: photo credit: Lluvia Higuera
Image caption: Like A Cow Visiting a Butchershop…, 2013, Mixed Media, Dimensions Variable, ARCO Fair, Madrid Spain, image courtesy of Honor Fraser Gallery.
