Frank Vega
fvega@saic.edu
b.1992, Cuenca, Ecuador, lives and works in Chicago, IL
Education
2022 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 BFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Painting
Solo Exhibition
2023 Who Knew How to Dance, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2023 Zero°, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
Two Person Exhibition
2021 Pareidolia, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2019 Visceral, Extra Projects, Bobbi Meier, Curated by Karen Azarnia, Chicago, IL
2017 De Huesos Blancos, La Casa, office of inclusion and intercultural relations, Champaign, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Amuleto, El Lobi, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2023 Notations, Dock 6 Design & Art 15, Chicago, IL
2023 Post-Photo: Beyond The Camera Lens, Curiouser KC Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
2023 Vigi(ia), Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2023 Amuleto, Gallery 2 & Cleve E. Carney Gallery, Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Picture Thingy, Chicago Athletic Hotel, Chicago, IL
2023 Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Making Space, The Plan Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Exit Counseling, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022 MFA Thesis Show, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 Need A Friend? The Franklin, Chicago, IL
2021 Rearview Mirror, School of the Art Institute, Curated by Chris Reeder Chicago, IL
2021 Ambiente Humano, Galeria 54, Curated by Anna Garner, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 Memoria Ancestral, Casa LÜ, Mexico City, Mexico
2020 Art in the Time of Quarantine, The Art Center Highland Park
2020 Still Relevant, Happy Gallery Chicago
2019 UNIDXS - Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
2018 Alumni Show / 8 to Create, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2018 Small Works, Harper College, Palatine, IL
2018 Fundraiser Exhibition, Three Seeds Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 GIFC, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
2018 Families, Lincolnwood Village Hall Gallery, Lincolnwood, IL
2018 The Traveling Classroom, Industrious Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018 BFA Thesis Show, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2018 Self(ish) Painting + Sculpture Exhibition, Independent Media Center, Champaign, IL
2017 8 to Create, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
2017 Transformation, FLagg Hall, Champaign, IL
2017 Self, Bloc Gallery, Champaign, IL
Performance
2018 Mozawa, A Swan Song,, Chicago IL
Fairs
2023 MWDAFF, Booth: W27, Curiouser Kansas City, Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS
2022 MDW Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Solo Booth, Chicago, IL
Awards
2022 Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2022 Leroy Neiman Fellowship Program from Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2021 Helen Frankenthaler Scholarship, Painting and Drawing, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2018 Dean's List, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2018 Florence M. House Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 Helen E. Platt Blake Scholarship, recognized by the faculty of Painting and Sculpture.
2017 Dean’s Choice Award, juried exhibition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 Wright Chapter of Local 1600 Student Scholarship Award, In Special Recognition for Academic Excellence
Press & Reviews
2023 Hyperallergic, Review by Lori Waxman
2022 MDW Art Fair at Mana Contemporary
2021 Ambiente Humano», at the Galería 54, CDMX
2021 New American Paintings, MFA Annual Competition
Artist Talk/Lecture
2023 Visiting Artist, North Park University, Albany Park, Chicago, IL
2022 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL
2022 Visiting Artist, The Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2022 Artist Talk, Under The Same Road, Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL
2022 Graduate Noontime Lecture Series, Department of Painting & Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 Artist Talk, Visceral moderated by Karen Azarnia, Chicago, IL
Curatorial Project
2023 More Sound Than Lemons, The Franklin, Chicago, IL
Other
2022 Summer Fellowship, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
2022 New American Paintings, No. 159, MFA Annual Issue
2021 Casa Lü, Residency program, Mexico City, Mexico
2020 Tanda, self-directed research program, Chuquimarca Projects, Chicago, IL
2018 Mozawa Summer Intensive Residence, Chicago, IL