
Venezuelan-born, Mexico City-based artist who explore the substance of crude oil and its many manifestations with the intention of understanding what happened to one of the world's richest countries, which ultimately forced him to flee. Using crude oil as a key material in the creation of works that include drawings, photography, oil-ink blots, three-dimensional objects and prints, he has produced a personal archive of the products that form his country’s and his own collective memory and patrimony. He has exhibited extensively across the Americas, particularly Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela and the United States, and also in Paris and South Korea.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Tony Vazques Figueroa: Spectacular Modernity
Zona Maco Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico2019
Drawing from the Underdeveloped/ Line One
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL2018
Black Surface—The undoing Process
LnS Gallery, Miami, FL2017
Crude Inventory
La Galería en Zona 14 – Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala City, Guatemala2016
Within the Gaze
Artmedia Gallery, Miami, FL2011
Closepop
D’griss Art Gallery, Panama City, Panama2008
Catalogos
Galería Artepuy, Caracas, Venezuela2006
Ad/iconic
Galería Mad, Caracas, Venezuela2004
Venezuela Turmoil
South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL2003
Notations
Espacio D’stefano, Caracas, Venezuela2002
Retro/Prospective
Centro Cultural Capuy, Caracas, VenezuelaGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Artful Book
LnS Gallery, Miami, FLReferencias y diálogos
Beatriz Gil Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela2017
Routes Of Influence
Perez Art Museum/ PAMM, Miami, FLWorks on Paper National Exhibition
Long Island Beach Foundation, Long Beach, NJOolite
LnS Gallery, Miami, FLThe Collective Debut
LnS Gallery, Miami, FLCrudo/Archivo
Espacio Cultural Fundación Rozas-Botrán, Guatemala City, Guatemala2016
Inventory/Takes
The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NYArte en Mayo
Museo de Arte Moderno de Guatemala, GuatemalaWorks on Paper National Exhibition
Long Island Beach Foundation, Long Beach, NJ2015
Rozas-Brotran Foundation Exhibition
AG Gallery/ Northern Trust Bank, Miami, FLWorks on Paper National Exhibition
Long Island Beach Foundation, Long Beach, NJThe Color of Latin
Gyeongnam Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea2014
63rd Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition
Boca Museum, Boca Raton, FLVenezuela/Ukraine: Unexpected Conversation
Black Square Gallery, Miami, FLUrbanism
Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FLPaper Work Project
Black Square Gallery, Miami, FL2013
Summer Reading
Black Square Gallery, Miami, FLDessine Moi
Galerie 208 Chicheportiche, Paris, France2012
Acquired
The Bakehouse Art complex, Miami, FLTridimensionnel
Galerie 208 Chicheportiche, Paris, France2011
Utilitaria
Galería Mad, Caracas, VenezuelaSauvages
JP Platform Gallery, Miami, FL2010
65 salón
Michelena, Valencia, VenezuelaIdentidades
Galería Mad, Caracas, VenezuelaCollect Collage
Galería Estudio Arte 8, Caracas, VenezuelaBrasil Re-imaginado
Brazilian Consulate, Caracas, VenezuelaRetomando el Rojo
Galería Mad/Studio 64, Caracas,VenezuelaEclectic
Galería G7, Caracas, Venezuela.2009
V Bienal de Maracaibo
Maracaibo, VenezuelaPixeles
Gabriela Benaim Gallery, Caracas, VenezuelaBridge to the Americas
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Los Angeles, CA2007
Individualidades
Galería Artepuy/ Beatriz Gil Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela2004
Ground Art
Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL2001
Merit Show
New York Studio School, New York, NY1998
Untitled
Salón Servando Cabrera, Havana, Cuba -
Education
2002
Slade School of Painting at University College London, England
New York Studio School/ New York Academy of Art, New York, NY1998
Academia de Arte San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba1993
Emerson College, Boston, MA
BFA in Film -
Collections
‘Black Gold’ Oil Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Miami, FL
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA
The Villanueva Collection, Caracas, Venezuela
Fundación la Previsora, Venezuela
The Kluger Kaplan Collection, Miami, FL
The Capriles Collection, Caracas, Venezuela
The Maldonado Collection, Miami, FL
The Rozas-Botrán Foundation Collection, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Awards
2020
Ellies Creator Award Winner, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL2017
Honorable Mention, Works on Paper Long Island Beach Foundation for the Arts, Long Beach, NJ2015
Latin American Award, Rozas Botrán Foundation, Miami, FL2014
First Prize, 63rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Museum, Boca Raton, FL2001
First Prize, Good Will Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela