Born 1973, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2001
University of California, Irvine, MFA in Studio Art
1999
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, BFA
1996
Art Center College of Art, Pasadena, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2008
For All I know He had my Friend Angel Killed… , Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
Black Squirrel Society, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
Focus: Mario Ybarra Jr. – Take me out…, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007
Be Good...If You Can't Be Good Be Careful..., Galleria Maze, Torino, Italy
Mario Ybarra Jr., Capp Street Project, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, curated by Jens Hoffman, San Francisco, CA
Bring me the head of…, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Tea Time For Tito, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Positions, Miami, FL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Desertshore, Luckman Gallery, California State Los Angeles, curated by Jan Tumlir, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Confidential, Parc Saint-Leger – Center d'Art Contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2007
Latitude, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
The Theater of Life, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Italy
The World as a Stage, curated by Jessica Morgan, Tate Modern, London, UK and ICA, Boston, MA
Prague Biennial 3, Prague, Czech Republic
2006
2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Tijuana Biennial, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY, traveling to (CAPC) Musee d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Consider This…, designed by Barbara Kruger, with Mark Bradford, Dorit Cypis, Margaret Honda, Philip Rantzer, Mario Ybarra, Jr., and Bruce Yonemoto LACMA Lab, Los Angeles, CA
People for a better tomorrow, curated by Meg Cranston, UC Riverside Gallery, Riverside, CA
Home of the Free, curated by Jens Hoffman, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2005
Uncertain States of America, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum, and Gunnar B. Kvaran, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, traveling to CCS Bard, New York, Serpentine Gallery, London, Reykjavik Art Museum, Moscow Biennale, Herning Art Museum, CCA Warsaw, Le Musée de Sérignan, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague and Songzhuan Art Centre, Beijing.
2004
Dreamscape: UCI Alumni Show, curated by Juli Carson, UC Irvine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
100 Artists See God, curated By John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA. Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
C-level, curated by Carolina Ponce De Leon, Galleria De La Raza, San Francisco, CA
I Am The Remix, curated by Adrienne Lai, The Western Front, Vancouver, B.C.
2003
I Am A Curator, curated by Per Hutter, ROCKER BY CHOICE, curated by Tone
O'Neilson, Chisenhale Gallery, London England.
Slangthis, Slanguage Art Collective exhibition, 4-F Galley, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Rethinking Drawing, curated by Max Presneill, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Better Look Twice, curated by Geoffrey C. Allen, Pasadena City College,
Pasadena, CA
Street Show, curated by Lisa Dorin & Liza Johnson, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Whacked, curated by John Souza, The Practice Space, Los Angeles, CA
A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Just A Show, curated by Jens Hoffman, The Project, Los Angeles, CA.
Mixed Feelings, USC Fischer Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Gimme Shelter: Nuevo videos sobre incomodidad suburbana, curated by Rita Gonzales, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Storefront LIVE, Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Democracy When? Activist Strategizing in Los Angeles, curated by Tone O'Niesen, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Oddrawings, curated by Tyler Stallings, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2001
Echo Location, University Gallery, Irvine, CA
Capital Art, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000
America Foto Latina, University of Guadalajara Art Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico
Us vs. Them, Arthouse, Irvine, CA
Concrete Labs, curated by Tyler Stallings, Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana, CA.
gang bang, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
Senales de Resistencia, curated by Lorena Wolfer, Mexico D.F., Mexico
1999
Otis College of Art and Design Senior Show, Los Angeles, CA
dispute resolution services, George's, Los Angeles, CA
1998
DIS/DAT, Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
Hot, Mild, Other, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Plastica, Hollywood, CA
Performances
2005
For All I Know He Had My Friend Angel Killed, Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Positions, Miami Beach, FL
2003
Below The Belt, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Cowboys On Broadway, A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not
Just A Show, curated by Jens Hoffman, The Project, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Working Classics, Side Street Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Monster Mash, OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA
1999
Allmodcons, Otis College Of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA
1997
Super Cultura, South Central, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
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"Jury, Louise, Barber shop Tate-a-Tate", The Evening Standard, October 22, 2007
Mizota, Sharon. "Mario Ybarra Jr.: Bring Me the Head of…", Art Ltd, May, 2007 pp.21
Knight, Christopher. "Thin show sports some sharp barbs", Los Angeles Times, February 23, 2007
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Chang, Daniel. "Fabiola Santiago, and Elisa Turner, 'America's largest art market' is open", Miami Herald, Dec. 7, 2006
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Hart, Hugh. "Reflecting the Street", Los Angeles Times. September 3, 2006
Smith, Roberta. "Endgame Art? It's Borrow, Sample and Multiply in an Exhibition at Bard College", New York Times. July 7, 2006
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Wride, Nancy. "Graff Girls' Paint Up a Storm", California Section, Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2003 pg B2
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"ODDRAWING exhibition review", OC weekly. 2001
AMERICA FOTO LATINA exhibition catalogue. 2000, pp 55-56
Botey, Mariana and Perez, Pilar. Capitol Art /On The Culture of Punishment exhibition catalogue. p.65
Ortiz-Torres, Ruben. Toys/Juguetes., Poliester, Vol.6#21, Winter, Mexico City, Cover Art, pp.38-43
Publications
The World as a Stage, Tate Modern, London, UK, curated by Catherine Wood and Jessica Morgan, 2007
Anna Helwing Gallery Conversations: Karl Haendel and Mario Ybarra Jr. Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK, 2006
California Biennial 06, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, 2006
Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, 2005
100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, 2004
A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Just A Show, The Project, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jens Hoffman, 2004
Democracy When? by Tone O. Nielson, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
COLLECTIONS
The Collection of Eilene And Peter Norton Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Private Collection of Sydney Littenburg, Santa Monica, CA
Private Collection of Mario Ontiveros ,Los Angeles CA
The Museo Salinas Collection, Mexico City D.F.,Mexico
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008 Levitt Fellow, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2000 Artsbridge Scholar Award, Irvine, CA
1997 Otis College Institutional Grant, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Otis Summer Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Art Center Minority Scholarship, Pasadena, CA
1991 First Prize, Harbor College Art Competition, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Scholarship, Wilmington Historical Society, Los Angeles, CA