Laura Pretto Vargas

Laura Pretto Vargas

Biography

Agora Gallery (Group exhibition) Engaging the Full Spectrum - October/November 2020 - New York City (US)

Artblend (Group exhibition) - October 2020 - Miami (US)

Artblend (Group exhibition) - December 2020 - Miami (US)

Divulgarti Group (Group exhibition) - Gifts of Art 4° edition - December 2020 - Gallery in Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura, Genova (IT)

Hansford and Sons Fine Art (Group exhibition) - Pandemonium - January 2021 - Online

Contemporary Art Curator (Group exhibition) - Infinite Dreams - February/June 2021 - Online

Artblend ( The Palm Beach Show - Contemporary Focus ) - February 2021 - Palm Beach (US) 

PAKS Gallery (Group exhibition) - Contemporary Art. Artist and the vision - January/February 2021 - Gallery in Castle Hubertendorf (Austria)

PAKS Gallery (Group exhibition) - Modern Art Evolution - February/July 2021 - Vienna (Austria)

Saphira & Ventura Gallery (Group exhibition) - Divino Feminino - March/May 2021 - Online

ARTFACT Gallery (Solo exhibition) - June 2021 - New York City (US)

‘Artist of the Future’ - Contemporary Art Curator Magazine - 2020

‘Collector’s Vision International Art Award’ - Contemporary Art Curator Magazine - 2021

Artist Statement
Italo-Brazilian artist based in Miami. Her paintings are gestural and aesthetically similar to artworks from the Abstract Expressionist movement, and as a lover of art history, Vargas’ work gains inspiration from it and in a variety of styles. Her canvases are filled with highly textural brush marks and color application. Beginning her education as a fashion designer she realized the fashion industry was not the correct setting to explore her creative impulses, and then decided to pursue a painting career. Vargas paints her abstract and abstract figurative works with mainly acrylic and oil paints but has experience and appreciation for additional mediums.

Her artwork evolves as she gains experiences in the world, at the root of each painting are basic human emotions shared by all in different forms. Her artistic language seeks to express feelings of vulnerability, happiness, energy, sexuality, and so on. Her abstract works express shared human emotions and are made to connect with her own and other’s specific emotional life experiences, providing a space for connection and reflection.

Website: www.lauraprettovargas.com

Instagram: @lauraprettovargas

Facebook: @LPrettoVargas

Shame, Acrylic on canvas, 18"x12"

Shame, Acrylic on canvas, 18"x12"

The Lost Man, Oil pastel on paper, 11"x8"

The Lost Man, Oil pastel on paper, 11"x8"

Take Your Pleasures Seriously, Acrylic on canvas, 35"x24"

Take Your Pleasures Seriously, Acrylic on canvas, 35"x24"

Untitled Woman, acrylic on canvas, 36"x24"

Untitled Woman, acrylic on canvas, 36"x24"

Not Your Toy, installation, mixed media, 22"x18"x3"

Not Your Toy, installation, mixed media, 22"x18"x3"

Gravity Hurts, acrylic & Ink on paper, 36"x24"

Gravity Hurts, acrylic & Ink on paper, 36"x24"

Fundus Oculi, Acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 31"x39"

Fundus Oculi, Acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 31"x39"

Androgynous, Acrylic on paper board , 36"x24"

Androgynous, Acrylic on paper board , 36"x24"

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