Mario Ybarra Jr.

Biography

MARIO YBARRA JR.
Born: Los Angeles, CA, 1973
Lives: 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 Colección Privada, 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 (added) EXHIBITIONS

2008 Desertshore, Luckman Gallery, California State Los Angeles, curated
by Jan Tumlir, Los Angeles, California
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 and ICA, Boston
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 Tyller 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
2002 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


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2004 Urban Hieroglyphics 2,Up'space Gallery, L.A. Design Center, Los
Angeles, CA
2003 Elemental Journey: Your Style Is Worth While, 10 Year Survey Of
Graffiti Art In Los Angeles 1993-2003, Commissioned by The Los Angeles Dept. Of Cultural Affairs, Inshallah Gallery Los Angeles, CA
In My Room, Robert Alvarez, Eric Marquez, Arturo G, Ochoa, Joseph Park, Jay Stuckey, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA

Relative, Liat Yossifor, Brienne Arrington, Homeland Gallery, Homeland Cultural Center, Long Beach, CA
Echoes Of Africa: African-American Hair Braiding Exhibition, Homeland Gallery, Homeland Cultural Center, Long Beach, CA
Wonder Women: The Girls of Graff, Homeland Gallery, Homeland Cultural Center, Long Beach, CA
Cache, Paintings By Adrian De La Pena, Class C Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008 Ritchie, Abraham, Interview with Mario Ybarra, Jr., ArtSlant, June 2, 2008
2007 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
Hoffman, Jens, Mario Ybarra Jr., Contemporary Magazine, February, 2007, Issue #89, pp. 88-91
Berardini, Andrew, Mario Ybarra Jr. Bring me the head of… Art Review, February, 2007, pp. 149
Brooks, Amra, Mario Ybarra Jr.'s Bring me the head of . . ., LA Weekly, February 7, 2007
Hoffman, Jens, Mario Ybarra Jr., Work: Art In Progress, Winter 2006-2007, Issue 17, pp.36
Hoffman, Jens, First Take: Mario Ybarra Jr., Artforum, January 2007, pp. 212 - 213
2006 Chang, Daniel, Fabiola Santiago, and Elisa Turner, 'America's largest art market' is open, Miami Herald, Dec. 7, 2006
Frascina, Francis, We Dissent, Modern Painters, November 2006, pp 82
Zonkel, Phillip, Vivid Impressions, Long Beach Press Telegram, October 19, 2006
Fong Chin, John, Venturing out, but always close to home SqueezeOC.com, October 1, 2006
Knight, Christopher, Forget 'isms' – except eclecticism, Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2006
Joselit, David, Public Image Ltd. ArtForum, September 2006, pp 113-114
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
Schwendener, Martha, Grey Flags, Artforum Critics' Picks, June, 2006














































Kuo, Michelle, Consider This, Artforum Critics' Picks, June, 2006
Ollman, Leah , On the walls and in your face, LA Times. June 7, 2006.
Armstrong, Elizabeth, California Above All, Art Review, May 2006, pp 83
Leopold, Shelly, The Expressionist, LA Weekly, April 21 – 27, 2006, pp 34
2005 Danto, Arthur, Uncertain States of America, ArtForum, Dec 2005, pp 274
Kun, Josh, The New Chicano Movement, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Jan 9, 2005, pp 12-13
Willis, Holly, Billboard Oases, LA Weekly, Dec 31-Jan 6, 2005, pp 13
2004 Lai, Adrianne, FRONT, IAM THE REMIX, Jan-Feb, pp 32-33
Gonzalez, Rita, latinart,com, featured artist Slanguage (Mario Ybarra Jr., Juan Capistran) winter edition
2003 X-TRA MAGAZINE VOL.5 NO.4, ARTIST PROJECT BY
SLANGUAGE, title page, pp 11-13
Cotter,Holland, Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together, Arts & Leisure, Section 2, New York Times, January 19, 2003 pp 1, 36
2002 Wride, Nancy, 'Graff Girls' Paint Up a Storm, California Section, Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2003 pg B2
Razo, Vicente. Mosevis, C. Medina.C Navarete.F., Smart Art Press, The Official Museo Salinas Guide p.7
OC weekly, ODDRAWING exhibition review.
2000 AMERICA FOTO LATINA exhibition catalogue.pp 55-56
Botey Mariana, Pilar Perez: Capitol Art /On The Culture of Punishment exhibition catalogue. p.65
1998 Ortiz-Torres, Ruben: Toys/Juguetes., Poliester, Vol.6#21, Winter,
Mexico City, Cover Art, pp.38-43


PUBLICATIONS

2007 The World as a Stage, Tate Modern, London, UK, curated by Catherine Wood and Jessica Morgan.
2006 Anna Helwing Gallery Conversations: Karl Haendel and Mario Ybarra Jr. Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
California Bienniel 06, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2005 Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2004 100 Artists See God, Independent Curators International, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston
2002 A Show That Will Show That A Show Is Not Just A Show, The Project, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jens Hoffman

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


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
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Gallery Exhibitions

• Mario Ybarra Jr., Black Squirrel Society - June 24 - August 8, 2008

Museum Exhibitions

• Mario Ybarra Jr., Black Squirrel Society - June 24 - August 8, 2008

Press

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Selected Works

MARIO YBARRA, JR. Sweeny Tate, 2007 Installation view at Tate Modern, London


MARIO YBARRA, JR. Sweeny Tate, 2007 Installation view at Tate Modern, London


MARIO YBARRA, JR. The Peacock Doesn't See Its Own Ass/Let's Twitch Again: Operation Birdwatching In London, 2006 Installation view at Serpentine Gallery, London


MARIO YBARRA, JR. The Peacock Doesn't See Its Own Ass/Let's Twitch Again: Operation Birdwatching In London, 2006 Installation view at Serpentine Gallery, London


MARIO YBARRA, JR. Scarface Museum, 2007 Installation view at LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA


MARIO YBARRA, JR. Scarface Museum, 2007 Installation view at LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA


MARIO YBARRA, JR. Throw Your Hands Up...Surrender, 2006 color lightjet print diptych, each print: 60 x 48 inches 152.4 x 121.9 cm Edition 1 of 5 LM11568


MARIO YBARRA, JR. Go Tell It Megaphone, 2006 megaphone and microphone stand dimensions variable


MARIO YBARRA, JR. For All I Know He Had My Friend Angel Killed, 2005 Performance at Art Basel Miami Beach Art Positions, Miami Beach, FL


MARIO YBARRA, JR. We Shall Overcome, 2005 resin and metal 10 x 26 x 9 inches 25.4 x 66 x 22.9 cm LM11572


MARIO YBARRA, JR. Thanksgiving 2002, 2002 artist's hair and plexi box 5.25 x 13.5 x 6.5 inches 13.3 x 34.3 x 16.5 cm LM11566

Available Works

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MARIO YBARRA, JR. Black Squirrel Society, 2008 wood, varnish and glass 34 x 15 x 15 inches 86.4 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm Signed on the bottom LM11401 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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MARIO YBARRA, JR. Black Squirrel Society Small, 2008 acrylic on canvas 20 x 16 inches 50.8 x 40.6 cm LM11392 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com

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MARIO YBARRA, JR. Just Say No, 2008 two clay sculptures with acrylic on wooden base approximately 6 x 15 x 10.25 inches 15.2 x 38.1 x 26 cm LM11394 To inquire about this work please contact sales@lehmannmaupin.com