Artist Statement

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Magaly Vega-Lopez was born in Mexico city in 1986. She is a visual storyteller that uses counter narratives to start a dialogue on the violent acts of reality and pursues possible social healings through art.

She likes the idea of creating fictions that seemed quite "real". Stories that we can relate, between the familiar and the oddness, she plays. Creating new worlds that seem familiar but unrecognizable at the same time. Using art as a medium to understand the world, to engage with our community and imagining a better future.

Education

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2019
MA Art + Education
NYU Steinhardt
New York, NY

2016
MFA Painting
New York Academy of Art
New York, NY

2010
BA Interactive Design.
Universidad Iberoamericana
México City, Mexico

Solo Exhibitions

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2018
The Revolution of the Oblivion
Tribu de trueno. Estación Araucanía //Av. Bustillo 11,500. San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.

Selected
Group Exhibitions

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2019
The Wrong Biennal
Epicentre
"video on screen" program

curated by systaime

& David Quiles Guillo

NYU Alumni Show 2019

curated by Martha Wilson

Barney Gallery //34 Stuyvesent St, NY, NY, 10003

Paddle 8 +
New York Academy of Art
curated by Lolita Cros

online exhibition

Greenpoint Open Studios 2019

Java Studios// 252 Java St., Brooklyn, NY, 11205

2018
Real Men
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz// 500 Brickell Key Dr, Miami, FL 33131
Part of Miami Art Week Fair

1st Bienal. Nunca fuimos nada
Los 14 // Gabino Barreda 19, San Rafael, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico, 06470

Somewhat Unwanted
Los 14 // Gabino Barreda 19, San Rafael, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico, 06470
Part of Santo Santa Event Summer 2018

Greenpoint Open Studios 2018
Java Studios// 252 Java St., Brooklyn, NY, 11205

Artspace + New York Academy of Art

curated by Damien Loeb

//
https://www.artspace.com/

Little but Fierce
ChaSaMa // 7 E 14th St, NY, 10003

Mother and Child
198 Allen Gallery Space & Sugarlift // 198 Allen St, New York, NY, 10002

In Perspective
Wilkinson Gallery // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

2017
Deck the Walls
Wilkinson Gallery // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Trazando Ayuda
Unitec Gallery//Calzada Ermita Iztapalapa, 09810 Mexico City, Mexico

Single Fare 4 Exhibition
Highline Stages//441 W 14th St, New York, NY,10014

New York Academy of Art Annual Summer Exhibition
Flowers Gallery // 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY, 10013

Perfection for a T
105 Gallery // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Greenpoint Open Studios 2017
Java Studios// 252 Java St., Brooklyn, NY, 11205

Impronta
Galería Libertad // Libertad 56, Centro, 76000 Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico

2016
Deck the Walls
Wilkinson Gallery // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Picturing the Unprintable
Flux Factory // 39-31 29th st, Long Island City, NY, 11101

Apapacho
Baron’s // 564 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11205

La Casa Rosada
Kinfolk 94 // 94 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249
MFA Thesis Exhibit

The Copyist Culmination event
The MET Fifth Avenue// 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028

Tribeca Ball
New York Academy of Art // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Moscow Residency Exhibition
105 Gallery // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

2015
Deck the Walls
Wilkinson Gallery // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Tribeca Ball
New York Academy of Art // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

2014
COPY/CUT/EDIT
New York Academy of Art // 111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Pictoplasma Exhibition
MARCO (Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art) // Zuazua S/N, Centro, 64000 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

The Pictoplasma Portrait Gallery
Pictoplasma // Kaufhaus Jandorf, Brunnenstr. 19-21, Berlin Mitte, Germany

Menta Movement
MACAY (Yucatan Museum of Contemporary Art ) // Pasaje Revolucion, Centro Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

2013
Creative Rising Exhibition
See. Me // 26-19 Jackson AVE Long Island City, NY, 11101

The Story of the Creative
See. Me // 26-19 Jackson AVE Long Island City, NY, 11101

2012
9th edition
"Corredor Cultural Roma Condesa"
SAE Institute Mexico // José Vasconcelos 184, Ciudad de México, México

Art Residencies

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2018

Tribu de Trueno

Bariloche, Argentina

2015
The Moscow Art Residency
Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia

Seminars, Talks & Workshops

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2019
Visionary Studios:
Breaking the silence
on Gender Violence
NYU
NYC, NY

2018
1st National Congress of Visual Arts:
A look at Contemporary Art.
Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, Mexico

Teaching Experience

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2019
Teacher Assistant
City- as- School
Tifanny Jones
Art Classes
High School

Student- Teacher
PS 188 The Island School
Art Classes 5th-8th

2018
Student- Teacher
Girls Prep Lower East Side
Art classes
K-4th

Teacher Assistant
PS 188 The Island School
Dr. Lou Lahana
Social action Makerspace Class
5th-8th

2017
Teacher
Goose Grease after-school
Art Classes
K-5th

2016
Teacher Assistant
Borough of Manhattan CC
Painting Studio I

2015
Teacher Assistant
New York Academy of Art. Certificate
Manu Saluja
Painting I: Direct Painting

2011 - 2013
Supervisor// Teacher // Teacher Assistant
SAE Institute Mexico
Supervisor:
Digital Animation Diploma and Game Design Diploma.
Teacher:
Color Theory, Introduction to 3D modeling, Composition and Layout Design for Backgrounds.
Teacher Assistant:
Typography, Visual Effects, Introduction to Sound and Video, Introduction to Animation, Art History, Storytelling, Design and Communication, Principles of Design, Drawing of the Figure, Photography Foundations,Drawing Foundations, Theory Design, Digital Image.

Large-scale Thoughts

2012