The Art of Gabriel Villa, is a 100-page book that depicts Villa’s body of work 1990-2007. The book includes color plates of Villa’s paintings and drawings, and essays by writers, critics, and art patrons, including comments by Fred Camper from The Chicago Reader and Christian Gerstheimer, the curator of the El Paso Museum of Art.

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Image: “ArmHead with Maguey”, Mixed media on paper,
5 x 6 ft. 2003

Printed in China by Everbest Printing, Copyright 2007.

“Keepers” an exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art highlighting its permanent collection, emphasizing recent acquisitions created by artists from Chicago, Mexico and the West Coast.

Exhibit runs Jan. 20 – Oct. 21, 2012

Featured work Gabriel Villa’s “Quien Soy, Soy Quien..” Oil on Canvas, 6 x 6 ft. 2004.

Curated by Gabriel Villa
January 21 – June 1, 2011 at the National Museum of Mexican Art

Works by Nicole Marroquin & Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves explored a spectrum of visual ideas through original and provocative works. The pieces transform perceptions and ideas of human anatomy, identity, and social/cultural structures through depictions of natural and man-made forms. Jointly their works transform the space to depict personal and figurative forms, which reveal psychological elements that position portraiture beyond the traditional.

This exhibit featured works by Gabriel Villa made from 2007-2010.

Gabriel Villa
“Black Hope: Between Poverty & Capitalism”
Mixed media on paper with frames (made of actual pennies)
2008

Razkuachismo is the marriage and contradictive fusion of high and low art inspired by urban and small town aesthetics. Razkauche (group exhibition) was curated by by Marcos Raya and was supported in part, by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

“Spirituality and Surveillance” Outdoor mural 40 x 10 ft. Commissioned by Immodest Proposals Version 2009, Chicago, IL.

In May 2009, Villa was commissioned to paint a mural on private property in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood depicting three Chicago Police Department public surveillance cameras that carried the CPD logo along with other images, like a crucified Christ, a deer head and a skull. The mural was painted over completely by the Graffiti Blasters at the behest of 11th Ward Alderman Balcer, sparking a national controversy over censorship, surveillance and private property.

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