Mario Ybarra Jr.
Lives and works in Los Angeles CA
Born 1973, Los Angeles CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles CA
Education
2001
University of California, MFA, Los Angeles CA
1999
Otis College of Art and Design, BFA, Los Angeles CA
1996
Art Center College of Art, Pasadena CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin
2009
The
Only City on the Whole West Coast Without Beach Access. Brown Gallery, London
2008
Scarface
Museum: ...For All I Know He Had My Friend Angel Killed. Galerie Bob van Orsouw,
Zurich
Black
Squirrel Society. Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York NY
Focus_ Mario Ybarra Jr. - Take Me Out No Man Is an Island. 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. (curated by Jens Hoffman),
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (cat.), San Francisco CA
Bring
me the Head of… . Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
New
Works: 09.3. (curated by Jens Hoffman), Artpace, San Antonio TX
Ultrasonic. Mark Moore Gallery, Santa
Monica CA
Installations
Inside/Out. Armory 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Armory Center for the Arts,
Pasadena CA
Triennial
Poly/Gráfica de San Juan. América Latina y el Caribe, San Juan, PR
On
the Shoulders of Davids. JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2008
Desertshore. Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles
CA
The
Whitney Biennial. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY
Phantom
Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement. LACMA, Los Angeles CA
Los
Angeles Confidential. Parc Saint-Leger – Centre d‘art de Pougues Les-Eaux,
Pougues Les-Eaux, France
2007
The
World as a Stage. (curated by Jessica Morgan and Catherine Wood) with,
Pawel Althammer, Cezary Bodzianowski, Ulla von Brandenburg, Jeremy Deller,
Trisha Donnelly, Geoffrey Farmer, Andre Fraser, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Jeppe Hein, Renata Lucas, Rita McBride,
Roman Ondák, Markus Schinwald, Tino Sehgal, Catherine Sullivan, Tate
Modern, London and ICA, Boston MA
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,
Trento, Italy
Prague
Biennial 3. Prague
2006
2006
California Biennial. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA
Alien
Nation.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Tijuana
Biennial.
Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Grey
Flags.
Sculpture Center, Long Island City NY; CAPC, Musee d‘Art Contemporain,
Bordeaux, France
Consider
this… .
(designed by Barbara Kruger), LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los
Angeles CA
People
for a Better Tomorrow. (curated by Meg Cranston), UCR Sweeny Art 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; CCS
Bard, New York NY; Serpentine Gallery, London, UK; Reykjavik Art Museum,
Reykjavik, Island; Moscow Biennale, Moscow; Herning Art Museum, Herning,
Denmark; CCA Warsaw, Poland; Le Musée de
Sérignan, Sérignan, France;
Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republik; Songzhuan Art Centre,
Beijing, China
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), Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco CA
I
am the Remix. (curated by Adrienne Lai), The Western Front, Vancouver, B. C., Canada
2003
I
am a Curator. (curated by Per Huttner), Chisenhale Gallery, London
Rocker
by Choice.
(curated by Tone O’Neilson), Chisenhale Gallery, London
Slangthis. Slanguage Art Collective Exhibition,
4-F Gallery, 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’Neilson)
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. Art Museum of the University
of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Us
vs. Them.
(curated by Tyler Stallings) 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), Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico D.F.,
Mexico
1999
Otis
College of Art and Design Senior Show. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
DRS/Dispute
Resolution Services. George’s, Los Angeles CA
1998
DIS/DAT. Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles
CA
Hot,
Mild, Other. Bolsky Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles CA
1997
Plastica. Hollywood CA
PERFORMANCES
2007
Sweeny
Tate.
Tate Modern, London
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
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2004
Urban
Hieroglyphics 2. Up’space Gallery, LA 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.
Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena CA
Relative. 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























