Carlos Villa
Bio
Carlos Villa (b. 1936 - d. 2013, San Francisco, USA) was a San Francisco-born visual artist, grass-roots activist, curator, author, and educator for over 40 years at the San Francisco Art Institute, among other Bay Area institutions
In 2022, Villa received the first-ever major museum retrospective dedicated to the work of a Filipino American artist, which toured from the Newark Museum of Art to the San Francisco Art Institute and Asian Art Museum. Villa’s works were also included in the 2011 solo retrospective Manongs, Some Doors and a Bouquet of Crates at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, and Other Sources: An American Essay, a multidisciplinary, multiethnic exhibition centered around women and artists of color, curated by Villa and presented in conjunction with the 1976 American Bicentennial.
Image: Family photos of Carlos Villa, courtesy the Estate of Carlos Villa and Silverlens, Manila and New York.
Carlos Villa (b. 1936 - d. 2013, San Francisco, USA) was a San Francisco-born visual artist, grass-roots activist, curator, author, and educator for over 40 years at the San Francisco Art Institute, among other Bay Area institutions
In 2022, Villa received the first-ever major museum retrospective dedicated to the work of a Filipino American artist, which toured from the Newark Museum of Art to the San Francisco Art Institute and Asian Art Museum. Villa’s works were also included in the 2011 solo retrospective Manongs, Some Doors and a Bouquet of Crates at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, and Other Sources: An American Essay, a multidisciplinary, multiethnic exhibition centered around women and artists of color, curated by Villa and presented in conjunction with the 1976 American Bicentennial.
Image: Family photos of Carlos Villa, courtesy the Estate of Carlos Villa and Silverlens, Manila and New York.
Video
Selected Works
Selected Works
1) Untitled “who listens”
2) Untitled “uncle is humiliated and stays silent”
3) Untitled “auntie comparing her child when there is no comparison”
2.) 177h x 12w in • 449.58h x 30.5w cm
3.) 175.2h x 12w in • 445h x 30.5w cm
Selected Exhibitions
Selected Press
- Art Basel | What being ‘Asian American’ means to four diasporic artists
- The Amp | Carlos Villa and Leo Villador, Reunited
- The Back Room | Duets
- The New York Times | What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in October
- Frieze | Which Artists are on Alvaro Barrington’s and Simone Leigh’s Radars?
- Cultured Mag | Frieze London Tapped Simone Leigh, Wolfgang Tillmans, and More to Spotlight New Voices at the Fair. Here’s Who They Picked
- The Baltimore Sun | 10 groundbreaking Filipino Americans in US history
- HyperAllergic | 15 Art Shows to See in New York This October
- Frieze | Artist-to-Artist: Carlos Villa Proposed by Anthea Hamilton
- Hyperallergic | The Filipino-American Friends Who Forged New Artistic Paths
- Ocula | New York Lowdown 2023: 9 Must-See Autumn Exhibitions
- Artnet | Where Does Art Stand Today? Here Are a Few Critical Impressions Gleaned at the Frieze New York Art Fair
- Frieze | Take a Bite of the Big Apple with Art:LIVE at Frieze New York
- Town & Country | T&C Design Dispatch: NY Design Week Highlights, Frieze NY, Spring Shopping and More
- The New York Times | At Frieze New York 2023, One-Person Shows That Shine
- ARTnews | The Best Booths at Frieze New York 2023, From a Jack Whitten Tribute to a Lament for Roe v. Wade’s Overturning
- Artnet | Frieze Forecast: Artists Opt to Either Ply Ancient Traditions or Explore the Outer Realms of the Future
- Observer | On View Now: What to See at Frieze New York 2023
- Cultured Magazine | These 6 Works at Frieze New York Show the Art Market Heading in New Directions
- Frieze | Drew Sawyer's Five Favorite Works from Frieze New York Viewing Room 2023
- Financial Times | Silverlens gallery offers stateside visibility to south-east Asian artists
- Frieze | Alex Gartenfeld's Top Picks from Frieze New York Viewing Room 2023
- Cultured Magazine | 4 Veteran Art Advisors (and New Yorkers) on How To Navigate Frieze New York
- Artnet | Here Is Your Go-To Guide to the Next Two Weeks of Art Fairs in New York
- Frieze | Artist Solo Shows at Frieze New York 2023
- ARTnews | Silverlens Takes on Estates of Carlos Villa and Leo Valledor, Two Major Filipino American Artists
- NPR | How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others
- ARTnews | A Bracing Retrospective of Carlos Villa Shows Just How Prescient the Artist’s World Making Is for Today’s Artists and Thinkers
- ArtAsiaPacific | San Francisco: Carlos Villa
- ArtForum | Carlos Villa
- 48 Hills | SF’s Carlos Villa becomes first Filipino American honored by a major museum retrospective
- ArtReview | Tradition and Invention in Diasporic Filipino Art
- The San Francisco Standard | Erasing Erasure: Two Historic Exhibits Cement the Legacy of Late Filipino Artist Carlos Villa
- Juxtapoz | Worlds in Collision: The Groundbreaking Work of Filipino-American Artist Carlos Villa
- San Francisco Chronicle Datebook | S.F. artist Carlos Villa was told there was no such thing as ‘Filipino art.’ So he made history
- The Art Newspaper | How Filipino American artist Carlos Villa poignantly visualised Asian American invisibility
- W Magazine | Carlos Villa’s First Major Retrospective Makes Filipino Art History