Carlos Villa
b.
1936
,
San Francisco
,
California
Conceptual
Abstract
Biography
Carlos Villa (1936-2013) was a San Francisco-born visual artist, grass-roots activist, curator, author, and educator who taught for over 40 years at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 2022, he 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.
Notable information
- First Filipino American artist to receive a major museum retrospective (2022)
- Taught for over 40 years at the San Francisco Art Institute
- Pioneer in discussions about Filipino-American art identity
- Notable exhibitions include "Manongs, Some Doors and a Bouquet of Crates" (2011) and "Other Sources: An American Essay" (1976)
- Known for using diverse materials including feathers, paper pulp, bones, acrylic, canvas, and taffeta in his artwork
My Roots
Acrylic with feathers on unstretched canvas
91.5h x 92.9w in • 232.41h x 236w cm
,
1970
Image courtesy of
Silverlens Galleries
Third Coat
Feathers and acrylic on canvas; bone dolls and acrylic on taffeta
81.6h x 80.4w x 9.6d in • 207.3h x 204.2w x 24.4 cm
,
1977
Image courtesy of
Silverlens Galleries
