Mava AKA Manuel Vazquez
Themava@yahoo.com
Website: mynameismava.com (portfolio)
professormava.com (academic)
Education
Master of Arts, School of Visual Art, NYC, 2014
Dissertation: Existing in Two Worlds
Bachelor of Arts, Gallaudet University, Washington DC, 2006
Exhibitions
Group Show
2024
Color Theory All Media Show: The Richmond Queer Art Experience, Art Works, Richmond, Virginia (Juried show: Second place winner)
2023
10X10 Invitation, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, Maryland
Visual Aids: Postcards from the Edge, Ortuzar Projects, NYC
2022
Si Se Puede, Linda Jordan Gallery, Gallaudet University, Washington DC
Queen Is Dead, Annual Art Faculty Show, Linda Jordan Gallery, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
2021
Light Broken, Annual Art Faculty Show, Linda Jordan Gallery, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC 2021
THNK1994 Museum X Mother, Brooklyn, New York 2021
Encountering our Raices; Arte del Corazon y Color to the Cube, Dyer Art Center, Rochester, New York 2021
Artseed and Interconnection, USA/China Art Exhibition (virtual) 2021
2019
SHIM/Invitation, Shim Art Network, Aqua Art Miami, Florida December 2019
Open Palm in Thumb Up, NOMA Bid Gallery, Washington DC November 2019
Superfine, Shim Art Network, Washington DC October 2019
Bite the Fruit: Annual Faculty Art Show, Linda Jordan Gallery, Washington DC September 2019
2018
Celebrities Smoking in the Bathroom at the MET Gala, THNK1994, Brooklyn, April 2018
The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, Jan-March 2018
Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, THNK1994 Museum, NYC, November 2017
Arte del Corazón, The Dyer Arts Center, Rochester, NY September 2017
Nicole Richie’s 2007 Memorial Day BBQ, THNK1994 Museum, NYC 2017
28th Annual International Invitation Salon of Small Work, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA 2017
Yama Kippi Yay Bo: A Celebration of Kim Cattrall, THNK1994 Museum, NYC 2017
Acid Free, Lazy Susan Gallery, NYC 2016
Plus One, Sideshow Gallery, NYC 2015
New Work/NewYork, St. Nicks Alliance & Arts, NYC 2015
Postcard from the Edge: Visual Aid, Luhring Augustine Gallery, NYC 2015
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowki Gallery, NYC 2015
Small Works Show, Greenpoint Gallery, NYC 2014
Ascent Holiday Fair: Installation View, Ascent Contemporary, NYC 2014
Artist Showcase, Ascent Contemporary Projects, NYC, 2014
Front and Center, SVA Chelsea Gallery, NYC, 2014
Solo Show
Eyeroll, Linda K Jordan Gallery, Washington DC 2024
Through our eyes, One-person show, Washington DC, 2006
The Mava dolls: Pulp on the hill, Washington DC, 2004
Selected Lectures
Local
Art Opening & Panel Event/ Thumb Up in Open Palm, NOMA BID Lobby, Washington DC, 2019
National
Workshop/Presentation: Homeroom: The Revolution is a School hosted by Slow Factory, Nature Tie-Dye with Mava, MOMA PS1 (Museum of Modern Art PS1: Brooklyn), New York City, 2022
International
Webinar Panel, Artseed + Interconnect, USA/CHINA 2021
Seminar
Critic Graduate Student studio, School of Visual Arts, New York City 2024
Related experience
Art Associate Professor, Gallaudet University 2024-present
Art Assistant Professor, Gallaudet University 2019- 2024
Adjunct Art Instructor, Gallaudet University, 2017 to 2019
Freelance artist assistant, 2015 to present
Part-time Gallery assistant, Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn New York, June 2014-2016
Private art tutor, 2007 to present