Rudy Vega

EDUCATION

1994 MFA, Studio Art, Photography UC Irvine
1992 BA, Visual Arts, Media UC San Diego
1989 AA, Graphic Design, Southwestern College

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 Untitled Solo Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1997 Invented Truths, Irvine Fine Arts Center (Curator- Dori Rawlins)
1994 Rules of Engagement, MFA Thesis, UCI Fine Arts Gallery
         Scenic Point, UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine CA
1992 This Year's Model, California Arts Gallery San Diego
1991 Class of '91, Maximum Density, La Jolla, CA
         Simple Logic, Enigma Gallery, San Diego, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 Ultrachrome, Carl Berg Gallery
         Analog/Digital, Irvine Fine Arts Center (Curator Carl Berg)
2003 Dirty Lies/Pretty Truths, BC Space (Curator Mark Chamberlain)
2002 All Media, Irvine Fine Arts Center, November (Juror Michael Darling)
2001 Water Works, BC Space, Curators (Jerry Burchfield, Mark Chamberlain)
2000 Mundane, Arthouse, Irvine, CA
1998 Snowing in LA, Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica
         Documenting Orange County, Newport Beach City Hall Gallery ( Juror Susan Spiritus)
1997 Sweet ‘N’ Low, Sherry Frumkin Gallery (Curator, Sherry Frumkin)
         Tin Cup, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (Curator Dori Rawlins)
         Constructions, Group Show (Curators Joey Santarromana, Susan Barnett)
1996 All Media, Irvine Fine Arts Center (Juror- Jay Belloli)
         Working Histories, LACPS (Curator- Leslie Ernst, Sheila Pinkle)
         Accumulation/Creation, John Wayne Airport (Curator- Richard Turner,
         Maggie Owens)
1995 Worth A Thousand Words, Benham Gallery, Seattle, (Juror- Duane Micheals)
         Group Show, Long Beach Arts, (Juror- Patricia Correra)
         All Media, Irvine Fine Arts Center, (Juror- Peter Frank)
1994 LACPS Group Show, Los Angeles, CA (Curator Deborah Tucker)
         Indigestion,, UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine CA
1993 MFA Group Show, UCI Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine CA
1991 UCSD Arts Festival, UC San Diego, CA
         Annex Gallery, UC San Diego, CA
1990 Mandeville East Room, UC San Diego
1989 UCSD Arts Festival, UC San Diego

GRANTS/AWARDS

1994 UC Irvine Fine Arts Grant, Winter
         Studio Art Thesis Grant, Winter
1993-94 University of California Graduate Fellowship
         UC Irvine Humanities Grant, Spring
1992-93 University of California Graduate Fellowship
         University of California Graduate Opportunities Fellowship
1991 Russell Grant, UC San Diego, Spring