CV

Born in 1977 in Quito, Ecuador
Resides and works in Miami, Florida

Education
1995-99 The Cooper Union, New York, NY
1992-95 New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL

Exhibitions
2025 “Super Cooper", Swampspace, Miami, FL
2025 “Splash", Nova Gallery on Artsy, Online
2024 “Art Baseling Group Show”, Alfa Gallery on Artsy, Online
2024 “SEE”, Alfa Gallery on Artsy, Online
2023 “Miami Art Week”, Alfa Gallery, Online
2022 “PANAL”, Alfa Gallery
2022 “Abstraction in Action”, Alfa Gallery
2020 “Viewing Rooms”, Alfa Gallery
2019 “Time Bombs”, Manifest, Cincinnati, OH
2019 “The Art of Resilience”, World Bank Group, Washington D.C.
2018 “Raw Pop Up”, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2018 “Exposed” Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
2018 “Transform” Art Basel Showcase, Alfa Gallery, Miami, FL
2017 “City Remix”, Concrete Space Gallery, Miami, FL
2017 “NWSA Alumni Art Auction” Faena Forum, Miami Beach, FL
2016 “Diversity Through Art Perspective” AOTA at BNP Paribas, New York, NY
2016 “White On” Art Basel Showcase, Alfa Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 “Starz” Alfa Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 “Audacious: Contemporary Artists Speak Out” Denver Art Museum, CO
2016 “Dirt: Yuta Suelo Udongo Te” F.A.U. Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2015 “New Familiar” The Brayer Galley, Ventura, CA
2015 “VII Latin American Art Exhibit” AOTA at Pfizer, New York, NY
2015 “All-Media Biennial” Art & Culture/Hollywood, FL
2014 “Turning Tides: Art Basel Showcase” Hotel Victor, Miami Beach, FL (solo)
2014 “Sea Rising” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2014 “Latin Views Biennial” Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, CN
2014 “Abracadabra” Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
2013 “SCOPE Miami Beach” Artisan Finale, Miami Beach, FL
2013 “Irreversible Winners” Gallery 2014, Hollywood, FL
2013 “Water Rites” GUILD-Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2013 “Dirt, Yuta Suelo Udongo Te” Spear Building, Miami, FL
2013 “Affordable Art Fair NYC - Tache Gallery, New York, NY
2013 “Recent Works, Jovan Karlo Villalba”, Project Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 “Terra Incognita” A.D. Gallery at The University of NC, Pembroke, NC
2012 “SCOPE Miami” Artisan Series, Miami, FL
2012 “Out of Site” Fred Snitzer at CasaLin, Miami, FL
2012 “GUILD: Puro” Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2012 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream II” Warehouse Alternative Space, Miami, FL
2012 “Transitional Dwellings” Tache Gallery, NYC, NY (solo)
2012 “Everything Changes” Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
2012 “NYC Affordable Art Fair” Tache Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 “Tomorrow Stars” Verge Art Fair, Miami, FL
2011 “Paint Works” National Arts Club, NYC, NY
2011 “Been Around the Block” Christopher Miro Gallery, Miami, FL
2011 “I love you so...” National Arts Club, NYC, NY
2011 “All-Media Biennial” Art & Culture/Hollywood, FL
2010 “Artbitch” Calix Gustav Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 “Verge Art Fair-Artformz” Miami Beach, FL
2010 “Natural Selection” Coconut Grove Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 “NewArt” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2010 “Latin Views Biennial 5” Schlippe Gallery, Groton, CT
2010 “New Beginnings” Demossa Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2010 “Young Blood: New Wave” ArtSeen Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 “The Passing” Calix Gustav Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 “Storm” Submergedart Gallery, Newark, NJ
2010 “The Rite of Spring” Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 “Paint” Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 “The Group Show” 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2010 “Art for Haiti” Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 “Young Blood” ArtSeen Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 “QI4 Biennial” Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2008 “Latin Views Biennial” Schlippe Gallery, Groton, CT
2008 “Jovan Villalba: Premonitions” Tria Gallery, NYC, NY (solo)
2007 “Deviant Behavior” Artformz Gallery, Miami, FL
2006 “Latin Views Biennial” Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CN
2006 “The Studio Visit” Exit Art, NYC, NY
2005 “Basel: Visages & Secrets” Mazieres Gallery, Miami, FL
2005 “Exit Biennial II: Traffic” Exit Art, NYC, NY
2004 “CDG Show” Gerard Gallery, Marina Del Rey, CA
2004 “Transitions” SoNo Gallery, NYC, NY (solo)
2004 “Bino-scapes” Berlinerkunst Project, Berlin, Germany
2003 “Beyond the Skin” SoNo Gallery, NYC, NY
2003 “Entity” Paula Barr Gallery, NYC, NY
2003 “Wet Paint” Office Ops Gallery Space, Brooklyn, NY
2002 “Primer Salon de Arte Cubano” SoNo Gallery, NYC, NY
1999 “3000 Chairs” New York Design Center, NYC, NY

Selected Honors
2016 Logan Lecture Series Speaker (Spring), Audacious, Denver Art Museum
2015 Exhibeo’s Rebirth & Renewal Art Competition, 2nd Place Prize with Featured Review
2014 Colors of Humanity Landscapes Show, 2nd Place Prize Winner
2013 Creative Quarterly 100 Best of 2014, Fine Arts Winner, published in Annual
2013 Irreversible Magazine Competition, Winner, published in winter issue
2013 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, exhibited at SCOPE, National Finalist
2013 Creative Quarterly, Winner, published in issue #33
2012 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, featured short film documentary, National Finalist
2011 Creative Quarterly, Winner, published in issue #26
2011 Aesthetica, Shortlist, work included in Aesthetica Creative Works Annual
2011 Arts Districts Competition Winner, work featured in Dec/Jan issue
2011 Manifest Gallery, work included in 1st Painting Annual
2010 Best of Show-Fredric Snitzer, New*Art, Armory Art Center
2007 My Art Space, NY, NY Competition, Finalist
2003 Art Dept International, Modern Art Finalist
1998 Gameworks/World Studio Foundation, Visual Art Grant
1995 The Cooper Union, Full-tuition Scholarship