Maria Villote

b. 1984

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Maria Villote was born in Manila, Philippines, 1984. Ten years later, she immigrated to the United States. Villote lived and worked in the Bay Area, where she received a B.A. in Art Practice from University of California, Berkeley. She is one of the co-founders/co-curators of Project: One Night Stand (ONS Projects), an ongoing series of site-specific art exhibits that utilize unexpected and unconventional settings/spaces throughout Ventura County in order to showcase experimental work by local art students and local and established artists.

Maria has shown in 18th Street Arts Center, Jaus Gallery, UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Gallery, University of Hawaii, Hilo's Campus Center Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles' Undergraduate Art Gallery, CSUCI Exhibitions Gallery, The Control Room, Krowswork Gallery, 643 Project Space, Zughaus Gallery, Downtown Center for the Arts in Oxnard, Upfront Gallery and several shows in Oxnard College’s McNish Gallery. She was also a recipient of the 2012-2013 Oxnard Cultural Arts Grant.

 

Photograph by Maria Villote.

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I’m interested in the human experience, symbiosis, and the vicissitudes of the interaction between the work and the viewer/consumer. In the construct of a hypereality and the use of metaphors and parallels, I try to seduce my audience, playing on their expectations and assumptions based on their preconceived notions. Through the lure and allure, I pull the viewer in hoping that their experience and understanding of the work will unfold into a dialectic gaze.

Elephant in the Room (detail)

Maria Villote

2009 Oil on reclaimed timber. 36 in. x 30 in. x 21 in. Courtesy of the artist.

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Maria Villote was born in Manila, Philippines, 1984. Ten years later, she immigrated to the United States. Villote lived and worked in the Bay Area, where she received a B.A. in Art Practice from University of California, Berkeley. She is one of the co-founders/co-curators of Project: One Night Stand (ONS Projects), an ongoing series of site-specific art exhibits that utilize unexpected and unconventional settings/spaces throughout Ventura County in order to showcase experimental work by local art students and local and established artists.

Maria has shown in 18th Street Arts Center, Jaus Gallery, UC Berkeley’s Worth Ryder Gallery, University of Hawaii, Hilo's Campus Center Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles' Undergraduate Art Gallery, CSUCI Exhibitions Gallery, The Control Room, Krowswork Gallery, 643 Project Space, Zughaus Gallery, Downtown Center for the Arts in Oxnard, Upfront Gallery and several shows in Oxnard College’s McNish Gallery. She was also a recipient of the 2012-2013 Oxnard Cultural Arts Grant.

 

Photograph by Maria Villote.

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I’m interested in the human experience, symbiosis, and the vicissitudes of the interaction between the work and the viewer/consumer. In the construct of a hypereality and the use of metaphors and parallels, I try to seduce my audience, playing on their expectations and assumptions based on their preconceived notions. Through the lure and allure, I pull the viewer in hoping that their experience and understanding of the work will unfold into a dialectic gaze.

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  • Born: Manila, Philippines
  • Based: Oxnard, CA, USA

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