(b. 1986, Berkeley, California)
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2011
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD Master of Fine Arts,
Hoffberger School of Painting
Certificate in the College Teaching of Art
2008
Oberlin College, Oberlin OH
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Graduated with Honors
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing
2007
Studio Art Centers International, Florence Italy
Semester program
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2016 Edward F. Albee Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship
2016 Lotos Foundation Prize in Painting, New York NY
2015 Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont WY
2015 Jentel Artist Residency, Jentel WY
2011 Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson VT
2011 Member, AGORA Art Collective, Berlin Germany
2008 Fulbright Scholarship Finalist, Berlin Germany
2008 School of Visual Arts Summer Residency in Painting, Chelsea NY
2006 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, Norfolk CT
TEACHING & LECTURES
2016-present Pratt Institute, Visiting Instructor, Light Color Design I, Light Color Design II, Brooklyn NY
2015-present Montclair State University, Adjunct Professor, Drawing I, Painting I, Intermediate Drawing, Montclair NJ
2017 Guest Speaker, The New School, Lecture on figurative painting for a Drawing and Imaging course, New York NY
2016 Visiting Artist, Pace University, New York NY
2016 Panelist, Postcards Home, Kutztown University, Kutztown PA
2015 Panelist, Professional Practice, Montclair State University, Montclair NJ
2015 Lecturer, John Swihart’s Artist Lecture Series, Santa Monica CA
2014 Panelist, Through the Looking Glass, Gateway Center, Newark NJ
2011 Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017
Metropolis, Solo Show, Kate Oh Gallery, New York NY
Floating Festival for Sustainability, Peace Boat, Affiliated with the United Nations, Docked in New York City
All in One, Kate Oh Gallery, New York NY
Weather or Not, Children’s Museum of Art, New York NY
Body / Head, NYC, New York NY Curated by Jacob Rhodes of Field Projects at Be Fluent
Edgy Elegance, Buddy Warren Gallery, New York NY
Uprise: Angry Women, Untitled Space, New York NY
2016
Soiled Garden, Buddy Warren Gallery, New York NY
30 Under 30(ish), Victori+Mo Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Earth Speaks II (2-D Juried Award Winner), Pocono Arts Council, Stroudsburg PA
Postcards Home, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown PA
2015
Faculty Exhibition, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair NJ
Repose: Sleep and Autonomy in Hypercapitalism, 184 Project Space, Curated by the Baroque Power Group, Brooklyn NY
Garage Sale, Buddy Warren Gallery, New York NY
In Bloom, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Far Far Away... The Children’s Museum of Art, New York NY
2014
(e)merge Art Fair, Victori Contemporary, Washington DC
Summer Preview, Victori Contemporary in collaboration with Birnam Wood Galleries, New York NY
NY Tibetan Art Studio Presents: New Voices, Active Space, Brooklyn NY
Emerald City, Project For Empty Space and Solo(s) Project House, Gateway II Gallery, Newark NJ
Art from the Boros, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York NY
Through the Looking Glass, Project For Empty Space and Solo(s) Project House, Gateway II Gallery, Newark NJ
Art Wynwood, Victori Contemporary, Miami FL
2013
Uncanny Valley, PPOW Gallery, New York NY In collaboration with Julie Heffernan
Beasts and Bodies, Schema Projects, Brooklyn NY
(e)merge Art Fair, Victori Contemporary, Washington D.C.
2012
SCOPE Miami, Victori Contemporary, Miami FL
Art for Tibet, Annual Auction, Tibet House, New York NY
Restrictions, Limitations, Confinements, Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Bronx NY
2011
Benefit Auction, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Robert Miller Gallery, New York NY
Academy 2011, Conner Contemporary, Washington D.C.
First Look III, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill NY 2011 Sleeping Beauties, Canterbury Salon, Baltimore MD
Paintings on Mylar, Montenegro Musik Raum, Berlin Germany
Outpost, Decker Gallery, MFA thesis show at MICA, Baltimore MD
Align, Gallery 500, MICA, Baltimore MD
2010
A Friend in Need, American University MFA Invitational, Washington D.C. 2010 Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD
Animal Attraction, Whole Gallery, Baltimore MD
2009
Here or There, Camper Contemporary, Miami FL and Baltimore MD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Turnip Truck(s), Destruction: Vol. 3 No. 2 fall/winter 2017, Interview and images (Upcoming)
Graeber, Laurel. "What Struck These Artists? Meteorology Itself," New York Times, 23 March 2017.
Hoffman, Anne. “Watching and Being Watched,” The Cultural Frontline, BBC Radio. 4 Sept. 2016.
“The Gender Line,” Documentary short featuring my Outlaws portrait series, Directed by Joe Rubenstein, 2016. Premiered at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival.
Nunes, Andrew. “’30 Under 30ish’ Art Show Sends Up Arbitrary Lists,” The Creators Project, Vice Media 5 Aug 2016.
Buhmann, Stephanie. “Far Far Away...,” The Villager 29 July 2015.
Make/shift Magazine, Issue 17: Summer/Fall 2015. Print.
“Painters on Paintings,” Blog cofounded with Julie Heffernan, January 2014.
“Bat City Review,” ISSUE 10, University of Texas, 2014.
“Juxtapoz Painting, High, Low and Pop.” Gingko Press. Spring 2013.
Joseph, Martha. “Virginia Wagner,” Blisss Magazine 6.1, 2012: 40. Print.
Hung-Hei Yung. “Art Focus: Virginia Wagner,” Arrested Motion 7 January 2012.
“In Illustration: Virginia Wagner,” Juxtapoz Magazine 7 October 2011.
Fallah, Amir. “Virginia Wagner,” Beautiful/Decay 29 September 2011.
Jenkins, Mark. “Academy 2011 at Conner Contemporary Art,” The Washington Post 21 July 2011.
Hodara, Susan. “The Voices Emerging From College Studios,” The New York Times 1 July 2011