VARGAS, Eugenia

Eugenia Vargas (born 1949) born in Chile moved to the United States to study art.[1] Vargas also traveled to other countries where she would practice and pursue her art career. Her main areas of study for art were performance and photography. She traveled to countries such as the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Vargas career began with her first solo exhibition in Montana at the University Center Gallery. Her main forms of art are installations, photographs, videos, and performance where she discusses topics such as birth, life, feminism and environmentalism. [5][1] Vargas uses the human body (nude) and other organic materials to create these pieces and is inspired by her personal connections to these issues that she witness growing up.[5] Many of her works are done in a series for the sole purpose that it helps her organize and create the a narrative to get her point across.[6] Her work has been displayed at the Hammer at UCLA, in Santa Cruz, various museums in California and Miami. As well as many exhibitions across Latin America, even Australia