b. 1991, Houston, TX, US
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, US
Ana Villagomez develops her paintings in a series of layers that vary stylistically between loose painterly brushwork and clearly defined shapes that are rendered in vivid colors. Construction and excavation are two important ideas in Villagomez painting process that she utilizes in equal measure. Each of her painting's preliminary layers is sanded, peeled, scrubbed, and ultimately painted with a new layer - simultaneously concealing and revealing what has come before. In many instances, Villagomez uses digital technology to manipulate her drawings and project them onto her canvases, which adds another unique dimension to her richly layered images. The finished paintings culminate with a sense of history, motion, depth, structure, and brilliant color. There is a topographical quality to Villagomez’s work, a sense that her densely packed colors and forms are the result of cultivation and reverence for what has come before.
Ana Villagomez (b. 1991, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, US) received a BFA from University of Houston in 2013, and an MFA from CUNY Hunter College in 2021. She has had recent solo exhibitions with Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY, US; Pazda Butler, Houston, TX, US; and a solo project at ADAA Fair with Pazda Butler, New York, NY, US. Her recent group exhibitions have been with Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY, US; Britz + County, Palm Beach, FL, US; Deli Gallery, New York, NY, US; Christies, New York, NY, US and Martha’s, Houston, TX, US. In 2023 and 2024, Ana Villagomez was Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hunter College, New York, US