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EXHIBITIONS, UPCOMING/ CURRENTLY ON VIEW
2026, Spring. Speaking in Pairs. Curated by Reiner Leist. Leubsdorf Gallery. Hunter College, CUNY. Spring, 2026.
Permanently on view. Selva & Shadow (monumental photo mural in collaboration with Elissa Levy). Curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch. 465 Grand Street, NY, NY.
SOLO, TWO- AND THREE-PERSON SHOWS
2023, Summer. Immense Facts/Hechos Inmensos. Curated by Nils Folke Anderson and Alexis Myer. Night Shift Gallery. Brooklyn NY.
2021-2022, Fall-Winter. Subductions. Curated by Arden Sherman. Hunter East Harlem Gallery. NY, NY. https://www.huntereastharlemgallery.org/virginia-ines-vergara
2020, Summer. Art off Screen. Curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch. Site-specific work, NY, NY. Art Off Screen
2018, February- April. Shards_ Foil. Curated by Jaime Lavagne and Gregorio Camara. Taller de Mateo Maté, Madrid, Spain.
2017, February. Solo Project Section curated by Tim Goossens. Luis Burgos | Galería de Arte, Madrid, Spain.
http://justmad.es/en/curated-venture-burgos-virginia/
Summer 2016- 2017. Glass-Scapes). Curated by Megan Green. Google. NY, NY. (Solo/ special commission.)
2015-2016, Nov.-Jan. Shards_Subduction. Curated by Anastasiya Siro. Robert Miller Gallery, NY, NY. http://www.robertmillergallery.com/#!2015-shardssubduction/c1v8e
2012, Winter. Co-Workers Project. Solo presentation of Glass-Scapes, slideshow curated by Yulia Topchiy. Entwine. NY, NY.
2012, Summer. Model Theories. Also included Al Taylor and Peter Coffin. Curated by Helena Kauppila and Philip Ording. fordPROJECT. NY, NY. http://www.fordproject.com/exhibitions/model-theories
http://www.marahoberman.com/interviews/
GROUP SHOWS (selected)
2024, Spring. When the Tropics are Quiet. Curated by Vladimir Cybil Charlier. Garner Art Center. NY, NY.
2023, Spring. Inaugural Group Show at Nightshift Gallery. Curated by Nils Folke Anderson. Brooklyn, NY.
2023, Fall. The Word Camera Means Room. Curated by Dana Notine at Hunter College Gallery, NY, NY.
2020, Fall. El que busca, encuentra...y sigue encontrando. Curated by Danny Baez of Mercado Caribeño (MECA). White Columns. NY, NY.
2020, Fall. Fogo. Curated by Carla Maldonado. SoMad. New York, New York.
2020, Summer. Social Photography VIII. Curated by Peter Scott. Carriage Trade, NY, NY.
2020, Spring. Yellow Yellow. Curated by Debora Hirsch. Milan, Italy.
2019, Summer. Social Photography VII. Curated by Peter Scott. Carriage Trade. NY, NY.
http://carriagetrade.org/Social-Photography-VII,115
2019, June. En Foco. Curated by Alexander Campos. Longwood Gallery. Bronx, NY. Publication in Nueva Luz. https://enfoco.org/fellowship-winners/
2019, May 25- October 12. Eco Shifters. Curated by Debora Hirsch and Franco Marinotti. La Fabbrica del Cioccolato, Switzerland. https://www.lafabbricadelcioccolato.ch/en/e/eco-shifters/
2018, November 29- December 15. FCA. Curated by Adam McEwen. Barbara Gladstone Gallery (21st Street location), NY, NY.
2018, Summer. Social Photography VI. Carriage Trade, NY, NY.
2018, April-May. Harlem Perspectives. With Lina Puerta, Elizabeth Colomba, Pepe Coronado, Virginia Inés Vergara, Elizaveta Meksin, Jaime Permuth, Stan Squirewell, Elaine Reichek and Renee Cox. Faction Art Projects, NY, NY http://factionartprojects.com/exhibitions/13548/harlem-perspectives/about/. NY, NY.
2018. February-March. Arcadia. Curated by Peter Scott. Magenta Planes, NY, NY.
http://www.magentaplains.com/exhibitions/peter-scott-arcadias.
2017, June. Uptown. Inaugural exhibition at Columbia University Wallach Gallery. Curated by Deborah Cullen.http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Uptown.html. NY, NY.
2017, Summer. Social Photography V. Carriage Trade, NY, NY.http://www.carriagetrade.org/Social-Photography-V
2017, Spring. She Creates, with Kianja Strobert. Tambaran Gallery, NY, NY
2013- 2014, November. Dialogues. Co-Curated (with Yulia Topchiy) as well as participating artist. Tabaran Gallery, NY, NY
2013 Fall. RE_001: First Communion of Anemic Young Girls In The Snow and other works. Curated by Marco Antonini. Interstate Projects. Brooklyn, NY. http://www.interstateprojects.org/index.php?/projects/press-release/ Fall 2012.
2012, June 28- July 22. Strange Glue. Thompson Gallery. Weston, MA.
2011, November. Name. Date. Title. Ford Project in collaboration with Black Lots. urated by Tim Goossens. Curated by Tim Goossens. Ford Projects. NY NY.
2011, Spring. Triple Nickel Projects. Curated by Allegra LaViola. NY, NY.
2011, March. Start at the Top. Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2011, February. A Lot of Possibilities. Curated by Anna Lisa Jensen and Valeria Federici. Gallery 51, Clarksburg, MA.
2010, December. A Lot of Possibilities. Site-specific work. Funded by Lower Manhattan Cultural Center (LMCC) and New York State Council on the Arts. NY, NY.
2010, April. Hell No! Curated by RJ Supa and David Fierman. Saint Cecilia’s Convent. Brooklyn, NY.
2010, March. Tools for Thought. Curated by Diana Campbell. Sotheby’s, NY, NY.
2010, February-March. Portrait of a Lady. Curated by Allegra LaViola at Allegra LaViola Gallery (now Shrine Gallery), NY, NY.
2009. July-September. Summer Salon. LaViola Bank Gallery, NYC. Now Charles Banks Gallery. Curated by Michael Banks Christofferson. NY, NY.
2009. May-June. MFA Thesis Show. Developed with Profs. Constance DeJong and Reiner Leist. Hunter College. NY, NY.
2007, Fall. MAs select MFAs. Curated by Mara Hoberman. Times Square Art Gallery, Hunter College, CUNY.
EDUCATION
2009, June. MFA, Photography, Hunter College, CUNY. With honors.
2008, Fall. Hunter MFA exchange program, Universität der Künste (UDK), Berlin.
2005, June. BFA with honors from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI.
2003-2004, Fall-Summer. RISD European Honors Program (EHP), Palazzo Cenci, Rome.
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2019, En Foco.
2011 and 2012, Roctowa, Kingston, Jamaica.
2010, LMCC, NY State Council on the Arts.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS (selected)
2019, Nueva Luz; 2019, January/February, Fabrikzeitung Nr.345; 2018, Brooklyn Rail; 2017, Artforum, Artnet, New York Times, New Yorker, and Financial Times.
TALKS AND WORKSHOPS (selected)
University of New Hampshire (2022); Lafayette College (2021); Columbia University (2017); Edna Manley College, Kingston, Jamaica (2011 and 2012).