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Education
1987 BFA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Solo Exhibitions
| 2015 | Mike Vegas: Paintings, LA artcore, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2014 | Payday, West LA College, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2006 | Oxymoronika, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 | High Art, Low Down, frumkin/duval gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1999 | 20, Szilage Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL |
| 1998 | Mike Vegas: Collages, Miller Durazo, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1995 | Fleeting Thoughts, Whitney Library Gallery, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1993 | Recent Works, Gallery Museo, Los Angeles, CA |
1987 |
Recent Works, Flamingo Library Main Gallery, Las Vegas, NV |
Group Exhibitions (selected)
| 2016 | M.A.S. attack 11, Fabrik art expo, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2015 | M.A.S. attack 8, San Diego art institute, San Diego, CA |
| 2014 | i23 Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan Life is Beautiful Festival, Vast Project Space, Las Vegas, NV NSFW, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA M.A.S. Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA Art Model + Artists = Artifact, Underground 57, Pomona, CA M.A.S. Attack, Vast Project Space, Las Vegas, NV M.A.S. Attack, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA Many, Vast Project Space, Las Vegas, NV One For The Road, Hudson/Linc, West Hollywood, CA |
| 2013 | Homing Pigeon, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan M.A.S. Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA Group Show, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA City and Self, Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2012 | Sex and Candy, Sangria Fine Arts, Van Nuys, CA Land(E)Scape, 57 Underground gallery, Pomona, CA $99 Dollar Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA Top of the Dome 9, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2011 | tel -art -phone, Beacon Art Center, Inglelwood, CA LA Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Galllery, Santa Monica, CA Top of the Dome 8, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Smorgasbord, Sangria Fine Arts, Van Nuys, CA |
| 2010 | Obviously Nude, 57 Underground gallery, Pomona, CA 100 for 1000, Look gallery, Los Angeles, CA Ramirez show, West LA College art gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 | Self portraits in the age of myfacespacebook, I-5 gallery, Los Angeles, CA Open call LA 2009, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | Direct encounters, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Swap Meet, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2007 | The Eclectic World of Gad, L2kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA The New Year in Black and White, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2006 | Starting with Kinkade, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Mob Show, Modern Art Downtown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Figurative Works, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004 | Sexy Beast, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA Aerial, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA The Armory Show, Raid Projects, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Point of View, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA The Armory Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 | Group Show, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA LA Light: Emerging Los Angeles Photographers, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA |
| 2001 | Telling Stories, Eye Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 | X-mas Show, Wayward Gallery, Los Angeles, CA One Night Stand, Hollywood, CA The Dirt Show, Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1999 | J.S.G. Boggs Regarding George Washington: The Transactional Image, Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington DC Wrapped up!, frumkin/duval gallery, Santa Monica, CA Group Show, Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Photo 2000, Georges, Los Angeles, CA Limits, Dollhouse, Los Angeles, CA Sig-Alert, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ The Fun Zone, Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1998 | Beyond a Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA |
| 1997 | Some Lust, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1995 | Diversification ’95, The One Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Original Works on Paper, Westside Art Forum, Los Angeles, CA Hodge, Podge, Lodge, Art Store Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 | Downtown Lives, DADA, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 | Downtown Lives, DADA, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1991 | UNLV Alumni Exhibit, UNLV Alumni Center, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1987 | Myth is on the Red a Message Monitor, installation, Allied Arts Council Gallery, Las Vegas, NV Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibit, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1986 | Political Statements, Saratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
Reviews
“Pick of the week,” LA Weekly, July 31-August 6, 1998, Peter Frank
“Review: Self-Portraits in the Age of MyFaceSpaceBook, THE art magazine, March 2009, Mary Anna Pomonis
"Killer Pick of the week", Artillery magazine, April 2014, Eve Wood