Jason Villegas is a visual artist, born in Houston TX, who currently lives in Los Angeles. He delves into queer subcultures, utilizing transgressive humor and discomfort. Consumption, desire and angst are projected by the use of sexuality, totemic animals, pop culture, animation, and anthropomorphism. Villegas’ work is multidisciplinary, including ceramic sculpture, fabric art, painting, and drawing.

Jason Villegas holds a BFA from the University of Houston, and an MFA from Rutgers University. He has been actively exhibiting since 2001 and has had solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston; SOMArts, San Francisco; McClain Gallery, Houston; Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago; Receiver Gallery, San Francisco; Art League, Houston; Okay Mountain, Austin; Plush Gallery, Dallas; Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston; and Cactus Bra Space, San Antonio. Villegas has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, El Museo Ruffino Tamayo, Mexico City; El Museo del Barrio, NYC; Leslie Lohman Museum of Queer Art, NYC; Mexic Arte Museum, Austin; Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin; Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio; Kathleen Cullen Gallery, NYC; Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC; Western Exhibitions, Chicago; Museo de Arte de Zappopan, Guadalajara; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; Lawndale Art Center, Houston; Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Puerto Rico; and Diverseworks, Houston. He has been awarded the Hisako Terasaki Internship at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Leslie Lohman Artist Fellowship, Nadine Goldsmith Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency, and the Emerging Artist Residency at the Socrates Sculpture Park. Villegas’ works are represented in the collections at El Museo del Barrio, Columbus Art Museum, Tijuana American Embassy, Old Jail Art Center, and private collections.