photo by Larry LaBonte

Bart Vargas is from Bellevue, Nebraska. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha

in 2007, and his Master of Fine Art at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2011. Vargas has exhibited internationally,

and his work can be found in many private, public, collegiate and corporate collections throughout the United States, Europe

and Asia. Vargas’s paintings were featured in New American Paintings No. 89, Midwest Edition 2010, and his sculptures have

received a 2010 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center,

as well as being exhibited as part of the 2010 Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB).