Kathy Vargas photographic art print collection, 1983-1985

Summary

Abstract:

Kathy Vargas is an internationally praised Chicana photographer and artist from San Antonio, Texas, known for her composite hand-colored photographs that abstract loss and hope, life and death, and sexuality. This collection includes four photographic art prints by Vargas from 1983-1985. Also included is a folder containing her descriptions of the art prints, as well as a biography of the artist written by Juan D. Bruce-Novoa.

Extent:

1.67 linear feet (one oversize flat box)

Language:

and The collection is in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Kathy Vargas photographic art print collection, CEMA 77. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes four photographic art prints by Vargas from 1983-1985. Also included is a folder containing her descriptions of the art prints, as well as a biography of the artist written by Juan D. Bruce-Novoa.

Biographical / historical:

Kathy Vargas is an internationally praised Chicana photographer and artist from San Antonio, Texas. She attended the University of Texas where she received both her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1981, and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1984. She is possibly best known for her composite hand-colored photographs that abstract loss and hope, life and death, and sexuality. Her photographs are sometimes combined with embedded objects such as lace and string.

As an artist of the Chicano movement, she addresses the many gender and race issues that she encountered as a Chicana. As noted in interviews, her passion for photography at an early age is attributed to her uncle and their frequent trips to his photography studio in Lardo, Mexico.

She is currently the Chair of the Art and Music Department at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Vargas's numerous exhibitions include shows at Sala Uno in Rome and Galería San Martín in Mexico City. Her photographs have been showcased in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Southwestern Bell Collection.

Acquisition information:

Library purchase, 1987.

Processing information:

Processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Kristen Villamor, 2015

Arrangement:

Series I. Artwork includes four prints by Kathy Vargas. They are listed alphabetically and are arranged in a folder within an oversize flat box.

Physical location:

CEMA oversized rack.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Kathy Vargas photographic art print collection, CEMA 77. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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