ARTIST BIO

Born in Lima, Peru, Victor-Raul Garcia was raised by his maternal grandmother with whom he immigrated to the United States at age 6. An abstract painter and collage artist, he has lived and worked in Europe and the US, and currently maintains his studio in Sullivan County, NY. His auto-didactic work is the result of a relentless passion to make his own reality, an innate resourcefulness and curiosity, endless days of continued experimentation, and an all-encompassing necessity to communicate through art.

His art has been described as a subtle romance between expressionism and street art. By intertwining tactile and nontactile elements through multi-layering techniques, he mirrors the complexities of his personal story, the absurdities of past and present history, and the altered state of social conditions and interactions.

“Layers are the distinction between past and present, old and new, buried and rediscovered. The process I use in my work I call ‘artchaeology’. With painting, I am stripping away layers to unravel a hidden mystery or putting on layers to add mystery to what’s hidden. With collage, the layering process involves the juxtaposition of subject, time, and place in a tongue in cheek manner, creating an indirect visual commentary. I believe we all have a physicality, personality and an essence which is what I hope to portray in each piece.”


Education:

1986 Rutgers University (New Jersey)
1992 Hunter College (New York City)

Showings/Commissions

2023
TESS (Narrowsburg, NY)
Corners (Livingston Manor, NY)
Artwalk Callicoon (Callicoon, NY)
Catskill Provisions (Callicoon, NY)

2022
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (Narrowsburg, NY)
Vestige Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA)
Mark Borghi Gallery (Sag Harbor, NY)
Artwalk Callicoon (Callicoon, NY)

2021
Maison10 (NYC)
Maison Bergogne (Narrowsburg, NY)

2016 – 2020
Saks Fifth Avenue:
5th Avenue (NYC)
Vesey Street (NYC)
Greenwich (CT)
San Francisco (CA)
East Rutherford (NJ)
Bal Harbour (FL)
Huntington (NY)
McLean (VA)

2014
Boswell Mourot Fine Art Gallery (Little Rock, AK)
Michael Dawkins Home (NYC)
Lanyon 36 Gallery (NYC)
Arleen G. Becker Fine Art (NYC)

2013
Katie Gingrass Gallery (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

2012
Featured Artist, Raul Carrasco Showroom (NYC and Miami, Florida)

2011
Featured Artist, NEST (NYC)

2010
“Arte Latino” Group Exhibition, Mills Pond Gallery (St. James, NY)
Featured Artist, A Rudin Showroom, D & D Building (NYC)

2006
“Think Pink” Solo Exhibition, Tumulka Gallery (Munich, Germany)