Samuel E Vazquez

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Samuel E Vazquez

 

Biography

Samuel E Vázquez (b. 1970, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a contemporary visual artist. He has exhibited alongside Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Sam Gilliam, Sabina Klein, Sam Francis, Keith Haring, Torrick “Toxic” Ablack, and Futura 2000 among others.
 
While growing up in New York City, starting in 1979, Samuel became captivated by the vibrant paintings covering the subways. Over the next few years, he fully immersed himself in the city’s thriving youth culture, participating in style writing, breaking, music, and connecting with the Downtown art scene. This led Samuel to earn degrees from New York City College of Technology—CUNY and Herron School of Art and Design—Indiana University.
 
Vázquez was a featured artist in special programming for the Ai Weiwei: According to What? Exhibition at Newfields. His work is rooted in the New York City subway painting era of the 1970s and 80s and informed by the work of Ed Clark, Mimmo Rotella, Jacques Villeglé, Jackson Pollock, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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