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Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY. Right Here Over There is an exhibition exploring the physical, mental, and metaphoric landscapes of place and their indelible link to memory. Throughout our lives we are surrounded by a world punctuated by varying spaces, climates, geographies, buildings, and cultures. Accumulating in layers over time, pieces of our physical world provide visual reference points for how we understand one another and ourselves. Themes including (but not limited to) the following may be integrated into the final exhibition: mapping, topography, architecture, nature, distance, home, exile, travel, and personal/social/political geographies.
Click here for more information.

I will be having a solo exhibition at Vanderbilt University's Sarratt Gallery in Nashville, TN on January 9th - February 9th 2012. I will also be giving a Gallery talk on January 19th at 5pm. click here for the link.

Sarratt Gallery is located in the main lobby of the Sarratt Student Center. Gallery Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. For additional information, call 615-322-2471. All events are open to the public free of charge. Visit the Sarratt Gallery's page for more information about the space here.

So I decided to set up a Facebook page for Mictlan Studios (my current basement studio). Why Mictlan? Mictlan was the underworld of Aztec mythology, that's why. It came down to either that or "Pinche Gato Studios," (in honor of Max and Finn) and since it's a basement, Mictlan seemed more appropriate. On the page, you'll find images (source images, random images, and kittie photos I take), music in the form of YouTube clips of currently played songs, and updates/announcements, et cetera. Hit "like" if you wanna. Click here to visit.

Follow the link for this beautiful little piece that helps you understand why this website is called Pocholandia. Click here.

Finally made it. Settling in slowly. Adjusting to this town (Lexington, KY). Studio set up is still underway, need a few wood panels installed to get going. Just confirmed a solo exhibition at Vanderbilt University in Nashville for January. More details to come as the date approaches. Back to work...

"Exiles" got a small write up in the Nashville Scene by Arts and Entertainment writer Laura Hutson. Read it here. Michelle Jones at the Tennessean also wrote a short piece for the show. Read it here.

I'll be having a solo exhibition at the historic Belcourt Theatre Gallery in Nashville, TN July 2 - 30. The reception will be Thursday, July 14 from 5:30 - 7:00 during the Hillsboro Village Artwalk. The exhibition will consist of selected works from the "Exiles" series. Punch and pie.

I was pleasantly surprised to be a part of this project. Many thanks to Kevin Krumnikl in Deutschland for inviting me to participate. The project: "To show the artist and the place where (s)he is creative in, instead of only showing just works. There is a link to the website at the bottom of each 10 word "interview," which hopefully makes the reader even more curious about the work of the artist."

Click here: Ten Words One Shot

Oh yea, Happy 2011!

William Nericcio's MEXtasy is opening in Laredo, TX, the artist's hometown. Do stop by and show some support! Laredo Center for the Arts has a short article here.

A review of Necessary Fictions is featured in the Nov/Dec. issue of Art Papers, page 51. Check it out here! (thanks to Mario Marzan)

I will be giving a presentation at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill's Latino Collaborative at 6pm on Thursday November 4, 2010. More information can be found here.

"Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins Prowling the American Unconscious" is an art show opening Fall 2010 at the Art Gallery @ South Texas College's Pecan Campus in McAllen, Texas--the show will be up from September 30th through November 12, 2010. There will be a lecture and book signing (free cartoon inscriptions, no less!) by William Nericcio @ 2:30pm, September 29, 2010 at the Mid-Valley Campus, Weslaco; and at 1pm, Thursday September 30, 2010 at the Pecan Campus Art Gallery in McAllen. There will also be a reception from 6 to 8pm on Thursday night at the Pecan Art Gallery.

The show also features works that are "xicanosmotic," that is, works by Mexican-American artists where the delicious tattoo of the Mexican/US frontera is writ large as with Perry Vasquez, Izel Vargas, Marisela Norte, and Kenny Sanchez. More to come!

Golden Belt, Durham, NC
May 21 - July 11, 2010
Building 3, ROOM 100
Free, Open to public

A few of my works will be shown in the group exhibition "Necessary Fictions," curated by Mario Marzan and John Ribó. The exhibition featuring paintings, installations, photography and videos which explore Latina/o identity as a necessary fiction, a provisional space, a transient structure to be eventually reconfigured under the duress of time and through the continued retracing of fictions and histories in transition.

Opening reception Friday, May 21, 2010 from 6-9pm.
Reviews of the show here,here, and here.

South Texas College Art Gallery (Pecan Campus), Aug. 31- Sept. 17, 2009. Artist Lecture (6-7PM) and Closing reception (7-9PM) will be held on September 17th, 2009. The exhibition will feature mixed media works. It will also feature essays by Dr. Claudia Milian (Duke University) and Dr. William A. Nericcio (San Diego State University). Review of the exhibition here.

A short piece about Charlotte's ongoing taco truck situation by José L.S. Gámez, an Associate Professor of Architecture, a member of the Latin American Studies faculty, and currently a Research Fellow with the Institute for Social Capital at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. "Taco Madre" made an appearance on Cause of the Week Blogspot

"Pocholandia" was featured on Xicanosmosis at Tex{t}-Mex Gallery blog. Many thanks go out to Mr./Sr./Dr. William A. Nericcio for the kind gesture! visit Tex{t}- Mex! and here.

Small-Format Mixed Media works
January 24 2009
Opening Reception:
Irvine Contemporary continuing the concept with small-format works in all media.
Aspect:Ratio2. Artists include: Kwaku Alston, Gary Baseman, Lori Field, Susan Jamison, Akemi Maegawa, Shawne Major, Jiha Moon, Kahn & Selesnick, Izel Vargas, Zach Wirsum

Spartanburg, SC
Please join us on Wednesday,January 14th, 2009 from
7 to 9 pm at the Showroom for the opening reception of
the 2009 Artists-In-Residence Invitational Exhibition
featuring:

Albert Birney (video)
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative (performance/ video)
Blade Wynne (drawing)
Izel Vargas (mixed media)
Brad Reagan (sculpture)
Gretchen Huffman (printmaking/ drawing)
Nestor Armando Gil (performance)
Piotr Chizinski (mixed media)
Johnathon Whitfill (ceramics)

Cost: FREE
Artists’ Forum,The Mint Museum of Art
First Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm
November 4 – Izel Vargas and Michael Schall
Area artists discuss their work as well as current issues and activities in their artistic fields, followed by an informal reception. Co-presented with The Charlotte Chapter of the Links, Inc. and McColl Center for Visual Art.

UNC- Charlotte lecture for Thursday, September 25 at 4 pm at Storrs 110 in the Art Department.

Beginning of Winter residency at The McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC from Sept 8. - Nov 2008.

KNOCK Magazine is a literary arts magazine published twice each year at Antioch University Seattle. Issue #9 will feature 6 paintings/collages in their "Gestation Issue" to be released in May 2008. Where to Find KNOCK MAGAZINE in WA,NY,WI,CA

San Juan, Puerto Rico. Collaboration project with Mario Marzan. El Status Website May 4-18,2008.CLICK HERE for photoblog!!