Jade Vega (1996) is a visual artist based in Berkeley, CA. She received her BA in Studio Arts and Museum Studies at The University of California, Davis. Her work deals with introspection and memory in her attempts to capture the interplay among personhood, space, and environment. While her primary practice is printmaking, she handles a variety of mediums such as painting, video, and photography often blending all these mediums together to create her work.
Education
2018-2021 A.A., Studio Arts Solano Community College
2021-2023 B.A., Studio Arts, Museum Studies, University of California, Davis
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Fairfield, CA, I’m Not Entirely Here, I’m Not Entirely There
Group Exhibitions
2023
Oakland, CA, It's Alive, Good Mother Studio
2023
Davis, CA, Childish Dream, The Basement Gallery
2022
Davis, CA, Art Free for All, The Basement Gallery
2021
San Francisco, CA, Mission Art and Comic Expo, Evolved SF
2019
Fairfield CA, LOVE, Herger Gallery
Curatorial
2022
Davis, CA, Rebel in the Underground, co-curated with Emmanuel Camacho Larios and Kaiden
Zaldumbide. Showcasing 20 artists:
Mia Rassam ,Linda Hayden, Ellie Shafiei, Qing Wen, Nastassia Choi, Emmanuel Camacho
Larios, Meredith Scott, Ben Batom, Katja Zimmer, Chenyang Zhou, Ian Mccue, Zixi Wang, Raji
Scoggin, Clariss Bolanos, Emilia Souza, Andrew Thompson, Kaden Ezra Umana, Jasmine Rios,
Alice Herbert, Wren Tran
2023
Davis, CA, Childish Dream, co-curated with Emmanuel Camacho Larios and Kaiden
Zaldumbide. Showcasing 32 artists: Aramo Olaya, Tom Neill, Merritt Hill, Kimberly Fuentes,
Lorelei Taybi, Alice Herbert, Lacee Hodge, Edwin Karle,Kathlyn Nicole Periquet, Angel Leong,
Nadia Dean,
Noelle Benitez, Linda Hayden, Ben Batom, Jade Vega, LeeAnne Boot, Jesse Saldivar, Zixi
Wang, Trinity Salazar, Ricardo Ramirez, Breanna Garman, Cerina Marie Smit, Jasmine Rios,
Emilie Kim, Lola Stephens Isabella Terry Dobrovolsky, Shannon Marshall, Abby O’Sullivan,
Neida Cruz, Lina Tellefsen, Indranil Basu, Mia Phan
Special Projects
2019
Fairfield, CA, Flores De Vida-Public Mural, Solano Mall
Awards
2020 Artist Grant, Solano Community College