Born in Brazil ‘62, based in New York, MFA from Hunter College ‘98 and Whitney ISP fellow 2000. Villar’s work draws from interdisciplinary theoretical sources; it employs video, installation and photography. His individual and collaborative projects are part of a long-term investigation of potential spaces of dissent in the urban landscape; it has often taken the form of an exploration of negative spaces in architecture.
Selected exhibitions include the New Museum, Mass MoCA, Drawing Center, The Menil Collection, Exit Art, Art in General, Apexart and Dorsky Gallery in the U.S.; Museum London in Canada; Institute of International Visual Arts, the Whitworth Art Gallery and Hansberg/Woolf in the U.K, Museu de Arte Moderna, Paço Imperial and Funarte in Brazil; Museu da Cidade in Portugal; Galleri Tommy Lund and Overgaden in Denmark, UKS and Oslo Künstforening in Norway; Contemporary Art Centre in Lithuania; the Goteborg Konstmuseum, Rumänska kulturinstitutet and Signal in Sweden; Galeria Arsenal and Crossroads Center in Poland; Beirut Art Center in Lebanon; the Breeder in Greece; New Plymouth in New Zealand; Zendai Moma in China; Marco Museum in Spain; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Lichthaus, Halle fur Kunst and Internationale Kurzfilmtage in Germany.
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