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About
Agustin Vargas
Architect – Artist – Instructor
Architect by UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) fallowing his interest in art, especially paint, He takes painting lessons at Art-Academy of San Carlos and The Art-National Fine Arts Institute of Mexico City, Mexico, where develops his extraordinary artistic abilities.
Since 1985 he has made numerous exhibitions in Mexico and the United States, where shows his fascination with nature, proportions, philosophy, and life. This facility has allowed him to obtain honorable mentions, especially in the watercolor technique.
Agustin Vargas's work transports us to alternate realities, where we get captivated by the subtleties of colors, forms, brush strokes, and the artist's imagination. The golden section and architectural designs underline his paintings' compositions. Vargas captures deeply personal and emotional stories, intertwining past, present, alchemy, philosophy, pain, love, and hope in his expressive paintings.
He is Arizona Guild, National Watercolor Society Member, and Honorary Member Watercolor Association of Morelos State, Mexico (President 1998).
Currently, he combines his work at Xico, Org. as Director of Curatorial services and programs; with Teaching, and Painting.
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Last Exhibitions
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
Group Exhibition Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, Helios Education Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, Teaching Artists Exhibition
Center Space Gallery at Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts
Scottsdale, AZ
Group Exhibition Xico's Artist, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition My Water my Culture at Museum of Arizona
(MOAZA) Traveling Exhibition 2025 - 2026, Phoenix, AZ
Jury of the Juried Fine Competition
The 2025 Heard Museum Guild Indian Market and Fair
Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition Helios 20th Anniversary
Helios Education Foundation Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition Grand Canyon
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ
2nd Place, Juried Fine Arts Show,
Glendale Arts Council 2025
(In partnership with City of Glendale,
Parks & Recreation and Library Service)
Group Exhibition Xico's 50th Anniversary
Xico, org. Phoenix, AZ
Apache Wells Art Exhibition Jury
Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition
Helios Education Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Honorific Mention, Juried Fine Art Competition
Sahuaro Rancho Park, Glendale, AZ
Group Exhibition Iconic Buildings
Helios Education Foundation Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition
Helios Education Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition 73% Agua Fría
Helios Education Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, Architectural Spaces
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, Birds, Bugs & Botanicals
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Grand Opening Exhibition
Helios Education Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition, Earth Elements
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Group Exhibition Geometric Repetitions
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Honorific Mention, Juried Fine Art Competition
Sahuaro Rancho Park, Glendale, AZ
3rd. Annual International Online Art Exhibition
Featured Country: Mexico, I am Artist
Group Exhibition
Xico de Mayo Grand Opening Celebration, Phoenix, AZ
Jury of the Arizona Color Pencil Artists Association's
Juried Member Show, Phoenix, AZ
Solo Virtual Exhibition Luminescent Meditations Exhibition
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Solo Virtual Exhibition at Xico, Org. Phoenix AZ
Group Exhibition OneOhOne Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
Jury of the Arizona Pastel Artists Association’s
Juried Member Show, Phoenix, AZ
Juried Fine Art Competition,
Sahuaro Ranch Park, Grandale, AZ
Bloom, Featuring the Work of Arizona Artists,
Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ
Faculty Members, Drawing and Painting Exhibition
MAC, Mesa, AZ
Juried Fine Art Competition,
Sahuaron Rancho Park, Glendale, AZ
Group Exhibition, Colores Que Migran,
Mexican Consulate, Phoenix, AZ
Solo Exhibition, Shemmer Art Center & Museum
Phoenix, AZ
Solo Exhibition, New York
The Walter Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
