Jovan Karlo Villalba (born 1977 in

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) is an American

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ist. Jovan Karlo Villalba grew up in

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. He graduated from

New World School of the Arts New World School of the Arts (NWSA) is a public magnet high school and college in Downtown Miami, Florida. Its dual-enrollment programs in the visual and performing arts are organized into four strands: visual arts, dance, theatre (comprising prog ...

in 1995 and from the

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in 1999. In 2000, he began his career in the Chelsea art district in

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. Eight years later Villalba moved to Miami where he is now based. Villalba's work has been included in dozens of exhibitions across the United States including solo exhibitions at Galleries in

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, Miami and

. His work has been featured in biennial exhibitions at the

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and the

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External links

Jovan Karlo Villalba Official SiteArts Districts, "Suspended Between Utopia and Disaster"Miami New Times, "Three art shows in Wynwood explore manliness, devastation, and the passage of time"

References

Cooper Union alumni 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 1977 births Living people Artists from Miami {{US-painter-stub