Sobre el Artista

Sebastián Vallejo b. 1982, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Sebastián Vallejo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1982. In 2004 he received a BFA from the University of Puerto Rico and in 2009 an MFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited at the Museo de las Américas and in the Museo de Arte de Caguas, both in Puerto Rico. In 2009, Sebastián won the second prize in the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Visual Arts Juried Competition of Chicago. In 2010 he had a solo presentation at PULSE Miami art fair with Galería Bickar. Other fairs that Sebastian Vallejo has been invited to are NEXT, Art Chicago, CIRCA and The MDW Art Fair. Recently, he was part of "Friends with Benefits", a group exhibition curated by Carla Camacho and Drew Moody at Lehmann Maupin Gallery in NYC.