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Artist: Bart Vargas (Omaha)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Framed hand-cut paper collage | Dimensions: 17 x 13.5 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
My hand-cut paper collages are simple, symbolic compositions made from contemporary print media. I collect, combine, and re-context these found images into new amalgamations to talk about complex issues facing our society. Especially the current threats to our democracy, identities, and voices.
About the Artist
Bart Vargas is a Visual Artist, Educator, and Advocate from Bellevue, Nebraska. He received his BFA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and his MFA at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, and his work can be found in many collections throughout the World.
Vargas lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where he publishes a weekly list of local Arts, Culture, and Entertainment events on social media, and operates an international studio with his wife Bekah Jerde. Vargas serves as a Professor and Chair of Visual Arts/Graphic Arts Program at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as well as on several local boards of non-profit organizations.
www.bartvargas.com
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: Bart Vargas (Omaha)
Sales for this work are handled by Pulp Stiction. Payment is made through this page.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Framed hand-cut paper collage | Dimensions: 17 x 13.5 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
My hand-cut paper collages are simple, symbolic compositions made from contemporary print media. I collect, combine, and re-context these found images into new amalgamations to talk about complex issues facing our society. Especially the current threats to our democracy, identities, and voices.
About the Artist
Bart Vargas is a Visual Artist, Educator, and Advocate from Bellevue, Nebraska. He received his BFA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and his MFA at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, and his work can be found in many collections throughout the World.
Vargas lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where he publishes a weekly list of local Arts, Culture, and Entertainment events on social media, and operates an international studio with his wife Bekah Jerde. Vargas serves as a Professor and Chair of Visual Arts/Graphic Arts Program at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as well as on several local boards of non-profit organizations.
www.bartvargas.com
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.